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, Bhutan, and Bangladesh has left hundreds of dead and about onemillion homeless. Rivers rushing down the Himalayas have destroyed bridges and munications, killed farm animals, and made hundreds of thousands of hectares(公頃 ) of farm land unusable. Relief officials are hard pressed to meet demands for food, fresh water, clothing, and shelter(避難所 ). And they fear an outbreak of disease caused by poor environment(環(huán)境 ) and dirtied water. Experts believe that massive deforestation in the Himalayas is an important cause in such flooding. Trees prevent the loss of soil. Destroying forests means too much rain runs off barren hills carrying tons of soil. This raises the level of river beds, which causes water to spill over dams and banks. The result is flooding. Some countries have lost more than niy percent of their forest cover in recent ten years. This is largely a result of urbanization(城市化 ), agricultural expansion, largescale industrial and construction projects, massive logging, and poor national policies on forest protection. In Ethiopia, forests that had once covered some forty percent of the country were reduced greatly by 1988, a year of massive flooding costing many lives and much destruction. Forest protection is important to the prevention of such flooding. At the 1992 Riode Janiero Earth Meeting, leaders agreed on the importance of linking economic development to environmental protection. While no amount of planning or human effort can ever pletely prevent floods, much can be done to reduce their frequency and destructiveness. The single most important thing is protecting the world39。t mentioned in helping you find a suitable job? about jobs gained in high schools. in work in relates. from teachers and parents. and volunteering. writer intended the passage for readers who are ______. school students graduates from high schools high school students C The latest United Nations report on the AIDS spread paints a sad picture. It concludes that the regions of the world most affected by AIDS will experience rapid increases in deaths among young adults. This will have serious social and economic results. The spread of AIDS and the virus that causes it, HIV, is particularly destructive in Africa. It is estimated(估計(jì) ) that in subSaharan Africa, over twentyfour million adults and children are now living with HIV. In sixteen subSaharan countries, according to the UN, at least ten percent of the people between the ages of fifteen and fortynine are HIV positive(陽(yáng)性 ). In South Africa and Zimbabwe, half the people between those ages may die of AIDS. In Botswana, about one in three adults is infected(感染 ), and some twothirds of the country39。re finally going into the workforce and will be entering the real world. What would be a good place to start? Well, hopefully high school helped to give you some sort of an idea of what type of job you would like to enter. If not, then it would be a good idea to speak with an advisor or even a person working in the field you may be interested in before you jump into a job that you won39。ll just suppose that they aren39。 so what are your choices? Let39。d like to make friends with new people friendship never lasts long families move every year B Your parents always told you that a solid education is the key to a successful future. For those of you that have or will be graduating from high school, the mitment(義務(wù) ) you made to plete your schooling has been fulfilled. Another few years or so in some college classroom just doesn39。t quite understand American friendship was not polite to him would have to say goodbye to Steve soon misunderstanding between them is mainly caused by ______. 39。s change of attitude. “Steve said we were friends,” Yaser plained. “And I thought friends were friends forever. Yaser is a little confused. He is an outsider to American culture. He doesn39。t see each other very much at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn39。s just an emotional(情感的 ) thing. Mike can still remember the 52 of hurt and total surprise on Mary39。t talking as much,” she says. “I was wrapped up in the kids and I just cou