第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and   16   the theme “Water for Life”.

There are more than one billion people in the world who live without   17   drinking water. The United Nations   18   to cut this number in half by 2015.

Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)  19   challenge. But everyone,   20   teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the   21   of her age around the world.

Rene  Haggerty, 13, was  awarded  the  2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work-  22   discarded batteries which pollute water.

In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how   23   in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.

Haggerty learnt that   24   the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone   25   batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to   26   awareness in her area.

She   27   her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools   28   the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management   29   , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)   30   video.

Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made   31   progress.

When asked   32   she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite   33   . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”

Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is   34   to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in   35   the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

16. A. had   B. gave  C. wrote     D. discussed

17. A. enough    B. safe   C. much      D. polluted

18. A. asks   B. orders C. hopes     D. ensures

19. A. good  B. strong     C. important        D. unreal

20. A. especially     B. sometimes     C. even     D. seldom

21. A. boys        B. others     C. students        D. grown-ups

22. A. collecting      B. selling    C. buying           D. using

23. A. things        B. chemicals    C. water      D. air

24. A. making     B. recycling  C. reducing        D. handling

25. A. uses       B. has      C. throws      D. needs

26. A. tell         B. increase   C. spread          D. inform

27. A. talked to         B. listened to     C. heard from       D. thought about

28. A. and           B. besides        C. as well as          D. as good as

29. A. officials         B. workers    C. clerks           D. experts

30. A. industrial     B. agricultural   C. scientific   D. educational

31. A. much       B. no      C. some     D. little

32. A. if      B. how      C. when      D. why

33. A. proud    B. glad   C. modest     D. worried

34. A. praises           B. helps    C. supports       D. honors

35. A. awarding      B. saving   C. serving      D. favoring

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