ANN AND MATHEW ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GLOBAL WARMING.ANN

Câu 11: Ann and Mathew are talking about the global warming.

Ann: “Does the global warming worry

you? Mathew: “

”.

A. Oh, it’s hotter and hotter

B. I can’t bear to think about it.

C. I don’t like hot weather, in the garden all day.

D. What a shame!

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct answer for each of the blanks 12 to 16.

Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for

plant and animal (12) . Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is distributed unevenly.

Chronic water shortages exist in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe. The (13)

of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and

rivers - are under severe and increasing environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and

ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (14) countries is discharged untreated

into surface waters such as rivers and harbors;

About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (15) and 25 percent is used in

industry. Freshwater conservation therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (16)

irrigation, reforms in agriculture and. industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide.