[填空题]The shortage of water_________________________.(给当地人的生活造成了许多问题)

[多项选择]

Shortage of Fresh Water

[单项选择]
State officials have announced that water restrictions will be introduced starting next Monday. As a result of below average rainfall, lake reserves are now at their lowest levels in fifty years. The regional water management authority has issued the following water conservation measures:
· All water users are required to restrict their water use.
· Public and privately-owned water utilities shall restrict the monthly use of water by their customers. They may do this by interrupting supply or by advising their clients on procedures to reduce their consumption.
· Use of water for domestic gardens and yards is permitted on Wednesdays and Saturdays for residents with even house numbers, and on Mondays and Thursdays for residents with odd house numbers.
·For agricultural businesses, irrigation is now limited to the hours between 7 p.m. and midnight
What is the purpose of this notice
A. To inform residents of water
B. To warn residents of weather conditions
C. To announce water pollution levels
D. To promote mineral water sales

[单项选择]The poor countries suffered from food shortage partly because of ______.
A. the local economic recession B. less food assistance
B. fewer types of food
C. high food prices

[简答题]The recent water shortage in California forced changes in Californians’ lifestyles. When water was rationed, Californians learned to conserve water. They didn’t water their lawns or gardens or wash their automobiles. They took buses to save some gas. They took fewer showers and baths. The water shortage lasted two years. Californians also learned to recycle water. For example, they used the rinse water from their washing machines to water their house plants and gardens.

[填空题]The chief causes of water shortage are population growth and water pollution.

[单项选择]Zimbabweans cope with the shortage of the dollars that count in various ways. The government grabs them from other people. On February 9th. it told the country’s banks to start selling all their hard- currency inflows to the central bank and the state petrol-importing monopoly, at the official rate. It said that Zimbabwean embassies abroad face power cuts because they cannot pay their bills. But if staff in Moscow felt chilly, the grab did not warm them. Exporters told their customers to delay payments.
Hard-currency inflows fell by some 90%, forcing the government to relent.
Business folk were relieved. The economy is so stormy that many exporters stay afloat only by selling American dollars on the black market. Others try to keep their foreign earnings offshore. This is not easy, since most sell tobacco, gold, roses and other goods that can be observed and recorded as they leave the country. But some quietly set up overseas subsidiaries to buy their own products at artifici
A. funny
B. efficient
C. active
D. useless

[填空题]
A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world’s people may not have enough water by the year 2025.
A private American organization called (1) Action International did the new study. It says (2) than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people (3) enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight (4) . Most of the countries are in Africa or the (5) East.
P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says (6) the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people (7) lack water. At least 18 more countries are (8) to have severe water problems. The demand (9) water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth (10) the same.
Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is (11) faster than in other parts of the world. He says (12) growth in these countries w