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  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 Population Action International did the new study. It says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people lack enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East.

  P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the same.

  Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. He says population growth in these countries will continue to increase.

  The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera, which are carried in water. Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. This is true of Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.

  The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third way is to use less water of agriculture.

  The report also says long-term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth. It says countries cannot provide clean water unless they slow population growth by limiting the number of children people have.

1.According to the author's opinion, the first serious problem caused by lack of water is ________.

[  ]

A.health problem
B.war
C.economy
D.industry

2.Robert Engelman may be ________.

[  ]

A.An Englishman
B.An American
C.A Japanese
D.An Australian

3.________ may have severe water problem among the following countries.

[  ]

A.Egypt
B.America
C.Japan
D.Russia

4.Which of the following is not the way to solve the water problem?

[  ]

A.To control population growth.

B.To teach people not to waste water.

C.To find ways to use water for only one purpose.

D.To use less water of agriculture.

5.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

[  ]

A.How to get more water in the future.

B.Problems caused by water.

C.World water shortage.

D.A new study on water.

                The Festival of Cultures

                                 August 11-14

              City Park

  The Festival of Cultures is an annual event to celebrate the wide range of cultures found in our great state. People representing 40 cultural groups will share their traditions and customs. Here are just a few of the festival’s many activities.

  Crafts: See the fine art of basket weaving from Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Watch the delicate art of making paper umbrellas from Thailand and the decorative craft of paperl picado, or paper cutting, from Mexico. All craft demonstrations provide a firsthand view of how things are made. You will appreciate the process involved in making these products.

  Music and Dance: Experience musical instruments that you have never heard before. Listening to the music of a sho from Japan, a bull-roarer from Australia, a sitar from India, and a chakay from Thailand. You will also be entertained by folk dances from around the world, such as the troika from Russia and the mayim mayim from Israel. From 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. on August 14, special folk-dancing classes for children will be offered. Children ranging in age from 6-8 can learn the kinderpolka from Germany. Children ranging in age from 9-12 can learn the raspa from Mexico.

  Storytelling: Listen for hours as professional storytellers charm you with captivating tales. Fables, folktales, and ballads from various countries will be told. By popular demand, Gwendolyn Washington, a famous African American storyteller, is back.

  Food: Enjoy irresistible foods from other countries, such as gyros from Greece, seafood paella from Spain, crepes from France, and tandoori chicken from India. These tasty dishes will be difficult to pass up.

Tickets       August 11-13

 

Tickets        August 14

Adults          $3

Ages 13-18        $2

Ages 6-12        $1

Ages 6 and under Free

 

Adults          $3

Ages 13-18        $2

Ages 12 and under Free


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Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless——there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and the two great wire services.No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge.There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for on one can any longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed.Good or bad, whatever the decision.America will accept the decision——and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes.The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood.Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself.
There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia or China.Only one other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote.This was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice.Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler.Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts.Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning.But for these hours history stops.
76.Between ten p.m.and midnight, the United States has no leader because________.
A.the President has resigned
B.the strike for power has ended
C.the polls have closed and the results are not in
D.there has been a revolution
77.“The great strike for America’s power” in paragraph 1 refers to_________.
A.the strike of the mass media    B.the great coal strike
C.striking while the iron is hot   D.the election campaign
78.According to the author only one other major modern nation ever tried to elect its leader by mass, free, popular vote.That nation was___________.
A.India B.Germany  C.Russia      D.England
79.The author believes the decision at the polls will     .
A.lead to anarchy B.result in men being cut down
C.cause violence and blood D.be defended by all Americans


【小题1】.The United Kingdom, which has four countries with one government, is off the northwest
coast of c____________ (大陆) Europe.
【小题2】. Paris, s____________ (位于) in the river Seine, is the capital and largest city of France.
“I____________” (居民) is the word used to describe those who live in a particular place.
【小题3】. The five countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa —known as “Brics (金砖国家)”, share some s____________ (相似之处) in developing their economies and improving the people’s living conditions.
【小题4】. Natural d____________ (灾难), such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and hurricanes, kill hundreds
of thousands of people every year.
【小题5】 Usually, fires caused by earthquakes did the most d____________(损失).
【小题6】. A mass c____________ (运动) has started in China to help protect the environment.
【小题7】.Sandstorms appear to have increased in China recently as a result of “d _________ (沙漠化)”.
【小题8】. Weather experts have f____________ (预报) another big sandstorm in a week’s time.
【小题9】. For many years, Mencius travelled from state to state, teaching the p____________ (原则) of Confucius.
【小题10】.Philosophers are people whose ideas are very i____________ (有影响力) .
【小题11】.It is my r____________ (责任) to make sure that all the lights are turned off when we leave
the classroom.
【小题12】.One of Barcelona’s most famous l____________ (地标) is the Church of the Sagrada Familia, which was designed by an architect called Antonio Gaudi.
【小题13】.The lawyer acted as her r____________ (代表) in the hearings.
【小题14】.The US government will have to meet the c____________ (挑战) of rising unemployment.

 

1..The United Kingdom, which has four countries with one government, is off the northwest

coast of c____________ (大陆) Europe.

2.. Paris, s____________ (位于) in the river Seine, is the capital and largest city of France.

“I____________” (居民) is the word used to describe those who live in a particular place.

3.. The five countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa —known as “Brics (金砖国家)”, share some s____________ (相似之处) in developing their economies and improving the people’s living conditions.

4.. Natural d____________ (灾难), such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and hurricanes, kill hundreds

of thousands of people every year.

5. Usually, fires caused by earthquakes did the most d____________(损失).

6.. A mass c____________ (运动) has started in China to help protect the environment.

7..Sandstorms appear to have increased in China recently as a result of “d _________ (沙漠化)”.

8.. Weather experts have f____________ (预报) another big sandstorm in a week’s time.

9.. For many years, Mencius travelled from state to state, teaching the p____________ (原则) of Confucius.

10..Philosophers are people whose ideas are very i____________ (有影响力) .

11..It is my r____________ (责任) to make sure that all the lights are turned off when we leave

the classroom.

12.. One of Barcelona’s most famous l____________ (地标) is the Church of the Sagrada Familia, which was designed by an architect called Antonio Gaudi.

13..The lawyer acted as her r____________ (代表) in the hearings.

14..The US government will have to meet the c____________ (挑战) of rising unemployment.

 

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