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牛津上海（本地版）五四制初中英语九年级下册Unit 1单元测试卷（含听力音频）
Researcher Robert Engelman from Population Action International says by the year 2025 about 3000 million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have serious water problems. The need for water keeps increasing.
Mr Engelman says the population in these countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. The report says lack of water in the future may result in(导致)several problems. It may even increase1problems. Lack of water often means drinking water isn't safe. Mr Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, Lack of water may also2more international con flint(冲突), Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries, such as Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect(影响)the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is3new industries(工业)offer need a large amount of water when they are beginning.
The Population Action International study gives several solutions4the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose.5way is to teach people to be careful and not to waste water. A third way is to use less water of agriculture, The6also says long-term(长期的)ways of dealing with the water problem must include controls on population growth.
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