Question

【题目】

Do you think that living a hungry life is last century’s story? Well, it may be this century’s headline.

The world has growing about a global food shortage. Right now, there are still 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Children can’t this, either. Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year.

What’s causing food shortages? There are several .

There are now more droughts and floods. This is very to farmers and their ability to grow food.

Besides, with the growing , feeding everyone becomes more difficult. There are a little more than seven billion people in the world. By 2050, the world population will be more than nine billion.

Another reason is food waste. The average person throws away 50kg of food every year.

How can we help with food shortages? The easiest way is to on food waste.

Next time before throwing away the food on your plate, just think work has been done to make it. By buying less, we waste less. This takes the pressure off producing so much food. And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage.

You can also ask your schoolmates to join you.

In the early 2016, staff workers from the canteens of Xiamen No.1 High School put up short anti-waste slogans (标语) in dining rooms “Think Before You Waste”. Guess what happened? Students wasted fifteen percent food after that!

Let’s take action! We don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.

【1】A. numbers B. thoughts C. worries

【2】A. escape B. refuse C. have

【3】A. results B. reasons C. clues

【4】A. difficult B. harmful C. close

【5】A. people B. population C. popularity

【6】A. cut down B. cut off C. cut into

【7】A. how many B. how much C. how

【8】A. less B. fewer C. more

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了世界粮食缺乏的原因，并告知人们越来越多的人将受到饥饿威胁。

【1】C考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. numbers数字；B. thoughts思想；C. worries担忧，烦恼。句意：世界对全球粮食短缺的担忧与日俱增。由于全球的食物短缺，世界与日俱增的应该是担忧，故选C。

【2】A考查动词的用法及语境的理解。A. escape逃脱；B. refuse拒绝；C. have拥有。句意：孩子们也无法逃脱这个。前面提到世界目前有八亿七千万的饥饿人口，下文接着提到孩子也不能幸免，故选A。

【3】B考查名词的用法及语境的理解。.A. results结果；B. reasons原因；C. clues线索。句意：有几种原因。承接上文问什么导致了事物短缺，此处应该填原因，故选B。

【4】B考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. difficult困难的；B. harmful有害的；C. close密切的。句意：对农民和他们种植粮食的能力都是很有害的。前面说的是旱涝灾害，这些对农民是有害的，故选B。

【5】B考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. people人；B. population人口；C. popularity人气。句意：除此之外，随着人口的增长，喂养每个人变得更加困难。本段说的是食物增长对对食物短缺的影响，故选B。

【6】A考查短语的用法及语境的理解。A. cut down 削减；B. cut off切断；C. cut into进入。句意：最简单的方法就是减少食物浪费.根据句意，减少浪费能够有利于事物短缺，故选A。

【7】B考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. how many 多少；B. how much多少；C. how怎样。句意：下次扔掉盘子上的食物之前，想想已经做了多少工作才行。根据句意，修饰不可数名词，故选B 。

【8】B考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. less少的；B. fewer少；C. more更多的；句意：在那之后学生少浪费了百分之十五的食物！此处描述宣传不要浪费粮食的成果，应该是少浪费粮食了，故选A。