题目内容
The future of agriculture must achieve several goals at the same time．
First, it now appears that we will have to double world food production in the next 40 years due to population growth, increasing meat consumption and pressure from biofuels （生物燃料）． We will also have to reduce the environmental impacts from our farming practices, which have caused widespread damage to soils, ecosystems, waters and even the atmosphere． In fact, agriculture’s impacts are as bad as climate change as an environmental concern． Besides, we will have to improve food security for the world’s poor． While the Green Revolution of the 1960s made it possible to feed hundreds of millions more people than in earlier eras, the number of the under-nourished in the world has started to rise again． Finally, we will have to increase the recovering ability of agriculture from shocks． Today, our high-efficiency, globalized world has many benefits, but it is vulnerable （易受伤的） to destruction, whether from droughts, diseases or sudden price rises． We must start building better food systems to better keep us away from future shocks．
Currently, there are two models of agriculture: local and organic agriculture vs． globalized and industrialized agriculture． Each has been strongly supported and severely criticized, but neither of these models, standing alone, can fully meet our needs．
Organic agriculture teaches us important lessons about soils, nutrition and pest management． Unfortunately, organic food provides less than 1% of the world’s calories, mostly to the wealthy． It is hard to imagine organic farming developing to feed 9 billion． Globalized and industrialized agriculture has benefits of high output and low labor demands． Without it, billions of people would have starved． However, it has come with enormous environmental and social costs, which cannot be sustained．
Rather than voting for just one solution, we need a third way to solve the crisis． Let’s take ideas from both sides, creating new, hybrid solutions that increase production, save resources and build a more sustainable agriculture．
There are many promising avenues to pursue． A new “third way” for agriculture is not only possible but also necessary． Our problems are huge, and they will require everyone at the table, working together toward solutions．
67． How many goals of agriculture are mentioned in the passage?
A． Three B． Four C． Five D． Six
68． Which is true according to the passage?
A． Organic agriculture can feed most people in the world now．
B． Industrialized agriculture does no harm to our environment．
C． Modern farming is criticized while organic farming is not．
D． The future agriculture can’t only depend on organic agriculture．
69． We can learn from the passage that _______．
A． everyone can afford to enjoy organic food at will
B． we will vote to decide which farming system to take
C． the writer is quite optimistic about future agriculture
D． only experts can find a better agricultural solution
70． What’s the best title for the passage?
A． Organic Agriculture Vs． Industrialized Agriculture．
B． The Goals of Future Agriculture and Its Way Out．
C． A Third Possible and Necessary Way for Agriculture．
D． Modern Globalized and Industrialized Agriculture．
BDCB
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 36 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 37 in good health, or 38 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society．If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 39 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 40 the title．Therefore, the scissors would 41 before they start, 42 halfway done when I find out the 43 result．
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 44 ．You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 45 up．
But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 46 ．Thus you are 47 in a difficult position and feel sad．How 48 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 49 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other．
In fact that is what 50 is like: we are often 51 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only 52 we get into another．The 53 may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind．I 54 remember a philosopher's remarks: "When one door shuts, another opens in life．" So a casual 55 may not be a bad one．
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Fatimah Bamun dropped out of Balizenda Primary School in the first grade, when her father refused to buy her pencils and paper. Only after her teachers said to him that his daughter showed unusual promise(有希望) did he change his mind. Today, Fatimah, 14, tall and slender, studies math in a dirt-floored fourth-grade classroom.
Whether she will reach the fifth grade is another matter. Fatimah is facing the realities of a school with no toilet, no water, no hope of privacy (隐私) other than the shadow of a bush, and no girlfriends with whom to share feelings. Fatimah is the only girl of the 23 students in her class. In fact, in a school of 178 students, she is one of the only three girls who have made it past the third grade.
“I have no friend in the class,” she said. “Most of my friends have dropped out to get married. So during the break, I just sit in the classroom and read.”
Her father, however, now says he is fully behind her. “The people from the government are all the time telling us to send our daughters to school, and I am listening to these people,” he said.
But in many cases, parents don’t listen. Parents think that if the girls stay home, they can help with the harvesting, fetch the water and collect the firewood. So they take them out of school.
In a region where poverty, tradition and ignorance make about 24 million girls not even have an elementary school education. There are many other barriers (障碍) that prevent girls going to school, such as the lack of school toilets and water.
The issue is not only equality. The World Bank thinks that if women in sub-Saharan Africa had equal education, land and other wealth, the region’s economy could improve greatly. There is a connection between growth in Africa and sex equality. It is of great importance but still ignored by so many people.
【小题1】The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to _______.
| A．find the cause of Africa’s poverty |
| B．describe the poor education conditions of African girls |
| C．prove the inequality in African society |
| D．reform the present schooling systems in Africa |
| A．Fatimah is a girl who shows signs of success for the future. |
| B．Fatimah’s father is now giving a lot of support to her. |
| C．Fatimah is the only girl who has made it past the fifth grade in her school. |
| D．Fatimah has no friends at school because they most of them have dropped out to get married. |
| A．most African girls are treated equally in society |
| B．African governments don’t care whether girls go to school or not |
| C．most African girls would rather get married than go to school |
| D．African girls can’t enjoy equal chances for education |