| "Water, which is essential for life,
costs nothing. On the other hand, diamonds, which are essential for nothing,
cost a lot." Unfortunately, the world has changed considerably since an 18th
century economist made this remark. What was true over 200 years ago is certainly no longer true now. In a number of countries people pay as much for water in their homes as they do for electricity. Like health, we ignore water when we have it--unless there are floods, of course. Once there is a threat to our water supply, however, water can quickly become the only thing that matters. We know only too well that, without water, there can be no life. The situation is now becoming so bad that environmentalists feel it may be necessary to shock the world into saving water in a similar way to the shock caused by the oil crises in the 1970’s. At th A. (A) People now pay as much for water as they did 200 years ago. B. (B) People now pay as little for water as they did 200 years ago. C. (C) Water now costs as much as it used to. D. (D) Water now has become more expensive than it was. [单项选择]Which of the following works was written by Robert Browning
[A] My Last Duchess [B] David CopperfieId [C] An Ideal Husband [D] Under the Greenwood Tree [单项选择]Which of the following works is different from the others in the American literature history
[单项选择]Which of the following works was written by Melville as an encyclopedia of everything, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry
[单项选择]Which of the following works of Ralph Waldo Emerson can be called American Cultural Declaration of Independence
A. Conduct of Life. B. Society and Solitude. C. American Scholar. D. Essays. 我来回答: 提交
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