15. The basketball
players _______ each other the best luck in the game before it started.
A. wished B. hoped C.
expected D.
wanted
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The amount of usable water has
always been of great interest in the world. 16 springs and streams sometimes means
control, particularly in the 17 areas like the desert. The control is
possible even without possession of large areas of 18 land. In the early days of the American
West, gun fights were not 19 for the water resources, and laws had to
be 20 to protect the water rights of the 21 and the use of the water resources
accordingly.
_22 is known to us all, there is not 23 water in all places for everyone to use
as much as he likes. Deciding on the 24 of water that will be used in any
particular period 25 careful planning, so that people can
manage and use water more 26 .Farmers have to change their use of or
demand for water 27 the water supply forecast.
The _28 water supply forecast is based more on
the water from the _29 than
from the below. Interest is 30_
in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the
winter snow on mountain 31_
. With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the
mountain snow can be 32 ,
and with the help of a repeater station, they send the _33 data to the base station. The operator at
the base station can get the data at any time by _34 a button. In the near future,
the forecast and use of water 35 probably depend on the advance knowledge
of snow on mountains, not of water underground.