Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention

Water and its importance to human life were the centreof the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and     36    thetheme “Water for Life”.

There are more than one billion people in the worldwho live without     37    drinkingwater. The United Nations      38    tocut this number in half by 2015.

Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)     39    challenge.But everyone,     40    teenagers,can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the     41  ofher age around the world.

Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria BarronPrize for her work—     42    discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）whichpollute water.

In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the GreatLakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how     43    inold batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.

Haggerty learnt that     44     thebatteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone     45    batteries,and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to     46    awarenessin her area.

She     47     hercounty government and school board. She got permission to start a recyclingprogramme in schools     48    thepublic library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends andlocal waste-management    49   , shegathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)     50    video.

Over the past two years, she collected four tons ofbatteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a batteryrecycling programme but had made     51   progress.

When asked     52    shefeels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53   . “Notreally. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”

Every year the Gloria Barron Prize     54  youngAmericans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in     55    thepublic and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to helpwith their education costs or their public service work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13.               A．and           B．beside         C．as well as  D．as good as

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.C

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