ForthefirsttimeinfivedecadesTaiwanbuyswaterfromthemainlandofChinatohelpsoothe(缓解)aseveredrought.SatMay45:21a.m.ETByWILLIAMIDEAssociatedPressWriterTAIPEITaiwan―Facingitsworstdroughtindecade

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For the first time in five decades Taiwan buys water from the mainland of China to help soothe(缓解) a severe drought.

Sat May 4 5:21 a.m. ET

By WILLIAM IDE Associated Press Writer

TAIPEI Taiwan ―Facing its worst drought in decades Taiwan is buying water from the mainland of China   21  since the two rivals split amid civil war 54 years ago.

A Taiwanese ship on Sunday was expected   22  2 300 metric tons (2 530 short tons) of water back from the mainland of China to Taiwan’s outlying island of Matsu just off China’s southeastern coast.

Buying water from the mainland of China has been an issue of serious debate in Taiwan because the government does not want to become too   23  its communist neighbor which has repeatedly said to   24  Taiwan .

But the serious drought has left Taiwan   25  and Taiwan’s top China policy―maker Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday that this weekend’s water purchase would be a “trial run ” the semiofficial Central News Agency   26  .

“   27  it will become a model for easing needs in drought―stricken Taiwan depends on the needs of other areas ” Tsai chairwoman of the Mainland Affairs Council was quoted as saying.

There are no direct   28  air links between the mainland of China and Taiwan ’s main island separated by   29  160―kilometer―wide  Taiwan Strait. But last year Taiwan opened shipping links between the mainland of China and the outlying Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu―an experiment   30  links between the mainland of China of Taiwan’s main island.

21．A．the first time	B．for the first time	C．first time	D．at first
22．A．fetching	B．to bring	C．to take	D．borrowing
23．A．dependent of	B．independent of	C．dependent on	D．relied on
24．A．turn over	B．hand over	C．take over	D．give over
25．A．with few other choices		B．for the few other choices
C．with few choices		D．for several choices
26．A．was said	B．was believed	C．announces	D．reported
27．A．That	B．Whether or not	C．If	D．Where
28．A．shipping or	B．shipping of	C．shipped and	D．shipping
29．A．a	B．the	C．an	D．/
30．A．which could lead		B．that could lead to
C．that resulted from		D．which could lie in

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21―25 BBCCA   26―30 DBABB