1. Rainfall in the drought plagued metropolitan area was heavier than usual for the month of June. Nevertheless, by the first o July the city’s water shortage was more severe than ever, and officials proposed drastic restrictions on the use of water Which one of the following, if true, helps to explain why the city’s water shortage was not alleviated by the first of July?
(A) Moderate restrictions on the industrial use of water had gone into effect in the metropolitan area several months earlier. (B) Because of the heavier rainfall, people watered their lawns much less in June that they usually do in the metropolitan area during that month. (C) During the drought most residents of the metropolitan area had been informed about water conservation methods that would help them to reduce their water consumption significantly with a minimal reduction in their standard of living. (D) The per capita rate of the use of water in the metropolitan area was slightly lower in June that in each of the three previous months and significantly lower that in June of the previous year.
People in the metropolitian area who had voluntarily reduced their use of water in earlier months when official vocied alarm used greater than normal amounts of water when rainfall seemed plentiful in June.
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发表于 2003-9-16 01:33:00
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