D.blaming poor people in Africa for their illegal action

Ⅱ.佳作背诵(自然)

　　请认真阅读下列文字和图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

　　Water is the driving force of all nature，Leonardo da Vinci claimed.Unfortunately，water supplies are decreasing at an alarming rate.Some relevant statements show more than a billion individuals-one in seven people on the planet-now lack access to safe drinking water.

　　In São Paulo，drought got so bad that residents began drilling through basement floors and car parks to try to reach groundwater.City officials warned that citizens might have access to water for only two days a week.

　　In California，officials have revealed that "the state has entered its fourth year of drought with January this year becoming the driest since meteorological records began".

　　In the Middle East，lots of countryside land has been reduced to desert because of the overuse of water.Iran is one of the most severely affected.Overconsumption，coupled with poor rainfall，has destroyed its water resources and agricultural output.So，for us，water is now more important than oil.

写作内容

1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2.用约120个单词谈谈淡水短缺的原因以及在生活中我们应如何节约用水。

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1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3.不必写标题。

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内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

参考范文

　　As is shown in the passage，supplies of fresh water are running dry in many parts of the world，and some areas are faced with drought and even reduced to desert.

　　In my opinion，there're several things accounting for the shortage of fresh water.Firstly，the world's population continues to soar but that rise in numbers has not been matched by an accompanying increase in supplies of fresh water.Secondly，the amount of fresh water used in industries is rising sharply and more fresh water is turned into industrial waste water.Besides，we cannot ignore the impact of water pollution.

So what can we do to solve this problem？To begin with，everyone should stop wasting fresh water and save every drop of it.What's more，water pollution should be prevented and the government should take effective measures to deal with the current water pollution.Besides，we should try to control our population.Only in these ways can we have plenty of fresh water in the