- 阅读理解A
题干：Humanityusesalittlelessthanhalfthewateravailableworldwide.Yetoccurrencesofshortagesanddroughts(干旱）arecausingfamineanddistressinsomeareas,andindustrialandagriculturalby-productsarepollutingwatersupplies.Sincetheworld’populationisexpectedtodoubleinthenext50years，manyexpertsthinkweareontheedgeofawidespreadwatercrisis.Butthatdoesn'thavetobetheoutcome.Watershortagesdonothavetotroubletheworld-ifwestartvaluingwatermorethanwehaveinthepast.Justaswebegantoappreciatepetroleummoreafterthe1970soilcrises,todaywemuststartlookingatwaterfromafresheconomicperspective.Wecannolongeraffordtoconsiderwateravirtuallyfreeresourceofwhichwecanuseasmuchaswelikeinanywaywewant.Instead，forallusesexceptthedomesticdemandofthepoor，governmentsshouldpricewatertoreflectitsactualvalue.Thismeanschargingafeeforthewateritselfaswellasforthesupplycosts.Governmentsshouldalsoprotectthisresourcebyprovidingwaterinmoreeconomicallyandenvironmentallysoundways.Forexample,oftenthecheapestwaytoprovideirrigation(灌慨）waterinthedrytropicsisthroughsmall-scaleprojects,suchasgatheringrainfallindepressions(凹地）andpumpingittonearbycropland.Nomatterwhatstepsgovernmentstaketoprovidewatermoreefficiently，theymustchangetheirinstitutionalandlegalapproachestowateruse.Ratherthanspreadcontrolamonghundredsoreventhousandsoflocal，regional，andnationalagenciesthatwatchvariousaspectsofwateruse，countriesshouldsetupcentralauthoritiestocoordinatewaterpolicy.
题目：In order to raise the efficiency of the water supply，measures should be taken to_____. - A 、centralize the management of water resources
- B 、increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels
- C 、guarantee full protection of the environment
- D 、encourage local and regional control of water resources
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
推理题。 答题依据在末段：No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, … countries should set up central authorities to coordinate water policy (无论政府采取何种措施来提高供水效率，……国家应该建立中心管理机构来协调用水政策），即：政府应该加强对水资源的集中管理，故A选项正确。
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