Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (1)______ . Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (2)______ unevenly. Chronic water shortages (3)______ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe. The (4) ______ of most freshwater supplies -groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers- are under severe and (5) ______ environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (6) ______ countries is (7) ______ untreated into surface water such as rivers and harbours. About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (8) ______ and 25 percent is used in industry. Freshwater (9) ______ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (10) ______ irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict polution controls worldwide. 1. A.survive B.survived C.surviving D.survival 2. A.delivered B.distributed C.provided D.given 3. A.exist B.lie C.show D.stay 4. A.resources B.springs C.sources D.starting 5. A.increasing B.growing C.climbing D.ascending 6. A.growing B.miserable C.poverty D.developing 7. A.recharged B.discharged C.charged D.discharging 8. A.farming B.planting C.agriculture D.growing 9. A.reservation B.conservation C.preservation D.retention 10. A.ineffective B.illogical C.irrational D.inefficient