- 閱讀理解A
題干：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.
題目：According to the author, the water price should_____. - A 、correspond to its real value
- B 、be reduced to the minimum
- C 、stimulate domestic demand
- D 、take into account the occurrences of droughts
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
細(xì)節(jié)題。第三段首句指出：政府應(yīng)該根據(jù)水真正的價(jià)值來確定其價(jià)格。據(jù)此，可以確定A選項(xiàng)正確。
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