Question

 The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013 calls for new ways to meet the needs of city populations. More than 6.5 billion people are expected to be living in cities by 2050.

Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge. The World Economic and Social Survey points to the increasing demand for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health care.

The world population is expected to rise to more than nine billion by 2050, two-thirds of all people are expected to live in cities. The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.

The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues, these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.

Willem Van Der Geest is with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he says cities need to work closely with rural communities, so that food supplies can be secured, and the environment can be protected.

"We need enough integration(整合，融合) with cities... An integration between the rural and urban economies is absolutely vital for issues of nutrition, food security, and environmental sustainability."

The report says development in a sustainable（可持续发展）way is important to end poverty. The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. One in eight people still severely lack nutrition.

UN officials say some things are clear. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, says world food production will have to increase by 70%, that increase will be needed to feed the additional 2.3 billion people expected on the planet by the middle of the century. She says an important part of meeting that need is to waste less food. "There has to be efforts to reduce food wastage. ."

Food and nutrition security are core elements of the sustainable development agenda.

1.The survey includes the following statements except that ______.

A. varieties of demands are hard to meet because of the increasing population in Africa and Asia.

B. one way to put an end to poverty is to be able to develop for a long time.

C. transportation is an important issue to deal with when it comes to sustainable development of urban areas.

D. hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by the problem of food insecurity.

2.From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. cities grow so fast that the world can’t find out new ways to deal with the growing population.

B. the growing city dwellers who mainly come from the developing countries greatly challenge limited resources in the world.

C. sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues

D. food wastage is an effective way to feed the additional 2.3 biilion people by the middle of the century.

3.What is the best titile of the passage?

A. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013.

B. City Population Will Increase to 9 Billion.

C. Cities Need to Cooperate with Rural Areas.

D. The World Is Not Prepared to Deal with the Fast Growth of Cities.

4.The passage is chosen from ______.

A. a textbook              B. a travel guide                  C. a novel                  D. a newspaper

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：到2050年预计要有65亿人居住在城市里，城市人口的迅速增长给很多国家有限的资源带来巨大的挑战，其中包括能源、教育、公共设施以及医疗卫生等很多方面。世界经济和社会调查指出可持续发展是结束贫穷的重要方法。

1.A根据文中The report says development in a sustainable way is important to end poverty. 和

The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. 可知B、D选项正确；再由第四段内容The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires …..job creation and transportation.可知D选项内容正确，而A选项内容文中没有涉及，所以答案选A。

2.B推理判断题。根据文中Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge新的城市居民大多来自发展中国家，这对于自然资源的影响是巨大的，由此判断B选项正确。

3.D主旨大意题。文章开头提出The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities.，然后围绕这个话题从各个方面进行了详细的介绍。所以文章中心就是城市增长过快所带来的问题，故D选项正确。

4.D推理判断题。本文介绍的是世界人口城市化所带来的一系列问题以及解决办法，纵观选项，D为最佳答案。

考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。