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Just as world oil scarcity is already causing international conflicts, so will the scarcity of water reach a point where wars will break out. The statistics on water are already scary. Already well over 1 billion people suffer from water shortages and 30 countries get more than a third of their water from outside their borders-an obvious source of disputes and instability especially as the climate changes. The whole of the sub-Saharan Africa, most of South Asia and western South America are most at risk. The reason: the rapid melting of glaciers due to global warming.
At the meeting of the coalition of 27 International charities last month, Gareth Thomas, minister of International Development of the British government, wrote to prime minister Gordon Brown demanding action to ensure fresh water to 1.1 billion people with poor supplies. "If we do not act now, the reality is that water supplies may become the subject of international conflict in the years ahead. We need
A. sanitation crisis
B. international conflict
C. global warming
D. over-urbanization

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Just as world oil scarcity is already causing international conflicts, so will the scarcity of water reach a point where wars will break out. The statistics on water are already scary. Already well over 1 billion people suffer from water shortages and 30 countries get more than a third of their water from outside their borders-an obvious source of disputes and instability especially as the climate changes. The whole of the sub-Saharan Africa, most of South Asia and western South America are most at risk. The reason: the rapid melting of glaciers due to global warming.
At the meeting of the coalition of 27 International charities last month, Gareth Thomas, minister of International Development of the British government, wrote to prime minister Gordon Brown demanding action to ensure fresh water to 1.1 billion people with poor supplies. "If we do not act now, the reality is that water supplies may become the subject of international conflict in the years ahead. We need
A. Climate change.
B. Border dispute.
C. World competition.
D. Political instability.

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World Crude Oil Production May Peak Decade Earlier Than Some Predict

In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014. This prediction is almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. Their study is in ACS’ Energy & Fuels.
lbrahim Nashawi and colleagues point out that rapid growth in global oil consumption has sparked a growing interest in predicting "peak oil". "Peak oil" is the point where oil production reaches a maximum and then declines. Scientists have developed several models to forecast this point, and some put the date at 2020 or later. One of the most famous forecast models is called the Hubbert model. It assumes that global oil production will follow a bell shaped curve. A related concept is that of "Peak Oil". The term "Peak Oil" indicates the moment in which world wide production will peak, afterwards to start on irreve
A. flashed
B. stimulated
C. changed
D. ended

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[单项选择]Almost everyone in the world uses oil in some way. Without oil, the world will stop, so men look for it everywhere. Oilmen drill for oil in deserts, in mountains and under the sea. Quite often they find nothing, but the search for oil always goes on. Oil is very important because none of our machines can run without it. Big ships carry oil everywhere. Perhaps the oil in your motorbike or in your father’s car comes from somewhere far away. Perhaps it comes from Iraq or Venezuela. Cars and motorbikes need oil, and so do many other things. How many things can you name
Oil is very important for us.
[A] True.
[B] False.

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[填空题]Those world famous oil-paintings (exhibit)（）at the Museum of New York are part of their collection.

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