This week in Japan, some 10, 000(1) from across the globe will meet to examine what, for many of the world’s poorest people, are issues of life and death. At sessions in Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka, the 3rd World Water Forum will (2)a crisis that currently forces more than one billion people to (3) sources contaminated with human waste, and leaves countless millions more with insufficient supplies to (4) their crops, or to spur industrial development. The meeting is the culmination of the International Year of Freshwater 2003, declared by the United Nations to (5) awareness of the worsening state of the world’s water resources.(6)that goal, the forum could hardly have been held at a less opportune moment. Events in Iraq may limit media(7) of the 3rd World Water Forum to mere footnote status. “Our discussions will have far more effect on humankind in the twenty-first century than the current crisis in the Middle East,” claims William Cosgrove, vice-president of the World Water Council, a think-tank dedicated to (8) water resources. But the forum’s organizers must know that there is little hope of gaining firm(9) from nations that are (10) war.
A.delegates B.dedicates C.dictators D.decision-makers
问题2:
A.spotlight B.highlight C.brighten D.show
问题3:
A.make use of B.eat with C.drink from D.grope for
问题4:
A.plant B.cultivate C.transplant D.water
问题5:
A.realize B.achieve C.gain D.raise
问题6:
A.For B.But for C.Given D.Giving
问题7:
A.cover B.covering C.coverage D.discover
问题8:
A.improve B.improving C.promote D.promoting
问题9:
A.commitments B.commitment C.promises D.promise
问题10:
A.focusing with B.focused with C.focusing on D.focused on