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　　经过考察和论证，造福子孙后代的南水北调工程于近日开工。我国北方一些地区用水困难的'局面，将在不久的将来得以有效改善。

　　Themassivewaterdiversion（调拨）projectplannedfordecadesstartedonDecember27th2002．Theconstruction，whichwilllast50years，aimsatdivertingwaterfromthewater-richsouthtothearid（干旱的）northofChinatoensureawatersupplyforagriculturalandindustrialproductionandpeople’sdailyuse．

　　Withanestimatedinvestmentofabout500billionyuan（about60billionUSdollars），theprojectwillchannelwaterfromthreeplacesrespectively（分别）ontheupper，middleandlowerreachesoftheYangtze，China’slongestriver，todestinations（目的地）inthenorth．Expertssaywaterdiversionfromsouthtonorthisnowbothnecessaryandfeasible（可行的），asproblemscannowbeproperlyhandled．

高考新闻类英文阅读

　　China’swaterresourcesareimbalancedindifferentregions．Inthesouthernpart，waterresourcesarerich，whileinthenorthit’sscarce．WatershortagesinnorthernChinahasbeenhindering（阻碍）economicdevelopment，andaffectingdailylife．“Withoutwater，”accordingtoGuZhaoqi，anexpertonwaterresourcesfromTsinghuaUniversity，“manyplaceshaveturnedintodeserts，withlocaleco-systems（生态）destroyed．”ThisyeartheseveredroughtinShandongProvincealonehascausedover26billionyuanloss．

　　Oncetheprojectiscompleted，atotalof44．8billioncubicmeters（立方米）ofwaterwillbeannually（每年一度地）channeledfromtheYangtzetothenorthofChinaanditisexpectedtofundamentally（基本上）solvethewaterscarcity（缺乏）innorthernChina．

　　我国国力的增强也给科技插上了翅膀。中国的无人驾驶宇宙飞船“神舟”四号顺利升空，它标志我国航空业又朝载人技术迈进了一大步。

　　Chinahassuccessfullylaunched（发射）itsfourthunmannedtestspacecraftintoorbit．ThesuccessfullaunchdemonstratedthatChina’smannedspacescienceandtechnologyprogramisgettingincreasinglymature（成熟）．ThelaunchwasChina’sfourthsuccessfulspacecraftlaunchinthreeyears．Previous（以前的）testswereconductedin1999，2001andearlierthisyear．LikeitsShenzhouIIIpredecessor（前者），ShenzhouIVhasallthefunctionsofamannedspacecraft．

　　ShenzhouIVisjustonestepawayfromamannedflight．Infact，beforethelaunch，Chineseastronautsenteredthecrafttogetafeelofit．Landandsearescuemissionswerealsorehearsed（演习）．

　　Thespacecraftwillstayinorbitforaweek．Itsdescentmodule（降落舱）willtouchdowninChina’sInnerMongoliaAutonomousRegion．

　　Ifallgoeswell，ShenzhouIVshouldbethelastunmannedtestflightoftheShenzhouSeriesspacecraft．ShenzhouVmaybecomethenation’sfirstmannedspacecraft，makingChinathethirdcountryintheworldtosendmanintoouterspace，afterRussiaandtheUS．

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