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Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and    16    the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without    17    drinking water. The United Nations    18    to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)  19   challenge. But everyone,    20    teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the    21    of her age around the world.
Rene  Haggerty, 13, was  awarded  the  2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—   22    discarded batteries 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    23    in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that    24    the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone    25    batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to    26    awareness in her area.
She    27    her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools    28    the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management    29   , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)    30    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    31    progress.
When asked    32    she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite    33   . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is    34    to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in    35    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.
16. A. had             B. gave          C. wrote            D. discussed
17. A. enough     B. safe           C. much          D. polluted
18. A. asks             B. orders         C. hopes           D. ensures
19. A. good           B. strong         C. important          D. unreal
20. A. especially        B. sometimes     C. even          D. seldom
21. A. boys              B. others           C. students       D. grown-ups
22. A. collecting           B. selling       C. buying                 D. using
23. A. things              B. chemicals      C. water               D. air
24. A. making        B. recycling       C. reducing        D. handling
25. A. uses            B. has           C. throws          D. needs
26. A. tell               B. increase       C. spread         D. inform
27. A. talked to   B. listened to         C. heard from     D. thought about
28. A. and             B. besides              C. as well as        D. as good as
29. A. officials          B. workers         C. clerks          D. experts
30. A. industrial        B. agricultural     C. scientific      D. educational
31. A. much            B. no            C. some         D. little
32. A. if            B. how             C. when         D. why
33. A. proud        B. glad            C. modest          D. worried
34. A. praises         B. helps          C. supports        D. honors
35. A. awarding            B. saving         C. serving          D. favoring