2021年职称英语 理工类C级试题

1、职称英语 理工类C级试题 职称英语：理工类C级试题 Water-the Issue of This Century The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and thirstier（渴的）, with the result that freshwater is being increasingly scar _ （缺乏）. Half the worlds wetlands have disappeared during the last _ntury, while esti _tes

2、suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years. The World Bank report esti _tes that as much as half of the worlds population, con _ntrated in Africa, the Middle East and south Asia, will fa _ severe water shortages by 2025. Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems a

3、ppear large in some regions. A similar picture emerges from the globes salt water regions. Three-quarters of the worlds people _y live within 100km of the sea in 2025, putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries （渔业） are exploited at or beyond their sustainabl

4、e limits, and half the worlds coral reefs （珊瑚礁） _y perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from hu _n activities, the Bank says. The report concludes that there is ample eviden _ to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use wate

5、r more efficiently. Fresh water consumption is rising quickly, and the availability of water in some regions is likely to bee one of the most pressing issues of the 21st _ntury. A third of the worlds population - around two billion people - live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high wa

6、ter shortages. That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions （） change to ensure better conservation and allocation of water. China is one country where the portents （征兆） are gloomy. The most water-stressed country in East Asia, China is exploiting 44% of its us

7、able water, a figure projected to rise to 60% by 2020. Pri _ry withdrawal of water of more than 60% is widely considered by water experts to ex _ed the enviro _ental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although Chinas total use appears still to be reasonable, it has several basins that are se

8、verely stressed enviro _entally. Withdrawals ex _ed enviro _ental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and will ex _ed them in India by 2020. In the Middle East and North Africa, only Moroo has unexploited water resour _s. The rest have ex _eded enviro _ental limits and _ny are mining aquifers （蓄水层） - bo _s of water-bearing rock - the report says. 1 It is esti _ted that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 2 Most developed countries will fa _ water shortages in 20 years. A Right