第六部分:完形补文(第41~50题，每题1.5分，共15分)

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Water Shortage

Getting water seems (seem) so easy for many people. You will be（ 41 ） (mistake) if you think there is an（ 42 ）(end) supply of water. In fact, the world has a water shortage. Seventy percent of the world is（ 43 ）(cover) in water. But most of it is salt water. Only a small（ 44 ） (percent) is fresh drinking water. Countries（ 45 ）(include) Spain, Italy and South Africa actually import water from countries such as the United States and Australia.（ 46 ） (surprising), 1.1 billion people on earth have difficulty（ 47 ） (get) clean drinking water. This global problem is predicted to get（ 48 ） (bad) as the atmosphere becomes warmer.

Every person in Britain（ 49 ）(use) about 150 litres of water a day. In some countries people only have 5 to 10 litres a day! They would be（ 50 ） (shock) to learn how we waste drinking water.

 Urban gardening came into being as a result of（   ）

• A、the lack of land for gardening
  
  

• B、new technology
  
  

• C、government encouragement
  
  

• D、the increasing population
  
  

The word“confined" (Para. 2) means（   ）

• A、open
  
  

• B、empty
  
  

• C、limited
  
  

• D、occupied