You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now,850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it.
The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time,about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger,there’s more pressure to feed more people,plus there’s less land and water to go round.
Another reason is climate(气候)change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.
The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries,who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis(危机) though.Farmers in rich countries like the US,Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.
World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.
【小题1】The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A.there are more and more people in the world.
B.American farmers are getting richer and richer.
C.many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food.
D.climate change makes it harder to grow food.
【小题2】Who lose the most because of the food crisis?
A.Farmers in rich countries.
B.Farmers in developed countries.
C.Poor people in cities in poor countries.
D.Poor people in cities in developed countries.
【小题3】What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada?
A.They can get a lot of money from the government.
B.They have to save a lot of money.
C.They can make more money from the high price.
D.They are losing a lot of money.
【小题4】What is the best title for this passage?
A.Why is the Price of Food Going Up?
B.How Many People are Short of Food?
C.What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis?
D.Who Can Benefit(受益) from the Food Crisis?

 

In some parts of China, school children have to cook for themselves. But now, with the help of donations, this becomes a history forever.

At the donation ceremony in southwest China's Lishan Primary School in Yunnan province, kids gathered at playground to receive something new to them -- a kitchen system. Gu Dongjun was the donor of the new system. She wanted the children to grow up healthily.” I hope the kids can eat clean and hot food,” she said.

Lishan Primary School has more than 500students. Half of them live at school, and have to cook for themselves in the open air. They have been picturing their dream kitchen since they knew they would no longer have to cook outside.

It was not just Lishan Primary School getting a new kitchen. Another 12 schools in Yunan Province also got new kitchens. Zhou Faming is the headmaster of Panlong Primary School. He said the new system really helped improve the quality of food. China Youth Development Foundation(中国青少年发展基金会)started an activity recently to support 100 schools every year in poor places. And so far 20 schools have already received the new kitchen system.

1.According to the passage, how might the students eat in the past?

A. Clean and hot.

B. Delicious and warm.

C. Dirty and cold.?????????????????????????

D. Clean and warm.

2. In Lishan Primary School, how did the students who lived there get their food in the past?

A. They cooked on their own in the open air.???

B. Their mother cooked for them.

C. The cook cooked for them in the kitchen.???

D. The cook cooked for them in the open air.

3.In Lishan Primary School, when did they draw their dream kitchen?

A. Since they had no kitchen.??????????

B. Since they went to the school.

C. Since they received a kitchen system.

D. Since they knew the would have a new kitchen.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Chinese Schools.??????????????? B. China Youth Development Foundation.

C. Feed Students Better????????????? D. How to Cook.

 

I have known Ting for a long time. She was a friend of mine in high school. Ting used to see me as her best friend in my class because, as she said , it was easy to be friends with me . Therefore ,when we had time in school,she often came to me and we would talk about many things. Though I didn’t have special feelings about this friend, I was fine with this because I didn’t see the reason why I should say “no” to a friend I didn’t hate.

But there was a while when she came to me, and usually said nothing meaningful. I started to feel tired and then tried not to meet her. After that she never came to me. Though guilty, I started to feel free about my life and never thought of anything about her feeling.

After a month or two, I heard from other friends that Ting’s father had passed away six months before. I was so shocked! Then I suddenly realized why Ting had often come to me but said nothing special. She needed my company (陪伴). I felt so bad about myself that I went to find her the next day. But I only found that she had moved away to another place.

At that time, I found myself so selfish that I only thought of myself but didn’t even try to ask a friend what happened in her life.

1.“I was fine with this because ….” What does “this” mean here?

A. Ting’s coming to the writer.???????? ????????????? B. The things Ting said.

C. The writer’s own feeling.??????????? ????????????? D. Ting is easy to be with.

2.What did the writer think of Ting in the beginning?

A. The writer didn’t like Ting.

B. The writer felt bored with Ting.

C. Ting was considered the best friend.

D. The writer had no special feelings about Ting.

3.What is the story about?

A. About happiness.???????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. About friends.

C. About the meaning of life.????????????? ????????????? ??? ????????????? D. About how to be with friends.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage????????

A. Ting is not the writer’s best friend.

B. Ting told the writer that her father died.

C. The writer didn’t care enough about her friend.

D. The writer is sorry for what she has done to her friend.

 

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