题目内容
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Most of us have three meals a day. We take food for granted (想当然) .And we don't think a-bout it. 1 experts argue a food crisis (危机) is coming. This crisis is going to make us 2 the way we think about food.
Food is in great need 3 a growing of world population. By 1960,the population was three billion. It doubled to six billion by 1999. By 2050,this planet will need to 4 at least nine billion people. As a result,the food prices get higher and higher.
So,what can a 5 ,crowded world do? One suggestion is to eat 6 meat. Meat uses more natural resources (资源) than grains (谷物) It requires more 7 to produce one pounc of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more 8 than vegetables. So,eating less meat will 9 more land for farming,and it will save water.
To eat less meat,people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be 10 . Ameri cans,for example,have 11 loved meat. Ir general,they eat twice as much meat as people in other countries. At the same time,in develo ping countries like China and Brazil,sales of mea have doubled in the last 20 years. 12 will double again by 2050. Growing need of meat will 13 to put pressure on natural resources.
World population is increasing,resources an becoming fewer,and food prices are rising Therefore,we need to rethink 14 we eat ev ery day. For meat lovers,we don't need to giv up meat 15 . But we need to eat more grain and less meat.
() 1. A. And B. But
C. Or D. Until
() 2. A. change B. find
C. get D. tell
() 3. A. instead of B. thanks to
C. because of D. as for
() 4. A. help B. have
C. feed D. meet
() 5. A. busy B. tired
C. thirsty D. hungry
() 6. A. less B. more
C. much D. little
() 7. A. time B. land
C. people D. place
() 8. A. air B. meat
C. money D. water
() 9. A. provide B. produce
C. waste D. need
() 10. A. important B. hard
C. easy D. necessary
() 11. A. never B. seldom
C. hardly D. always
() 12. A. It B. They
C. We D. That
() 13. A. continue B. stop
C. have D. start
() 14. A. how B. when
C. what D. where
() 15. A. quickly B. completely
C. finally D. especially
(2015江西)
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Few people today educate the children about the value of empathy. Most people feel so hard1. their love and care towards others and to actually understand what they are going through.
When I was a child,I 2. to go out of my way to make someone else happy. My mom would tell me to say at least one kind word to someone else every day. I admit that it wasn’t very easy to do. But as soon as you see the look of thanks in that person's 3. ,you just want to do as much as you can.
I had an experience with a young man 4. people were always making fun of. Ev ery time I saw that happening,! knew in my heart that it was wrong. I decided I would try to be his friend. I started walking with him and introducing him to people around 5. . I was making him happy by just doing that. And Moved the fact that I was really making a 6. in his life.
After a while,I realized that he wasn’t the kind of person everybody thought he was. We are still really good friends today. People have almost7. stopped making fun of him. But he is still what he was. What had changed was the attitudes of others towards him.
From this experience I 8. that. I should be more loving towards other people already. What I did for my friend was so easy,and at the same time I had a lot of fun,9. I hope that everyone could say a kind word to someone else at least once a day. I can promise it will be the best feeling you can ever get.
One kind word could make someone's day 10. . Why not do it from now on?
(2015山西)