1、雅思机经听力试题-水资源及答案解析(总分：18.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、水资源供应情况(总题数：1，分数：3.00)Listen to the statement and fill in the blanks with ONE WORD ONLY. （分数：3.00）(1).The supply of water in Australia is 1 .（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The government will have to prohibit 1 of the farmland unless it would will rain heavily next mont
2、h. （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).This policy would affect many horticultural, crop and 1 industries negatively.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_二、生活用水的主要用途(总题数：1，分数：2.00)Listen to the statement and circle the appropriate letter.（分数：2.00）(1).What consumed the largest volume of water in Australia in January, 2000?（分数：1.00）A.Hou
3、sehold sectorB.AgricultureC.Manufacturing industry(2).What was most of the water used for in household?（分数：1.00）A.washing and waste disposalB.drinkingC.showering三、生活用水的来源(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Listen to the statement and complete the blanks below. Use up to three words. （分数：4.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_
4、雨水Listen to the conversation and circle the appropriate letter.（分数：2.00）(1).The water in seas, rivers, creeks, lakes, and plants steams into _ first.（分数：1.00）A.cloudB.rainC.vapor(2).Rainwater is the purest water if without _ .（分数：1.00）A.windB.dustC.air pollution五、水资源的污染(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Listen to the r
5、eport and identify the following statements, TRUE (T), FALSE (F), or NOT GIVEN (N).（分数：4.00）(1).Nowadays, water sources are prone to be contaminated.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Thousands of people die each month worldwide due to waterborne disease. （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The toxic chemical substances seeped in
6、to the water supplies are the cause of “blue green algae” outbreaks.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The waterborne disease is easy to be cured.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_六、关于水资源的报告(总题数：1，分数：3.00)Listen to the statement and circle the appropriate letter.（分数：3.00）(1).Water supply of which city in India has the lowest “worki
7、ng ratio”？（分数：1.00）A.MumbaiB.KolkadaC.Jaipur(2).The working ratio values the performance of water utilities according to the following aspects except _ .（分数：1.00）A.operational efficiencies.B.financial health and stability.C.financial efficiencies.(3).What is the percentage of the households that wil
8、l suffer from water shortage by 2050?（分数：1.00）A.over 60%B.40%C.as high as 50%雅思机经听力试题-水资源答案解析(总分：18.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、水资源供应情况(总题数：1，分数：3.00)Listen to the statement and fill in the blanks with ONE WORD ONLY. （分数：3.00）(1).The supply of water in Australia is 1 .（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：scarce）解析：Australia
9、 is suffering from its worst drought on record, and it has become a dry island continent and the fact that Australias water supply is scarce. A government officer said there would only be enough water in the huge Murray-Darling river systems for drinking. He has warned that irrigation of much of the
10、 nations farmland will be banned unless there is heavy rainfall next month. He acknowledged that this would have a “potentially devastating“ impact on many horticultural, crop and dairy industries around the river basin. But he said there was no choice owing to the water is out of supply, and he des
11、cribed the situation as “grim”.(2).The government will have to prohibit 1 of the farmland unless it would will rain heavily next month. （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：irrigation）解析：(3).This policy would affect many horticultural, crop and 1 industries negatively.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：dairy）解析：二、生活用水的主要用途(总
12、题数：1，分数：2.00)Listen to the statement and circle the appropriate letter.（分数：2.00）(1).What consumed the largest volume of water in Australia in January, 2000?（分数：1.00）A.Household sectorB.Agriculture C.Manufacturing industry解析：There is a list of water consumption in Australia in January, 2000. It shows
13、 that in January, 2000 a total of 24,909 GL water was consumed in the Australian economy. Agriculture consumed the largest volume of water with 16,660 GL, representing 67% of water consumption in Australia in January, 2000. The largest consumers of water within the Agriculture industry were livestoc
14、k, pasture and grains. In January, 2000 water consumption by the household sector was 2,181 GL accounting for 9% of water consumption in Australia. It takes up the largest part of water consumption in the remaining industries. Most of the water was used in washing and waste disposal, compared to the
15、 water consumed by drinking.(2).What was most of the water used for in household?（分数：1.00）A.washing and waste disposal B.drinkingC.showering解析：三、生活用水的来源(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Listen to the statement and complete the blanks below. Use up to three words. （分数：4.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：surface water）解析：Water we used e
16、very day mainly comes from three sources, namely, the rainfall, the surface water and the underground water. On average 24,000 Gigalitres (GL) of Australias water is used per year. Of this, 19,000 Gigalitres (GL) of water is used from surface water sources. 20,623 Gigalitres (GL) of surface water is
17、 allocated to consumptive use. Rivers, creeks and lakes are the main source of surface water, which provide us the purest water. 5,000 Gigalitres (GL) of water is used from groundwater sources per year, and 6,300 Gigalitres (GL) of groundwater is allocated to consumptive use. Now water quality has b
18、ecome a big issue among people. People now care more about the safety and reliability of water.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：creeks）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：groundwater）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：water quality）解析：雨水Listen to the conversation and circle the appropriate letter.（分数：2.00）(1).The water in seas, rivers, creeks, lakes, and
19、 plants steams into _ first.（分数：1.00）A.cloudB.rainC.vapor 解析：woman： Excuse me, can you tell me how the rain is formed? man： Well, to put it in a simple way, the water in seas, rivers, creeks, lakes, and plants evaporates and becomes vapor. Then the vapor rises to the upper sky, and forms clouds. Whe
20、n more and more vapor gathers together, the clouds will be heavier and heavier. woman： Then what happens? man： When it comes to its utmost limit, there will be a rainfall. woman： So in this way rain is formed, and it will fall into seas, rivers, lakes, land or be absorbed by plants. man： Yes. It cir
21、culates like this. The rainwater is so pure that you can even drink it directly if there is no air pollution.(2).Rainwater is the purest water if without _ .（分数：1.00）A.windB.dustC.air pollution 解析：五、水资源的污染(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Listen to the report and identify the following statements, TRUE (T), FALSE (F),
22、 or NOT GIVEN (N).（分数：4.00）(1).Nowadays, water sources are prone to be contaminated.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：T）解析：According to the World Health Organization, a large area of water has been polluted badly, which is the largest health problem in the world. Thousands of people die each day worldwide due
23、to waterborne disease. But do you know why? That is because a great variety of toxic chemical substances seep into the water supplies, waters both above and below ground surface. They can be from fertilizers as well as animal, human and industrial wastes. These are the cause of “blue green algae” ou
24、tbreaks and are responsible for “blue baby syndrome”.(2).Thousands of people die each month worldwide due to waterborne disease. （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）解析：(3).The toxic chemical substances seeped into the water supplies are the cause of “blue green algae” outbreaks.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：T）解析：(4).
25、The waterborne disease is easy to be cured.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）解析：六、关于水资源的报告(总题数：1，分数：3.00)Listen to the statement and circle the appropriate letter.（分数：3.00）(1).Water supply of which city in India has the lowest “working ratio”？（分数：1.00）A.MumbaiB.Kolkada C.Jaipur解析：The report titled Riding the
26、 Wave was released by Suresh Prabhu, global ambassador of Global Water Partnership at a conference in Mumbai on Wednesday. The survey has pointed out that Kolkata has the weakest working ratio in performance of water utilities followed by Jaipur and Delhi. The working ratio assesses performance of w
27、ater utilities in terms of operational efficiencies, financial health and stability. However, cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru have healthier working ratios indicating better performance of water utilities. Key highlights of the report suggest that more than 60% of the households in major I
28、ndian cities are water-deficient and that industrial water consumption to increase four-fold by 2050. It also says distribution losses due to leakage in water supply are as high as 35%-50%. (2).The working ratio values the performance of water utilities according to the following aspects except _ .（分数：1.00）A.operational efficiencies.B.financial health and stability.C.financial efficiencies. 解析：(3).What is the percentage of the households that will suffer from water shortage by 2050?（分数：1.00）A.over 60% B.40%C.as high as 50%解析：
