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World Water Shortage A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world

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问题 World Water Shortage
   A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world’s people may not have enough water by the year 2025.
   A private American organization called Population Action International did the new study. It says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people【C1】______ enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight【C2】______. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East.
   P-A-I【C3】______ Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people【C4】______ water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have【C5】______water problems. The demand for water 【C6】______ increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth stays【C7】______.
   Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water【C8】______ growing faster than in other parts of the world. He says【C9】______ growth in these countries will continue to increase. The【C10】______ says lack of water in the future may【C11】______ several problems. It may increase 【C12】______ problems. Lack of water often means drinking water not【C13】______. Mr. Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of 【C14】______, such as cholera, which are carried in water. Lack of water【C15】______ result in more international conflict. Countries may have to【C16】______ for water in the future.
   Some countries now get sixty percent of their【C17】______ water from other countries. This is 【C18】______ Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq.【C19】______ the report says lack of water would affect the ability of【C20】______ to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning. [br] 【C4】
选项 A、would lack
B、could lack
C、should lack
D、may lack
答案 D
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