题目内容：

What do you do if your nation has a severe water shortage and happens to be located in a desert? If you have the resources, you turn to technology, which is what a company in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates (阿联酋) (UAE for short) is planning to do. The country, which gets less than four inches of rain per year, could solve its issue with water shortage by dragging icebergs from Antarctica to its shores. The first such attempt will begin in 2018.

Once the iceberg is at UAE shores, the ice above the waterline would be cut off and crushed into drinking water, which would then be stored in large water tanks. The iceberg would also have a broader impact, says Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi:

“Cold air out from an iceberg close to the shore of the Arabian Sea would cause rainstorms across the Arabian Gulf and the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula all year round. As the rising air expands, cools and condenses (冷凝) due to the decrease in air pressure, water vapor (水蒸气) is collected in the clouds, which becomes heavy and falls as rain.” More icebergs will bring more water vapor and clouds, creating a profound (巨大的)effect on the regional climate over a decade, turning the desert into “green meadows(草地)”. The melting iceberg would also add fresh water to the Arabian sea, returning biodiversity. There would also be a boost(兴旺) for tourism from all the people interested in looking at the icebergs. The Emirates Iceberg Project comes from a group of efforts by NABL called “Filling the Empty Quarter”. The project aims to dramatically influence the deserts of the “Empty Quarter”, the planet’s largest sand desert. The region is also the richest oil-producing area in the world, including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and Yemen.

1.What is the UAE planning to do according to the text?

A. To collect fresh sea water from Antarctica.

B. To drag icebergs from Antarctica to the country.

C. To make icebergs from Antarctica melt.

D. To get 20 billion gallons of fresh water from icebergs.

2.What Al Shehi said reflects the effect of icebergs on_______.

A. the weather    B. the industry

C. the biodiversity    D. the tourism

3.According to the text, the deserts of the “Empty Quarter” are______.

A. turning into green meadows

B. the resource of salt in the Arabian sea

C. the empty area without population

D. abundant in oil as a matter of fact

4.According to the text, icebergs to be dragged to UAE’ shores will _________.

A. bring water vapor and sand

B. add salt water to the Arabian sea

C. become “green meadows”

D. attract people interested in looking at the icebergs