Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A new report says one?third of all people in the world face some form of water shortage.　 __71__ Groundwater levels fall; rivers get drier and drier. Other times the water is there, but communities do not have the resources to get enough.

Farming uses a lot of water, but it may be surprising just how much. Seventy?four percent of all freshwater used goes to agriculture.　 __72__　　 Communities use only eight percent.

__73__ Sixty?five percent of all freshwater is held in soil, the result of rain. Thirty?five percent is in rivers, lakes and in deep underground.

__74__ Seventy percent of all cropland depends on rain. Capturing rainwater and using plowing methods that save water are two ways to make better use of each liter of rain that falls.

The report thinks areas where better use of water could do the most good.　 __75__ Investments in water resources could help at least eight hundred million people who depend on farming but have limited water supplies.

A．Where the water is stored may also be surprising.

B．Sometimes the shortages are caused by too much water use.

C．These include poor areas.

D．Personal use about sixteen.

E．How will the water be stored?

F．Industry uses eighteen percent.

G．The researchers call for more productive use of rainwater.

 

Answer 1

71～75　BFAGC