Water Shortage

Getting water seems(seem) so easy for many people. You will be 41 ____ (mistake) if you think there is an 42 ____ (end) supply of water. In fact, the world has a water shortage. Seventy percent of the world is 43____ (cover)in water. But most of it is salt water. Only a small 44____ (percent) is fresh drinking water. Countries 45____ (include)Spain, Italy and South Africa actually import water from countries such as the United States and Australia. 46____ (surprising), 1.1 billion people on earth have difficulty 47____ (get) clean drinking water. This global problem is predicted to get 48____ (bad)as the atmosphere becomes warmer.

Every person in Britain 49____ (use )about 150 litres of water a day. In some countries people only have 5 to 10 litres a day! They would be 50____ (shock)to learn how we waste drinking water.