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(2) Most of the water meandering down the lower reaches of the Nile, the world’slongest river, comes from the Ethiopian highlands, putting rulers in Addis Ababa, thecapital, in a position of unusual power, one they have rarely dared to __16__. Butsince Egypt, the biggest and most influential consumer of Nile water, is distracted byrevolutionary __17__ at home, this may be changing. Ethiopia and the other upstreamcountries---Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda---have __18__together to rewrite a 1959 treaty that favors Egypt.They may succeed. After decades of strong population growth, Ethiopia hasovertaken Egypt as Africa’s second-most-numerous nation. The total population of theupstream countries is 240m against 130m for the downstream duo of Egypt (85m) andSudan (45m), __19__ 14m southerners will soon be independent and are being3courted by both sides.Ethiopia’s prime minister, Meles Zenawi, is determined to dam his bit of the Nile.Mr. Meles insists that Egypt will also benefit from the dam, __20__ it is being offeredthe chance to buy cheaper power. But he hardly exudes goodwill, accusing Egyptiansof trying to undermine Ethiopia’s search for funds to build the thing. In any event,says Mr. Meles, Ethiopia will push ahead, using “every ounce of our strength, everypenny we can save, to complete our program.”
16.
(A)emanate
(B)exploit
(C)elicit
(D)execrate

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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