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If you live in a city in North America or Europe, you have probably never thought much about water. Whenever you need some, you
If you live in a city in North America or Europe, you have probably never thought much about water. Whenever you need some, you
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2013-06-25
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If you live in a city in North America or Europe, you have probably never thought much about water. Whenever you need some, you turn on the tap and there it is. Millions of people in other parts of the world are not so lucky. They have trouble getting enough clean water for their basic needs. This situation may soon become common all around the world, scientists believe. In fact, they say that the lack of clean water may be one of the biggest issues in the twenty-first century.
The reasons for this are clear. On the one hand, people are using more water than ever before. Over the last fifty years, the population of the world has more than doubled. On the other hand, many sources of surface water such as rivers, lakes and streams are too polluted and unhealthy for use as drinking water.
This has forced more and more people to drill wells so they can get water from underground. There are enormous amounts of water deep underground in lakes called aquifers. Until recently, scientists believed this underground water was safe from pollution. Then, in the 1980s, people in the United States began to find chemicals in their well water, and scientists took a closer look at what was happening. Weldon Spring, Missouri, for example, was the site of a bomb factory during World War II. The factory was destroyed after the war, but poisonous chemicals remained on the ground. Very slowly, these chemicals dripped down through the ground and into the aquifer. Once they did, however, the water from that aquifer was no longer drinkable.
It probably never will be drinkable again. Underground water is not renewed regularly by the rain, like lake or river water. Thus, if a harmful chemical gets into an aquifer, it will stay there for a very long time. Furthermore, it is nearly impossible to remove all the water in an aquifer and clean out the pollutants.
Industrial sites like Weldon Spring are one cause of underground water pollution. There are thousands of such sites in the United States alone, and many others around the world. Underground water pollution is also caused by modern farming methods, which require the use of large amounts of chemicals in the fields. And finally, yet another important cause of underground water pollution is waste. That includes solid waste thrown away in dumps and landfills, and also untreated human and animal waste.
The situation is indeed very serious. Fortunately, there are many aquifers and they are very large. Only a small number have been seriously damaged so far. But if the world does not want to go thirsty in the near future, further pollution must be prevented. Around the world, governments must make real changes in industry, agriculture and waste disposal.
In the first paragraph scientists express the idea that______.
选项
A、clean water is no longer available for people in Europe
B、there will always be enough water for everyone
C、the water problem will soon be resolved in the twenty-first century
D、many more people may soon be without clean water
答案
D
解析
根据题干提示可定位到第1段,题目问该段中科学家表达了什么观点,换言之,就是问本段的主旨。根据原文“They have trouble getting enough clean water for their basic needs.This situationmay soon become common all around the world...lack of clean water may be one of the biggestissues in the twenty-first century.”,可以推断将有越来越多的人喝不上、用不上干净的水,故正确答案为D项。其他三个选项均与第1段内容不符。
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