Water costs money．In some places water is hard 1 ．What 2 when a town
has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 3．
Very little rain ever fell there．The town had no water of its own．The water it used was 4 from a river 300 miles away．As more people 5 live in the town， 6 water was needed．Now water 7 to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 8 money．
The town 9 a plan．It found a way to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused 10 many ways．Five man-made lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 11 ．They could have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 12 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 13 ．
In most places，water is used and thrown 14 ．The town that saved 15 water
has saved the town！
【小题1】A．supplying B．gettingC．to getD．to supply【小题2】A．happens B．happening C is happened D．happened
【小题3】A．key B．answer C answering D．way
【小题4】A．fetchB．takeC．brought inD．guided【小题5】A．e toB．came toC．ing toD．came for【小题6】A．manyB．plenty ofC．more D．many more【小题7】A．has B．hadC．must D．needed【小题8】A．manyB．a fewC．a great manyD．a lot of【小题9】A．put B．made C．supplyD．noticed【小题10】A．forB．byC．atD．in【小题11】A．boatingB．to boatC．to boatingD．on boating【小题12】A．asB．withC．forD．to【小题13】A．water enoughB．enough waterC．crops enoughD．enough crops【小题14】A．offB．ofC．awayD．out of【小题15】A．it’sB．itsC．one’sD．hisC
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解析：
【小题1】考查动词。sth.is hard to do，用主动形式表示被动意义。get取，supply供应。
【小题2】考查动词。 用一般现在时，可以表示客观事实。
【小题3】考查名词。key关键、钥匙、答案。answer解决办法、答案。
【小题4】考查动词。bring in 引进、带进。
【小题5】考查动词。从句中缺少谓语，不能用分词，而应用过去时。
【小题6】考查形容词。与从句中的more相对应。
【小题7】考查动词。have to do必须做某事。
【小题8】考查形容词。money 是不可数名词，不能用A、B和C。
【小题9】考查动词。make a plan 制定计划。
【小题10】考查介词。in many ways 在许多方面。
【小题11】考查非谓语动词。 go boating 去划船(固定词组)。
【小题12】考查介词。for表对象，with表伴随。
【小题13】考查名词。整篇文章的主题就是某些地方缺水资源，要办工厂，也要确保有足够的水。
【小题14】考查副词。throw away 扔掉、浪费掉。
【小题15】考查代词。its是形容词所有格。