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For most Americans, a clean glass of water is just a matter of turning on a faucet(水龙头). But for many of the world’s poorest, it’s hard to get.

       On Wednesday, the United Nations (UN) marked World Water Day by trying to cut the number of people without good drinking water-one billion human beings worldwide-in half. In the next ten years, the UN will work with governments around the world to reduce the shortage.

       Without clean water nearby, many people use water _______________________. In India, many people bathe and wash their clothes in rivers that are polluted by human waste.

       According to the UN, not having enough clean water and sanitation (公共卫生)causes more than three million deaths a year.

       “The links between water and human heath are powerful,” said Dr Lee Jong Wook, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). “We cannot live without clean water.”

       In fact, the International Federation of the Red Cross said that quick reaction after last year’s Asian tsunami(海啸)had stopped disease. The agency provided clean water to nearly 500,000 people in Indonesia and Sri Lanka after the tsunami.

       World Water Day was first celebrated in 1993. Since then, it is celebrated each year on March 22.

76. What is the best title of the passage?

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77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by this one?

The quality of the water is closely connected with human health.

___________________________________________________________________________78. What did the International Federation of the Red Cross do after the tsunami? And why?

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79. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.

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80. Translate the first paragraph into Chinese.

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76. World Water Day.

77. The links between water and human health are powerful

78. It provided clean water to the people in Indonesia and Sri Lanka to stop disease from spreading.

79. that/which is harmful to their health; that /which is bad for their health; that/which isn’t fit to drink.

80. 对大多数美国人来讲,只需打开水龙头,就可以拥有一杯干净的水,但是对于世界上的很多穷人来讲,却很难。

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Danielle Steel,America’s sweetheart,is one of the hardest working women in the book business.Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.Her research alone before writing takes at least three years.Once she has fully studied her subjects,ready to dive into a book,she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education.After graduation,she worked in the public relations and advertising industries.Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for.Her achievements are unbelievable:390 million copies of books in print,nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels,and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new babies and new schools.Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.Twenty-eight of her books have been made into films.She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house,a loving family,and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge,Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源) and has kept in touch with them by e-mail.While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention,her life is undoubtedly much quieter.But,if she does have anything in common with them,it is her strength of will and her inimitable(独特的) style.There is only one Danielle Steel.
【小题1】Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that _______.

A.she can write several books at the same time
B.she often does some reasearch before writing a book
C.she is one of the most popular American women writers
D.she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break
【小题2】Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know _______.
A.how to deal with affairs at school
B.what to do if Max and Martha die
C.what to do when new babies are born into their families
D.how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes
【小题3】One of Danielle Steel’s achievements is that _______.
A.some TV plays were based on her books
B.her picture books attracted a lot of young men
C.one of her books became a best-seller in 1998
D.she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records
【小题4】We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel _______.
A.lives an exciting lifeB.values her readers a lot
C.writes about quiet womenD.is pleased with her achievements

Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers.He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry.The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit.Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time.Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes.Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don 't do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.
【小题1】The new law makes life difficult for             .

A.ObamaB.tobacco industry
C.White HouseD.US Food and Drug Administration
【小题2】What do we know about Obama?
A.He no longer smokes.
B.He still smokes as usual.
C.He began to smoke at eighteen.
D.He is trying hard to give up smoking.
【小题3】According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about           .
A.childrenB.officialsC.his familyD.businessmen

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