Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35. Water is necessary for life. People can live only a few days without it. Yet, nearly 25 million people die each year because of it. Both industrial nations and less developed countries are worried about the quality and quantity of water in the world. The United Nations called the 1980s the World Water Decade. The UN hoped to provide pure water for everyone by 1990. One of the problems about water is distribution. Water is not always distributed in the areas where the large population centres are. Some regions get enough rain, but others are short of water. Over half of the world is without pure drinking water. Seventy-five percent of city people have safe water, but only 29 percent of rural people do. About 80 percent of all illness is related to bad water. Millions of women and children spend up to six hours a day carrying water. When these women finish carrying water and doing their domestic work, they don't have time for anything else. In some dry areas, children must stay home from school to help carry water. The United Nations hopes to change this situation. It is attempting to develop water systems in a lot of regions in the world. Villages will be able to create and take care of these systems themselves, and other villages can copy them. UNICEF, the World Bank, and other organizations are helping. Local, national, and international organizations must all work together to improve the quality of life of millions of people with pure water. 31. The UN hoped to provide pure water for everyone by _______. A. 1980 B. 1985 C. 1990 D. 2000 32. People are worried about the _______of water in the world. A. quantity and quality B. quality and acceptance C. amount and price D. rural and city 33. Some regions get enough rain but it is _______. A. not for domestic use B. impure C. well-distributed D. not spread out over the year 34. Which organization(s) is/ are probably helping with the World Water Decade? A. CARE B. UNICEF C. Oxfam D. All of them 35. A village is an example of . _______ government. A. a local B. a national C. a state D. an international