Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week.

Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 36 the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without 37 drinking water. The United Nations 38 to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n) 39 challenge. But everyone, 40 teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the 41 of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work— 42 discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how 43 in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that 44 the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone 45 batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to 46 awareness in her area.
She 47 her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools 48 the public library, hospital, and churches. With the help from her family, friends and local waste-management 49 , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n) 50 video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made 51 progress.
When asked 52 she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite 53 . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is 54 to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in 55 the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
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(答案→). A 解析：【小题1】A因为每个节日都“有”一个主题，所以“节水日”也是一样。【小题1】B这里是指没有洁净的水，所以饮用也就不“安全”。【小题1】C 这里是说联合国“希望”将这个数字减少一半。【小题1】D要达到这个目的有极大的困难，好像是一个不真实的挑战。【小题1】C这里是说“甚至”青少年也可以参与到这个活动中，做一些有帮助的事情。【小题1】B泛指与之年龄相仿的其他青少年，并非指其他某类人。【小题1】A根据后文知是“收集”废弃龟池。【小题1】B是由于电池里面的“化学物”对环境造成的污染和危害。【小题1】B这里只有“回收”电池符合上下文。【小题1】A人人都能做点事是因为人人都“使用”它。【小题1】B因为她有这种想法，所以她开始使她生活的地方的人们认识到这一点。【小题1】A于是她就向她们县的管理部门和学校董事会“谈”这件事。【小题1】C因为后面有and，所以这里只能用as well as。【小题1】A存waste-management部门工作的是政府官员。【小题1】D这里说的是她制作一个用于宣传教育的电视影像。【小题1】 D根据这甲的but判断。【小题1】A根据后面的答语not really来判断。【小题1】C根据下文判断。【小题1】D根据后文知，the Gloria Barron Prize每年都要“奖励”些8到18岁的那些“为公众服务和保护地球”的青少年.【小题1】C 解释同上。

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