字典翻译 问答 小学 英语 LakeVictoriaisthelargestlakeinAfrica.Itisalsothesecondlargestlakeintheworld.Itisanimportantlakebecauseitisoneofthesources(源头)forthelongestriverintheworld,theNileRiver.LakeVictoriaprovidesasource
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LakeVictoriaisthelargestlakeinAfrica.Itisalsothesecondlargestlakeintheworld.Itisanimportantlakebecauseitisoneofthesources(源头)forthelongestriverintheworld,theNileRiver.LakeVictoriaprovidesasource
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LakeVictoriaisthelargestlakeinAfrica.Itisalsothesecondlargestlakeintheworld.Itisanimportantlakebecauseitisoneofthesources(源头)forthelongestriverintheworld,theNileRiver.LakeVictoriaprovidesasourceofwater,food,andpower(电力)forseveralAfricancountries.LakeVictoriaisabigpartofAfricanlife.
Unfortunately,LakeVictoriahasaproblem.Itisshrinking.ThereareseveralpowerstationsatLakeVictoriainUganda.TheseareontheNileRiver,andbesidesproducingpower,theykeepthewaterofthelakeatacertainlevel.Forthepastfortyyears,thatlevelhasbeen11.9meters.Overthelastseveralyears,thewaterlevelhasdroppedbyabout2.5meters.Thereseemtobeseveralreasonsforthisdrop.
Onepossiblereasonisdrought(干旱).Droughthasbeenverybadintheareasince2000.LakeVictoriagetsallofitswaterfromrain,sothedroughtmeanslesswaterinthelake.
However,someenvironmentalistsbelievethattherealproblemisthepowerplants(工厂)onLakeVictoria.Ugandadependsonthosepowerplantsformostofitspower,andtheymadethepowerplantslargerin2000.ManypeoplebelievethepowerplantshavebeentakingtoomuchwateroffLakeVictoria.Asaresult,theyhavebeenaskedtouselesswateruntilLakeVictoriagoesbacktoitsoldlevel.
Whetherthelowwaterleveliscausedbydroughtorpowerplants,theresultisthesame.ThisisalreadyapoorareaofAfrica,wheremanypeopleliveareallyhardlife.People,animalsandplantsaroundLakeVictoriawillsufferevenmorefromlowwaterlevelsonthelake.ManypeopleneedLakeVictoriaforfishingorgrowingfood.Fishneedthewatertolive,andanimalsneeditforwater.Plantsaroundthelakewilldiewithoutthewater,andthenmoreanimalsandpeoplewillsuffer.Unlessthelakefillssoon,manypeoplewillsufferanddie.
小题1:LakeVictoriais__________.

A.animportantlakeinAfrica
B.thelargestlakeintheworld
C.thesourceofwater,foodandpowerforAmerica
D.theonlysourcefortheNileRiver
小题2:Whatdoes“Itisshrinking”mostprobablymean?A.Itisbecominglarger.B.Itisbecomingmorebeautiful.

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  小题1:A小题2:C小题3:D小题4:C小题5:B小题1:根据文章内容LakeVictoriaisthelargestlakeinAfrica.可知答案为A小题2:根据单词意思和在文章中的语境,故选C小题3:根据文章内容Forthepastforty...
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