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water

英 ['wɔːtə] 美['wɔtɚ]
  • n. 水;海水;雨水;海域,大片的水
  • vt. 使湿;供以水;给…浇水
  • vi. 加水;流泪
  • n. (Water)人名;(英)沃特

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Most roads, bridges, transit, water systems, the electric grid, and communications networks were installed 50 to 100 years ago, and they are largely taken for granted until they fail.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The result is falling water tables ( ' , 地下水位) in countries with half the world's people, including the three big grain producers—China, India and the U.S.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The biggest challenge here is irrigation, which consumes 70% of the world's fresh water.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Of all those trends, however, the spread of water shortages poses the most immediate threat.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Increasing water shortages prove to be the biggest obstacle to boosting the world's grain production.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But water shortages are even more worrying in India.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

New York State plans to shut  off the thundering waters of NiagaraFalls again.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure (基础设施) and jobs.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Donna helped the people of the village to organize an irrigation project, and she also advised them on planting corps that didn't require much water.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

A nine-year-old central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is compacted by the weight of the earth above.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脱盐) the ocean water in the largely coastal state.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

However, you can make your taste buds active again by drinking water.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

Initiatives also include efforts to reduce its environmental impact, water consumption and materials used in packaging by 2025.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

It is profitable to drill to depths more than 1,000 feet for oil and gas extraction, but only recently in California has it become profitable to pump water from this depth.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

Mail that was already processed in New Orleans facilities was moved to an upper floor so it would be protected from water damage.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Marine life may be affected too: El niños can reduce the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich water that supports large fish 35 populations, and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral.

2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

New estimates of the water reserves now go up to 2,700 billion cubic meters of freshwater.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

Regardless, the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the potential health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

That’s the conclusion of a recently released study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, revealing an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

The biggest concern of pumping out water from this deep is the gradual settling down of the land surface.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

The bottle is sealed, and the label says "pure water"?

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

The company employs its trucks and planes to deliver food, medicine, and water.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

To help prevent headaches, drink plenty of water, and avoid alcohol and coffee.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn't normally ever touch water, an airbus A0.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

We purify the water we drink with a water filter designed for the astronauts' use in space.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

When given the choice of either eating food or drinking water, the mice went for the food, the researchers found.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water?

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

For example, the United Nations Children's Fund estimates that some 11 million children in Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Ni o ( ' , 厄尔尼诺) weather phenomenon in decades.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers ( ' , 下水道).

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Those dangers can be addressed with farmer and consumer education, he said, while the free water and nutrients from human waste can help urban farmers in developing countries to escape poverty.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

They also, however, use far more natural resources—fuel, water ( ' , all those baths and golf courses) and building materials.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Overly strict standards often fail, James Bartram, a WHO water-health expert, said.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

No wonder parents worry their own kids might spin out of control once they hit the turbulent waters of adolescence.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Most of these operations draw irrigation water from local rivers or lakes.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

More than 80% of those cases can be attributed to contact with contaminated water and a lack of proper sanitation.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In most cases, the human waste is used on grain crops, which are eventually cooked, minimizing the risk of transmitting water-borne diseases.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling ( ' , 大量消耗) transport.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Agriculture is a water-intensive business, accounting for nearly 70% of global fresh water consumption.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nationsit aims to keep temperature rise below 2 ℃ onlyit is beneficial to only fewer than 4% of countriesit burdens developed countries with the sole responsibilityThey needn't worry about the food and water they consume.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Some scientists are examining the potential for harvesting icebergs form Antarctica, which is estimated to have the biggest reserves of fresh water on the planet.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It is estimated that Antarctica boasts of the richest reserves of fresh water on earth.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate free-riders: causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate change's impact on food and water.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Born in fire and fury, Devils Tower was then shaped by the slow, gentle work of wind and water.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

At worst, they’ll think the messages about soda are the same as the messages about water.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

By sanctioning this watered-down version of college, universities are catering to the social and educational needs of wealthy students at the expense of others who won't enjoy the financial backing or social connections of richer students once they graduate.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Arum and Roksa placed the blame for students' lack of learning on a watered-down college curriculum and lowered undergraduate work standards.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

"There is a large potential for waste water agriculture to both help and hurt great numbers of urban consumers," said liqa Raschid-Sally, who led the study.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

A selected person pours water or juice from the unity cup into a bowl.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Although the planned operation will be located more than miles away, drawing the soda ash in through pipelines, conservationists worry it could still upset the natural water cycle and breeding grounds.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

As a result, storms that form over the Pacific deliver heavier water to California than to Utah.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

As the ocean warms, a body of water called the Antarctic Polar Front - an upward movement of nutrient-rich sea that supports a huge abundance of marine life - is being pushed further south. This means that king penguins, which feed on fish and krill in th

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

As the sea creeps into these fresh—water marshes, however, rising salinity (盐分) is hampering rice production.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

At the base of a mountain in Tanzania Gregory rift, Lake Natron burns bright red, surrounded by the remains of animals that were unfortunate enough to fall into the salty water.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Bats, swallows and more are chemically preserved in the pose in which they perished, sealed in the deposits of sodium carbonate in the water.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling t

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Cerling's team collected tap water samples from 600 cities and constructed a map of the regional differences.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate "free-riders": causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate chan

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Energy to drive a steam locomotive can be stored in other materials besides water.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Flamingos have evolved very leathery skin on their legs so they can tolerate the salt water, says David Harper, a professor at the University of Leicester.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

For example, the United Nations Children's Fund estimates that some 11 million children in Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El nio weather phenomenon in decades.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

For example, they may have access to drinking water, but not clean safe drinking water.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Grazing herds stimulate microbial activity in the soil, helping to capture water and separate carbon.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

I always tell people to make sure they're drinking enough fluids, which for the average person is 60 to 70 ounces a day, which translates into eight 8-ounce glasses of water or liquid per day.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

In poor, dry regions, untreated waste water is the only viable irrigation source to keep farmers in business.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

In the beginning of the movie I, Robot, a robot has to decide whom to save after two cars plunge into the water— Del Spooner or a child.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

It is clear now that it's a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

living in slums means they don't have infrastructure to take the garbage away, they don't have secure water supplies to drink.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Most hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water are stable, but traces of both elements are also present as heavier isotopes.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Resurrection plants, defined as those capable of recovering from holding less than 0.1 grams of water per gram of dry mass, are different.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

So far this year, water levels have been too high for the flamingos to nest.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Some plants store reserves of water to see them through a drought; others send roots deep down to subsurface water supplies.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

That means when a golfer tells himself "Don't hit the ball into the water", his mind sees the image of the ball flying into the water.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

That presumably included much more water than the tiny trace we find blowing in the thick air today.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people's hair.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The more you lose, the more open water is created, the more warming goes on in that open water during the summer, the less ice forms in the winter, the more melt there is the following summer.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The water is so corrosive that it can burn the skin and eyes of unadapted animals.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

There is something about water that makes it a good metaphor for life.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

These books reflect a trend particularly strong in Britain, where swimming in pools is declining, but more and more folks are opting for open water.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

They also, however, use far more natural resources—fuel, water all those baths and golf courses and building materials.

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

They can recover from months and years without water, depending on the species.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

They may be able to handle a drought of some length, and many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level一too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move bri

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

When the water hits the right level, the baby birds are kept safe from predators by a corrosive ditch.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

While it may be impossible to prevent kids from drinking tap water that may contain trace amounts of chemicals, keeping kids away from lawns recently sprayed with chemicals and freshly dry-cleaned clothes can't hurt.

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

A build-it-yourself solar still is one of the best ways to obtain drinking water in areas where the liquid is not readily available.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

A team of researchers trained three rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

According to the author, fish are most likely to be found in shallow water under waterside trees.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

And because the process of recycling steel is less polluting than making new steel, we've also achieved the following significant savings; in energy use—47% to 74%; in air pollution—85%; in water pollution—35%; in water use—40%.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Another reason for corn's rise: the government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

At least, workers wouldn't have needed to carry cattle fat or water to smooth the paths.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water doesn't pollute the sea, lakes and rivers.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! he didn't have food, water, a phone, or other supplies.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

But in some waters, such as those of the Arctic, a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Corn uses less water than rice and creates less fertilizer (化肥) runoff.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

Depending on which role you choose, you could help to increase a community's access to safe drinking water, or help to protect valuable local cultures.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

During these waits, the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

El nifio sees warm water, collected over several years in the western pacific, flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is cleaner than ever.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文

Ground water evaporates and collects on the sheet until small drops of water form, run down the material and fall off into the cup.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Having created nine such ice reserves, norphel calculates that he has stored about 200, 000m3 of water.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

He ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldn't lose too much water.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation water.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

I helped carry the young man out of the water.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

I'd skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li river which are pictured by artists in so many Chinese paintings.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文

If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to float on the sea?

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers—17 in this example.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

If you swim in a river or lake, be sure to investigate what is below the water surface.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

In addition, new coffee-growing techniques are poisoning the water locally, and eventually the world's groundwater.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

It took years of work to reduce the industrial pollution and clean the water.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文

Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge, because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Later they all admitted they'd felt cold water at first.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Move more slowly in deep water.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Norphel's inspiration came from seeing the waste of water over winter, when it was not needed.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Now that Chicago's waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago river, the city's next step was to clean the polluted river.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Often there are rocks or branches hidden in the water.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to cross a frozen body of water called Norton Sound.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Others are concerned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Riding a horse through the flooded waters of Botswana's Okavango Delta must rank as one of the world's most exciting wildlife journeys.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

"She survived because of a plentiful supply of fresh water, " he added.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

That means a transparent object doesn't look very different from the surrounding air or water.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The dog had initially been knocked unconscious but had survived by drinking water from a fresh scream at the base of the cliff.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The instant view of water on both levels helped sell these $10 million houses.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The morning ride, when the guides take you to beautiful, shallow lakes full of water lilies, tends to be more active.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

They all share a common addiction—food that is not just spicy, but not enough to make your mouth burn, your head spin and your eyes water.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

They must drink water all the time.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

This switch has decreased pollution in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

To return to the problem of water pollution, I'd like you to look at a study conducted in Australia in 2012.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文

Trainees also get a good start on their wilderness survival badge as they learn about water-and land-survival through designed tasks and their search and rescue of "downed " pilot.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Try to make the hole in a damp area to increase the water catcher's productivity.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

When a solar still works, drops of water come into the cup form beneath the sheet.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

With rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face, it is truly exciting.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Without the glaciers, water will arrive in the rivers at times when it can damage crops.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

出自-2013年考研翻译原文

A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

And where is the nearest water source?

2019年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Humans overwhelmingly live in valleys, and on supplies of fresh water.

2019年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

If you look hard enough, you'll find that many of the products we use every day—chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins—are

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride's and groom's wrists, and passing a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the union.

2016年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ