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　　For most Americans a clean glass of water is just a faucet away．But for many of the world’s poorest people it’s hard to get．

　　 On Wednesday the United Nations(UN)marked World Water Day by trying to cut the number of people without good drinking water－one billion human beings worldwide－in half ．In the next ten years the UN will work with the governments around the world to reduce the shortage．

　　Without clean water nearby many people use water ________．In India many people bathe and wash their clothes in rivers that are polluted by human waste．

　　According to the UN not having enough clean water and sanitation causes more than three million deaths a year．

　　“The links between water and human health are powerful ” said Dr Lee Jong Wook director-general of the world Health Organization(WHO)．“We cannot live without clean water．”

　　In fact the International Federation of the Red Cross said that quick reaction after last year’s Asian tsunami had stopped disease．The agency provided clean water to nearly 500 000 people in Indonesia and Sri Lanka after the tsunami．

　　World Water Day was first celebrated in 1993 since then it is celebrated each year on March 22．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by this one?

The quality of the water is closely connected with human beings．

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3．What did the International Federation of the Red Cross do after the tsunami?(Please answer within 20 words．)

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4．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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　　1．World Water Day 　　2．The links between water and human health are powerful 　　3．It provided clean water and to the people in Indonesia and Sri Lanka to stop disease from spreading． 　　4．that/which is harmful to their health that/which is bad for their health that/which isn’t fit to drink 　　5．周三，联合国将今年世界水日的主题确定为：努力将世界上缺少干净饮用水的约十亿人减少一半。