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Production of bottled water has grown over the past thirty years from nothing into a $16 billion-per-year business.  1 , more and more people have been against bottled water use, and environmentalists are  2  people to go back to the tap (水龍頭).

The first reason why you should seriously think about  3  bottled water, they say, is that it’s bad for the  4 . Producing plastic bottles  5  vast quantities of oil.  6 , factories create poisonous waste and send it into the environment. What is more, the vast majority of plastic water bottles aren’t  7 . In almost every part of the world, unwanted water bottles take up landfills (垃圾填埋地) and send  8  gases into air and water when they are burned. In other words, bottled water is a major  9   to  global warming.

Secondly, the  10  of bottled water requires a lot of fuel. In the USA alone, one billion bottles of water are moved around each week in trucks,  11  polluting gases and wearing down the roads. In fact, some high-priced water is  12  from one side of the planet to the other.

Finally, bottled water isn’t even better for your  13 . Tap water rules in many countries are far  14  than those for bottled water. Furthermore, tap water  15  fluoride, which is added to help build  16  teeth and prevent tooth decay (齲齒). Consequently, as the use of bottled water has  17 , tooth decay has become more serious.

To sum up, by stopping the use of  18  water, and encouraging others to  19  so, you will be doing the planet an enormous favour and  20  your own health as well.

1.  A. Besides                      B. Moreover          C. However              D. Therefore

2.  A. allowing                     B. training       C. urging                  D. commanding

3.  A. giving up                    B. turning to     C. preparing for          D. believing in

4.  A. business                   B. industry       C. price                      D. environment

5.  A. creates                       B. attracts        C. requires           D. shares

6.  A. By all means              B. In the wild     C. On the contrary      D. As a result

7.  A. sold                   B. recycled             C. found            D. limited

8.  A. harmless                 B. dangerous       C. natural            D. clean

9.  A. presenter           B. instructor         C. contributor         D. official

10. A. category                 B. design          C. competition      D. delivery

11. A. absorbing          B. preventing       C. giving off          D. turning off

12. A. shipped                 B. wasted         C. developed             D. collected

13. A. safety                    B. future          C. health                 D. country

14. A. older               B. fewer          C. stricter            D. simpler

15. A. declines            B. avoids         C. produces           D. contains

16. A. big                  B. strong         C. white              D. straight

17. A. dropped            B. changed        C. increased        D. disappeared

18. A. polluted             B. cold            C. bottled            D. boiled

19. A. do                   B. talk           C. report            D. donate

20. A. damaging              B. benefiting      C. challenging       D. respecting

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1-5 CCADC      6-10 DBBCD      11-15 CACCD       16-20 BCCAB

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