October 16 is World Food Day．This day is also the anniversary(纪念日)of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)(联合国粮农组织)．More than 100 countries are holding special events．All of these aim to celebrate the establishment of the FAO in 1945．The theme chosen for this year’s World Food Day is“Water：Source(资源)of Food Security”．
A UN report says that over 6 million people have died from hunger and related diseases so far this year alone．More than 850 million people, or about one in seven, around the world do not get enough food, and the need for food will increase as the world’s population grows．The UN also reports that by year 2030, the world may need 60％ more food．Most of that increase will have to come from agriculture supported by water irrigation(灌溉)．However, fresh water is already in short supply in many countries．
Jacques Diouf, the director of the FAO, says that there are 20 countries that do not have enough water to produce enough food for their populations．Ten nations use more than 40％ of their total fresh water for agriculture．He fears that the problem will only become worse as the need for water by people and by industry grows．So water is one of the most important things in the world today．
(1)
The underlined(画线的)word“establishment”has the same meaning as ________．
[ ]
A．
picking up
B．
making up
C．
cutting up
D．
setting up
(2)
In the world, more than ________ people have died because of hunger this year．
[ ]
A．
6 million
B．
2 million
C．
850 million
D．
100 million
(3)
What Mr．Diouf says shows that he most worries about ________．
Lijiang, Yunnan, Dec．17(Xinhuanet)－A film directed by the famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou, made its domestic debut(国内首映式)in Lijiang, where the film was shot, in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Friday night．
The film, titled Riding Along for Thousands of Miles, was played by the Japanese actor TakakuraKen．It tells a story that Takada, a Japanese fisherman, fulfills(完成)the last wish of his dying son by traveling thousands of miles to China’s Yunnan Province to search for the secret behind a local opera play, called Riding Along for Thousands of Miles．
Zhang Yimou, who has been Takakura’s admirer for almost 30 years, made the film just for
fulfilling his own wish of working with Takakura Ken．
The film made its global(全球的)bedut at the opening session of the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct．22．
Takakura, one of the best-known actors in Japan, has played roles in 204 films－including
Zhang’s－and won world recognition(认可)after starting in the 1975 Sydney Pollack hit The Yakuza(71)and in Ridley Scott’s 1989 work Black Rain．
Invested by the Beijing New Picture Edko Films, Riding Along for Thousands of Miles was
made at a cost of 60 million yuan(about 7.3 million US dollars), much less than Zhang’s two previous films, Hero and House of Flying Daggers, both had been nominates(提名)for best foreign film Oscars．
The film will be formally released in China on Dec．22．
(1)
One of the famous actors in Riding Along for Thousands of Miles is ________．
[ ]
A．
Zhang Yimou
B．
Takakura Ken
C．
Takada
D．
Jiang Wen
(2)
Riding Along For Thousands of Miles made its domestic debut in ________ and made its global debut in ________．
[ ]
A．
Beijing, Tokyo
B．
Lijiang, Tokyo
C．
Beijing, Tokyo
D．
Lijiang, London
(3)
________ is not directed by Zhang Yimou．
[ ]
A．
Riding Along For Thousands of Miles
B．
Hero
C．
Black rain
D．
House of Flying Daggers
(4)
6 million yuan is about ________ million US dollars．
[ ]
A．
7
B．
7.3
C．
0.73
D．
3.7
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(1)
Post 1 is aimed at people who want to _________．
[ ]
A．
make their moms happy
B．
enjoy eating hamburgers
C．
have cheap meals outside
D．
eat chicken sea food
(2)
The underlined word“REWARD”in Post 2 most probably means _________．
[ ]
A．
招聘
B．
海报
C．
悬赏
D．
求职
(3)
According to Post 3, a 12th-grade student takes _________．
[ ]
A．
OCT Test
B．
SST Test
C．
ISS Exams
D．
HSC Exams
(4)
Oak Street Coaching School helps students to _________．
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