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1、IELTSADVANTAGEMultiple-ChoicePracticeQuestionsChoosethecorrectletter,A,B,orC1. InAmerica,dewateredstreamsAareactuallyquitecommon.Bprovidehabitatforawidevarietyoflife.Cnolongerexist.2. InMontanainthelate1800s,Awaterwasscarcefortheearliestsettlers.Btherewasinitiallyplentyofwaterfortheearliestsettlers.

2、Cmoststreamshadalreadybeendewatered.3. In1921,Montana,sSupremeCourtAruledthatnobodyhadwaterrights.Bgaveseniorwaterrightstothosewhohadsettledfirst.Crefusedtoissuearulingonwaterrights.4. OneunintendedresultofMontana,s1921SupremeCourtrulingonPricklyCreekwasthatAtherearenowclaimsformorewaterthanwatertha

3、tactuallyexists.Btherewasmorethanenoughwaterforeveryone.Citcompletelydriedup.5. AnotherunintendedresultofMontanas1921rulingperPricklyCreekwasthatAeveryonewasforcedtoshareitswaterequally.Bthosewhoweregivenseniorrightstoitswaterhadnoreasontouseitwisely.Cthosewhousedtoomuchofitswaterwerepunished.6. The

4、productionofbeergenerallyAdoesntrequireintensiveuseofwater.Bhasn,thadaneffectonwatersources.Cinvolveswastinglargeamountsofwater.7. Recentwaterstewardshipeffortshavenotjustfocusedonmeasuringanddecreasingwateruse,butAeliminatingwateruse.Bharshlypunishingthosewhousetoomuchwater.Crestorationofwaterbacki

5、ntostreams.8. UnlikeinMontana,incertainstates,Awaterrightsholderslosetheirrightsiftheydontusethem.Bwaterrightsownerscanconservewaterandmaintaintheirrights.Cwaterrightsownershavegoodeconomicreasonstoprotectfish.9. Thismarket-drivenapproachhasAgivenwaterusersaneconomicincentivetoconservewaterandrestor

6、eittostreams.Bresultedinincreasingnumbersoflawsuits.Ccauseddegradationofecosystems.10. VarioustransactionsstemmingfromthisapproachhaveAdividedpeople.Bbroughtpeopletogether.IELTSADVANTAGEMultiple-ChoicePracticeQuestionsCbeenineffectiveinrestoringwatertoecosystems.IELTSADVANTAGEMultiple-ChoicePractice

7、QuestionsAnswerKey:1. A2. B3. B4. A5. B6. C7. C8. B9. A10. BLinktovideotutorial:https:ShaiTranSCriPtSOUrCe:https:WWWThisisariver.Thisisastream.Thisisariver.Thisishappeningalloverthecountry.TherearetensofthousandsofmilesofdewateredstreamsintheUnitedStates.Onthismap,thecoloredareasrepresentwaterconfli

8、cts.SimilarproblemsareemergingintheEastaswell.Thereasonsvarystatetostate,butmostlyinthedetails.Thereare4,000milesofdewateredstreamsinMontanaalone.Theywouldordinarilysupportfishandotherwildlife.Theyretheveinsoftheecosystem,andtheyreoftenemptyveins.Iwanttotellyouthestoryofjustoneofthesestreams,because

9、itsanarchetypeforthelargerstory.ThisisPricklyPearCreek.ItrunsthroughapopulatedareafromEastHelenatoLakeHelena.Itsupportswildfishincludingcutthroat,brownandrainbowtrout.Nearlyeveryyearformorethanahundredyears.itlookedlikethisinthesummer.Howdidwegethere?Well,itstartedbackinthelate1800swhenpeoplestarted

10、settlinginplaceslikeMontana.Inshort,therewasalotofwaterandtherewerentverymanypeople.Butasmorepeopleshowedupwantingwater,thefolkswhoweretherefirstgotalittleconcerned,andin1865,Montanapasseditsfirstwaterlaw.Itbasicallysaid,everybodynearthestreamcanshareinthestream.Oddly,alotofpeopleshowedupwantingtosh

11、arethestream,andthefolkswhoweretherefirstgotconcernedenoughtobringouttheirlawyers.Therewereprecedent-settingsuitsin1870and1872,bothinvolvingPricklyPearCreek.Andin1921,theMontanaSupremeCourtruledinacaseinvolvingPricklyPearthatthefolkswhoweretherefirsthadthefirst,orseniorwaterrights.*Theseseniorwaterr

12、ightsarekey.TheproblemisthatallovertheWestnowitlookslikethis.Someofthesecreekshaveclaimsfor50to100timesmorewaterthanisactuallyinthestream.Andtheseniorwaterrightsholders,iftheydontusetheirwaterright,theyrisklosingtheirwaterright-alongwiththeeconomicvaluethatgoeswithit.So,theyhavenoincentivetoconserve

13、.So,itsnotjustaboutthenumberofpeople;thesystemitselfcreatesadisincentivetoconservebecauseyoucanloseyourwaterrightifyoudontuseit.So,afterdecadesoflawsuitsand140years,now,ofexperience,westillhavethis.It,sabrokensystem.TheresadisincentivetoQ 国的 IELTSADVANTAGEMultiple-Choice Practice Questionsconserve,b

14、ecauseifyoudontuseyourwaterright,youcanloseyourwaterright.Andmsureyouallknow,thishascreatedsignificantconflictsbetweentheagriculturalandenvironmentalcommunities.OK,nowmgoingtochangegearshere.MostofyouW川behappytoknowthattherestofthepresentationsfree.Andsomeofyoullbehappytoknowthatitinvolvesbeer.There

15、sanotherthinghappeningaroundthecountry,whichisthatcompaniesarestartingtogetconcernedabouttheirwaterfootprint.Theyreconcernedaboutsecuringanadequatesupplyofwater,theyretryingtobereallyefficientwiththeirwateruse,andtheyreconcernedabouthowtheirwateruseaffectstheimageoftheirbrand.Well,itsanationalproblem,butmgoingtotellyouanotherstoryfromMontana.anditinvolvesbeer.Ibetyoudidntknow,ittakesabout5pintsofwatertomakeapintofbeer.Ifyouincludeallthedrain,ittakesmorethanahundredpintsofwatertomakeapintofbeer.NowthebrewersinMont