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　　第1题、This month, the United Nations Development Program made water and sanitation the centerpiece of its flagship publication, the Human Development Report. Claims of a "water apartheid," where poor people pay more for water than the rich, are bound to attract attention. But what are the economics behind the problem, and how can it be fixed In countries that have trouble delivering clean water to their people, a lack of infrastructure is often the culprit. People in areas that are not served by public utilities have to rely on costlier ways of getting water, such as itinerant water trucks and treks to wells. Paradoxically, as the water sources get costlier, the water itself tends to be more dangerous. Water piped ……此处隐藏7209个字…… ing transformation because the farmers have planted industrial crops instead to increase incomes. In the last decades of years, the area under fruit and vegetables averagely increased 1.3 million hectares year by year. So the yield of rice, corn and wheat decreased rapidly. China became a net export country instead of a net import country. The Chinese government has given the greatest priority to the agricultural reform and invested a large amount of money to raise the prices of wheat and rice, as well as improved irrigation infrastructure for fields. In recent years, the price of agricultural products has increased steadily and the Chinese government has taken the measure to raise the activity of farmers to plant grains.