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单选题Grain production in the world is _____, but still millions are hungry.A staggeringB shrinkingC soaringD suspending
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staggering
shrinking
soaring
suspending
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第1题：
Your Bean Steak (素肉排), Sir!
What sort of food are we likely to be eating in the year 2000?
Most people, when you ask them a question like that, either say: " There won't be any left, " or "Whatever it is, there won't be much taste in it." Of course, there are good reasons for being worried about the world's food supplies in the future.Nevertheless, not all the experts share these worries.
For one thing, although the world's population is rising fast, food production is keeping pace with it, even in developing countries.It is therefore argued that the main reason why people are hungry is not that there is a world food shortage but that methods of cultivation are not sufficiently advanced in some areas and the food is not fairly distributed ( 分配 ).
This does not mean, however, that our diet ( 饮食 ) will go on being the same.In many industrialized countries, people feed animals with grain to produce high-quality beef, even though the grain would feed the human population, and use fishmeal to fatten pigs to improve the quality of bacon.While not many of us would like fishmeal for lunch, its nutritional value is high and the unattractive fish it is made from can be presented to the public in colorful packets of fish fingers.
By the year 2000, many of these problems will have been solved.Scientists are already capable of making steaks from soy beans.It is quite obvious that there will still be enough to eat, if we are not too particular about where the food comes from and what it is made of.
1.Most people believe that food supplies in the future().
A、will become a very serious problem
B、will be the same as they are today
C、will be enough in quantity but not good in quality
D、will be much better than they are today
2.The reason why people are hungry in today's world is().
A、poor farming methods and bad distribution
B、slow growth of food production
C、food shortages all across the world
D、fast rising population
3.The word "bacon" in Line 5, Para.3 most probably is().
A、a kind of "meat" made from grain
B、meat made from fish
C、food for fish
D、meat made from pigs
4.The word "particular" in Line 4, Para.4 means().
A、special
B、choosy
C、detailed
D、very exact
5.The title of this passage suggests that().
A、food in the future will be tasteless
B、there will be worldwide food shortages
C、diet in the future will be very different
D、science is making rapid progress
参考答案：AADBC
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第2题：
after the second world war, the united states became a stronger country, proved by the following facts except_______.
A. the US had over 70% of the gold reserve of the world in its coffers
B. the US had over 50% of industrial production of the world in its hand
C. the US was the sole possessor of atomic bombs
D. the US suffered no losses in the war
参考答案：D
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第3题：
is a collection of web pages connected together with(67). Each document or page has a unique address that allows you to find it among the millions of other documents on the Web. The address is called a(68)(URL)or sometimes a Uniform. Resource Indicator(URL). When you chose a new link by clicking on it or by typing it into the address field your(69)sends a request for that document and displays it on the screen. That link can be to a different section of the current document, another document on the same website as the original or on another website anywhere in the world. Web pages are designed using(70)or HTML.
A．World Wild Web
B．World Wide Web
C．Web Wild World
D．Word Wide Web
正确答案：B
解析：WoddWideWeb：万维网 -
第4题：
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More Rural Research is Needed
Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer,crop scientist,said demand was growing at 2 .5%per year but with modern tech-nologies and the development of new ones,the world should be able to stay ahead.
“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition（营养不良）and poverty.” he said.
Research is needed to solve food production,land degradation（贫瘠化）and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which in turn,slowed population growth .Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world's ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world's population is expected to rise from 5 .8 to 8 billion people.He said that things will probably hold or improve but there'll still be a lot of hungry people.The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in 2020,similar to the current pattern. if there is any change,a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in East Asia,South America and South-East Asia.
The developing world was investing about 0 .5%,or$8 billion a year,of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on research and developed world was spending 2 .5%of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.
He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries,such as wheat production research having spin-offs（有用的副产品）for Mexico, China or India.
“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic re- search can have global application,so that money can be used very efficiently.”Dr. Fischer said.
Yields of rice, wheat ad maize（玉米）have grown impressively in the past 30 years, espe- cially in developing countries.For example,maize production rose from 2 to 8 tones per hectare between 1950 and 1995.But technologies driving this growth such as high-yield varieties,fertiliz-ers,and irrigation,were becoming exhausted.“If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities,for forests and wildlife,you're going to have to increase yield.”Dr. Fischer said.
A:there is a demand for saving land for non-agricultural activities
B: crop production is growing faster in developing countries
C: maize production reached its peak in the 1990s
D: technologies improving maize production have been well developed答案：A解析：主旨大意题。首段提到如果世界人民想要吃的更好，农业研究基金的投入至关重要。也就是说，农业研究至关重要。接下来几段也都是在讲述农业研究对粮食生产等方面的重要性。因此本文主旨是农业研究的重要性。故本题选C。
根据第二段“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if…”可知，世界农业研究资金的投入都在下降。故选B。
文章第三段“The major improvement will be in East Asia…”提到，主要改善地区将是东亚等地。也就是说，在第一个25年，东亚的饥俄人口将会减少。故本题选D。
根据文章倒数第二段“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions. ”可知，技术仍然需要因地制宜进行改进。故本题选B。
根据最后一段费舍博士的话可以推断，人类需要腾出土地作为非农业用途。选项 B在最后一段已经明确提出，C、D项是无中生有。因此本题选A。 -
第5题：
共用题干
More Rural Research is Needed
Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer,crop scientist,said demand was growing at 2 .5%per year but with modern tech-nologies and the development of new ones,the world should be able to stay ahead.
“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition（营养不良）and poverty.” he said.
Research is needed to solve food production,land degradation（贫瘠化）and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which in turn,slowed population growth .Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world's ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world's population is expected to rise from 5 .8 to 8 billion people.He said that things will probably hold or improve but there'll still be a lot of hungry people.The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in 2020,similar to the current pattern. if there is any change,a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in East Asia,South America and South-East Asia.
The developing world was investing about 0 .5%,or$8 billion a year,of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on research and developed world was spending 2 .5%of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.
He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries,such as wheat production research having spin-offs（有用的副产品）for Mexico, China or India.
“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic re- search can have global application,so that money can be used very efficiently.”Dr. Fischer said.
Yields of rice, wheat ad maize（玉米）have grown impressively in the past 30 years, espe- cially in developing countries.For example,maize production rose from 2 to 8 tones per hectare between 1950 and 1995.But technologies driving this growth such as high-yield varieties,fertiliz-ers,and irrigation,were becoming exhausted.“If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities,for forests and wildlife,you're going to have to increase yield.”Dr. Fischer said.Which of the following statements is true about the world's agricultural research funding?
A: It is increasing among developed countries.
B: It is decreasing worldwide.
C:Less is demanded from developing countries.
D: Most of it is spent very efficiently.答案：B解析：主旨大意题。首段提到如果世界人民想要吃的更好，农业研究基金的投入至关重要。也就是说，农业研究至关重要。接下来几段也都是在讲述农业研究对粮食生产等方面的重要性。因此本文主旨是农业研究的重要性。故本题选C。
根据第二段“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if…”可知，世界农业研究资金的投入都在下降。故选B。
文章第三段“The major improvement will be in East Asia…”提到，主要改善地区将是东亚等地。也就是说，在第一个25年，东亚的饥俄人口将会减少。故本题选D。
根据文章倒数第二段“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions. ”可知，技术仍然需要因地制宜进行改进。故本题选B。
根据最后一段费舍博士的话可以推断，人类需要腾出土地作为非农业用途。选项 B在最后一段已经明确提出，C、D项是无中生有。因此本题选A。 -
第6题：
The Great Wall is a great tourist attraction，luring millions of visitors each year from all over the world?A:attracting
B:entertaining
C:receiving
D:serving答案：A解析：本句意思：长城对旅游者有巨大的吸引力，每年都会吸引世界一上数一百万的游客束观光。 lure意为“引诱，诱惑”，与attract (吸引）意思相近：entertain 娱乐；receive 收到；serve 服务。 -
第7题：
They have produced__________they did last year.A.twice as much grain as
B.twice more grain as
C.twice as many grain as
D.as twice many grain as答案：A解析：考情点拨：本题考查倍数的表示法。应试指导：句意：他们已经生产了是去年两倍的粮食。本题倍数表示法的常用结构为：A is…limes as+原级+as B。又因为grain为不可数名词，故用much修饰。 -
第8题：
籼米 （milled long-grain nonglutinous rice）
正确答案: 用籼稻谷加工成的大米。米粒一般呈长椭圆形或细长形。按其粒质和籼稻收获季节分为早籼米、中籼米、晚籼米。主要用于制成米饭食用。与粳米和糯米相比，直链淀粉含量较高，米饭吸水率较大，米饭不黏。质量标准中主要项目有加工精度、碎米、不完善粒、杂质最大限量等。 -
第9题：
单选题Some rural people in southern China still use water power to convert grain into flour.Adivert
Bmanufacture
Ctransform
Dthrust
正确答案： A解析：
句意：中国南方的一些农民仍然用水力把谷物碾成面粉。convert的意思是“转化；转换；改变信仰”。divert转移。manufacture制造，生产。transform转换。thrust插入；推挤；刺。 -
第10题：
问答题Globalization is making the world smaller, faster and richer. Still, 9/11 and avian flu remind us that a smaller, faster world is not necessarily a safer world. Our world is bursting with knowledge—but desperately in need of wisdom. Now, when sound bites are getting shorter, when instant messages crowd out essays, and when individual lives grow more crazy, college graduates capable of deep reflection are what our world needs.正确答案：
全球化正在使地球变得愈来愈小、愈来愈快和愈来愈富有。尽管如此,9·11、禽流感提醒我们,更小更快的世界绝不意味着其更安全。我们正处于一个知识爆炸的世界之中,但是,迫切需要智慧。现在,在(新闻采访的)原声摘要播出变得愈来愈短,即时信息淘汰了杂记文,个人生活变得如痴如狂之际,这个世界还是需要能够深思的大学生。解析：
【翻译要点】
段中action和inaction原意为“行动”和“不行动”，直接译出句意晦涩，应进行词义引申，译成“人类所做的及没能做到的事情”；“but the very life of the planet”此句涉及“very”的一个特殊用法；这里“very”用于强调“life of the planet”，可使译为“星球本身的寿命”。 -
第11题：
单选题WHO-UNICEF estimates now indicate that over 250 million children still suffer from vitamin A deficiency with many millions ______ are at risk.Amore
Bless
Cleast
Dmost
正确答案： B解析：
WHO-UNICEF的估计表明有2.5亿儿童仍然患有维他命A缺乏症，还有其他几百万孩子处于濒临缺乏维他命A的危险之中。根据句意猜测，空格应该是与前文比较更多之意，故A项正确。 -
第12题：
单选题The population of the world ______ still ______ now.Awill; grow
Bhas; grown
Cis; growing
Dis; grown
正确答案： C解析：
句意：现在世界的人口数量还在不断增长。考查现在进行时态的用法。故选C项。 -
第13题：
Even in the modern world, there are still many people live in ______________.A、poor
B、poverty
C、good condition
D、wealth
参考答案：C
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第14题：
The United States grows nearly _____ of the world's grain and supplies a half of all the exports of grain in the world.A.one third
B.one fourth
C.one sixth
D.one seventh
正确答案：B
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第15题：
The population of the world ____ still ____ now.
A.has; grown B.is; growing C.will; grow D.is; grown
正确答案：B
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第16题：
共用题干
More Rural Research is Needed
Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer,crop scientist,said demand was growing at 2 .5%per year but with modern tech-nologies and the development of new ones,the world should be able to stay ahead.
“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition（营养不良）and poverty.” he said.
Research is needed to solve food production,land degradation（贫瘠化）and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which in turn,slowed population growth .Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world's ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world's population is expected to rise from 5 .8 to 8 billion people.He said that things will probably hold or improve but there'll still be a lot of hungry people.The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in 2020,similar to the current pattern. if there is any change,a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in East Asia,South America and South-East Asia.
The developing world was investing about 0 .5%,or$8 billion a year,of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on research and developed world was spending 2 .5%of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.
He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries,such as wheat production research having spin-offs（有用的副产品）for Mexico, China or India.
“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic re- search can have global application,so that money can be used very efficiently.”Dr. Fischer said.
Yields of rice, wheat ad maize（玉米）have grown impressively in the past 30 years, espe- cially in developing countries.For example,maize production rose from 2 to 8 tones per hectare between 1950 and 1995.But technologies driving this growth such as high-yield varieties,fertiliz-ers,and irrigation,were becoming exhausted.“If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities,for forests and wildlife,you're going to have to increase yield.”Dr. Fischer said.What is the picture of Asia's food supplies in the first 25 years?
A: Food shortage will not be a problem.
B: There will be more hungry people in southern Asia.
C: Population growth will result in more hungry people.
D: There will be fewer hungry people in East Asia.答案：D解析：主旨大意题。首段提到如果世界人民想要吃的更好，农业研究基金的投入至关重要。也就是说，农业研究至关重要。接下来几段也都是在讲述农业研究对粮食生产等方面的重要性。因此本文主旨是农业研究的重要性。故本题选C。
根据第二段“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if…”可知，世界农业研究资金的投入都在下降。故选B。
文章第三段“The major improvement will be in East Asia…”提到，主要改善地区将是东亚等地。也就是说，在第一个25年，东亚的饥俄人口将会减少。故本题选D。
根据文章倒数第二段“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions. ”可知，技术仍然需要因地制宜进行改进。故本题选B。
根据最后一段费舍博士的话可以推断，人类需要腾出土地作为非农业用途。选项 B在最后一段已经明确提出，C、D项是无中生有。因此本题选A。 -
第17题：
The Forbidden City lures millions of visitors from all over the world.A:attracts
B:entertains
C:receives
D:serves答案：A解析：故宫吸引着全世界无数游客。lure“吸引”，例如：Cheese lured mice.奶酪吸引了老鼠。 attract“吸引”，最符合题意，例如：We all are attracted to the painting．我们都被这幅画吸引。entertain"娱乐”，例如：Guests were entertained by the show．表演让客人很开心。receive“接收”，例如：receive a letter收一封信。serve“服务”，例如：She has served the family for thirty years．她服侍这家30年了。 -
第18题：
共用题干
Genetically Modified Food
Ever since they were first put on the market in the early 1990s,genetically modified(GM，转基因）foods have been increasingly developed and marketed in many countries in the world, mainly on the basis of their promise to end the worldwide food crisis.______(46)Even if it would,is it the best solution?
Despite what it promises,GM technology actually has not increased the production potential （潜力）of any crop.______(47)For instance,a report that analyses nearly two decades of research on major GM food shows that GM engineering has failed to significantly increase US crop production.
______(48)While GM seeds are expensive,GM companies tell farmers that they will make good profits by saving money on pesticides（杀虫剂）.On the contrary, US government data show that GM crops in the US have produced an overall increase in pesticide use compared to traditional crops."The promise was that you could use less chemicals and boost production.But neither is true,"said Bill Christison,President of the US National Family Farm Coalition.
At the same time,the authors of the book World Hunger:Twelve Myths argue that there actually is more than enough food in the world and that the hunger crisis is not caused by production. ______(49)These indeed deserve our efforts and money. Meanwhile,the rise in food prices results from the increased use of crops for fuel rather than food shortage,according to a 2008 World Bank report.
______(50)Another World Bank report concluded that GM crops have little to offer to the challenges of worldwide poverty and hunger,because better ways out are available,among which "green"farming is supposed to be the first choice._______（49）
A:Problems come from food distribution and politics.
B:But can GM technology solve world hunger problems?
C:In fact,studies show that the most widely grown GM crop has suffered reduced productivity.
D:As a matter of fact,scientists see better ways to feed the world.
E:Something else,however,has been on the rise.
F: GM has many benefits when it was used at the beginning.答案：A解析：文章开篇第1段对转基因科技提出质疑，为下文具体论述做铺垫。因此答案为B。
第2段第一句提到转基因技术并没有增加粮食产量，后面举的例子是美国的粮食产量并没有增加。据此推测，空白处应该是粮食减产的有关语句。因此选C。
根据后文对转基因技术缺点的论述，第3段第一句应该为关于转基因缺点的总括句，分析各个选项后，E最符合题意。
通过对书的作者观点的引述得知，造成饥荒的原因不在生产领域。因此空格处应该解释饥荒的原因。选项A最符合题意，即问题出在食物分配和政策上。
最后一段的最后一句提出了解决饥饿问题的方法，因此选项D符合题意。 -
第19题：
The public transports system in many cities in the world（）by the local authority.
- A、is still ran
- B、are still run
- C、are still ran
- D、is still run
正确答案:D -
第20题：
判断题The speaker of the passage believes that the world is still safe as long as the nuclear weapons are not falling Into the hands of the terrorists or ruthless dictators.A对
B错
正确答案： 对解析：
录音中说话者指出只要核武器存在，就不能绝对预防这些武器被偷窃、破坏或意外发射所带来的严重后果，即使是民主国家也可能在核政策上发生彻底转变，由此可见作者并不认为只要核武器不落入恐怖主义者和残忍的独裁者手里，世界就会太平，因此题干表述有误。
【录音原文】
I worry that, in our collective memory, the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have begun to fade. I worry about nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists or ruthless dictators! Worry about nuclear weapons already in the arsenals of democracies—because as long as these weapons exist, there is no absolute guarantee against the disastrous consequences of their theft, sabotage or accidental launch, and even democracies are not immune to radical shifts in their security anxieties and nuclear policies. -
第21题：
单选题Millions of American soldiers fought _____ in the World War II.Aexternally
Baboard
Cbroadly
Doverseas
正确答案： A解析：
overseas在海外。externally外表上。aboard在船上。broadly宽阔地。 -
第22题：
单选题The public transports system in many cities in the world（）by the local authority.Ais still ran
Bare still run
Care still ran
Dis still run
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
问答题Practice 5 Water is essential for life. Yet many millions of people around the world face water shortages. Many millions of children die every year from water-borne diseases. And drought regularly afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries. The world needs to respond much better. We need to increase water efficiency, especially in agriculture. We need to free women and girls from the daily chore of hauling water. We must involve leaders of countries in decision-making on water management. We need to make sanitation a priority. This is where progress is lagging most. And we must show that water resources need not be a source of conflict. Instead, they can be a catalyst for cooperation. Significant gains have been made. But a major effort is still required. Our goal is to meet the internationally agreed targets for water and sanitation by 2015, and to build the foundation for further progress in the years beyond. This is an urgent matter of human development, and human dignity. Together, we can provide safe, clean water to the entire world’s people. The world’s water resources are our lifeline for survival, and [or sustainable development in the 21st century. Together, we must manage them better.正确答案： 【参考译文】
水对生命是至关重要的,然而世界各地数以百万计的人们却面临着水源短缺的问题。每年有数百万儿童由于水传播的疾病而死亡,世界上某些最贫穷的国家经常遭受干旱的折磨。
世界需要更好地应对这一挑战。我们需要提高用水效率,特别是在农业方面;我们需要把女性从每日提水的家务中解放出来;我们必须使国家领导人参与水源管理的决策;我们需要优先考虑公共卫生,而这方面的进展尤为缓慢;我们必须指出水资源不应成为冲突之源,而应成为合作的催化剂。
我们已取得了显著进展,但仍需付出巨大努力。我们的目标是:要达到国际社会协商规定的2015年前要达到的水和卫生方面的目标,并为以后的进展奠定基础。
这是一个关乎人类发展和尊严的紧迫问题;如果齐心协力,我们可以为全世界人民提供安全、清洁的水。水资源是我们赖以生存的生命线,也是21世纪可持续发展的生命线;我们必须共同努力,更好地管理水资源。解析： 暂无解析