英語長文　空所補充問題（４）

前回の水資源に関する文章の続きです。
前後をよく読んで答えてください。

英語空所補充問題（4）

( 1 ) also puts pressure on water supplies. In the USA, 95% of the country’s fresh water comes from underground sources. With so much water being used to grow crops and raise livestock, water levels are dropping rapidly. (2)Once used, those supplies are gone forever, since they are not refilled by
( 3 ). The key there is to lower demand.
In many places around the world, people already live in ( 4 ). More than one billion people have no ( 5 ) to clean water. That leads to millions of deaths every year, with thousands of children dying every day in Africa. By 2025, as many as 25 African countries may face severe water ( 6 ). This could even lead to wars over water rights.
The fresh water crisis is not limited to poor countries. Indeed, rich and poor countries from Asia to Europe to North America are facing ( 6 ). It’s a growing problem that could soon affect us all.

(1)(3)(4)(5)(6) に 文脈に合う語を 以下の語から選んで入れよ。
shortages  crisis  overuse  access  rainwater

(2)の部分の省略を補え。

解答
(1)   overuse 　使い過ぎ
oversleep  寝坊する
overeat　食べ過ぎる　などと同じです。

(3)   rainwater　雨水

(4)   crisis　　　 危機

(5)   access　　   手段

(6)   shortages　 不足
be short of ~
～が不足している

(2) Once they are used
they = water supplies
いったん水資源が使われてしまうと

接続詞の後の、主語とbe動詞は省略可能です。
When I was young, …は
When young, … としてよい。
While (he was) reading etc.

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