Water Shortage Getting water seems (seem) so easy for many people. You will be   ___[C 1]____________(mistake) if you think there is an ____[C2 ]____________(end) supply of water. In fact, the world has a water shortage. Seventy percent of the world is  _____[C 3]___________(cover) in water. But most of it is salt water. Only a small  ___[C4 ]_____________ (percent) is fresh drinking water .Countries   __[C5 ]______________  (include) Spain, Italy and South Africa actually import water from countries such as the United States and Australia.  _____[C6 ]___________(surprising), 1.1 billion people on earth have difficulty  ____[C7 ]____________ (get) clean drinking water. This global problem is predicted to get  ___[C 8]_____________ (bad) as the atmosphere becomes warmer.

Every person in Britain ____[C 9]____________ (use) about 150 litres of water a day. In some countries people only have 5 to 10 litres a day! They would be _____[C10 ]___________ (shock)to learn how we waste drinking water.