American agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug has received the Congressional Gold Medal.

Norman Borlaug is often called "the man who saved a billion lives" and "the father of the Green Revolution."

His work helped fight starvation in India and Pakistan in the nineteen sixties. He won the nineteen seventy Nobel Peace Prize.

He, ninety-three years old ,still works as an adviser at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico.

In accepting the medal, he urged Congress and the administration to increase development assistance for agriculture. He said the world needs better and more technology to deal with hunger. In his words: "Hunger and poverty and misery are very fertile soils into which to plant all kinds of 'isms,' including terrorism."  

In the 1940s, Norman Borlaug and a team developed highly productive and disease-resistant wheat for farmers in Mexico. About twenty years later, millions of people in India and Pakistan were in danger from grain shortages.

The improved wheat from Mexico also grew well in South Asia, combined with changes in growing methods. Norman Borlaug persuaded farmers to use more fertilizers and pesticide chemicals and to water their crops with irrigation systems. Also many a crop can be planted in the same field. The results were big production gains that many believe saved as many as a billion lives.

President Bush noted that hunger still affects much of the developing world. He said the most fitting honor for Norman Borlaug is to lead a second Green Revolution that feeds the world. Yet his support for new agricultural technologies has been criticized at times over the years.

Some researchers worry about the effects of industrial methods of modern farming.

Population researcher Paul Ehrlich, for example, wrote a nineteen sixty-eight book called

"The Population Bomb." He predicted that population growth would cause widespread harm to the planet.

But now, some people are saying there should be greater attention and respect for Norman Borlaug. A major theme of his work is that people can deal with difficulties and that technology can improve their lives.

Norman Borlaug is called “the Father of the Green Revolution” mainly lies in that_______.

     A. he developed highly productive wheat to help fight against hunger

     B. he made a great contribution to fighting against terrorism and hunger

     C. he developed a kind of wheat that is environmentally friendly

D. he sticks to the belief that technology can improve our lives.

The best title for the passage would be________.

     A. Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution

     B. Golden Moments----a Long-life Struggle

     C. Hunger------a Serious Problem That Affects the Developing World.

     D. Norman Borlaug, the Savior of the Developing Country.

Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?

     A. Despite his age, Norman Borlaug still works for the improvement in agriculture

     B. Norman Borlaug thinks that hunger and poverty tend to breed crimes and evil

     C. Without Norman Borlaug’s work, hunger problem wouldn’t completely be settled now

     D. Paul Ehrlich thinks that population growth would cause widespread harm to the planet.

It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

     A. Congress and the administration are to blame for hunger and poverty

     B. not all people are in favor of his new agricultural technologies

     C. people can defeat terrorists by improving modern farming

D. the Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor given by Congress.

Some people don’t mind being fat. Other people can keep slim (苗条) without any effort. But a lot of people do put on too much weight and don’t like it. The question is, what can thy do about it?
Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all back on again with a big steak or bread and jam.
A helpful way is food choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They don’t eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. You’ll find you need a lot of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they aren’t cheap. Another says that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs, and apples with their skins on which are hard for your stomach to digest (消化), the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food.
For most of us these methods are too extreme (极端的). The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates (糖类) that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice, and so on and eating anything else you like. It’s straight forward and often quite effective.
Still others like to be more scientific. They are calorie countries. They get a table, which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast let of lamb gives you 330 calories and a 50 gram helping of Yokshire pudding gives you 130 calories.
【小题1】.
. According to the passage, the best way to keep slim is ______.

A.exercising B.hunger C.food-choosing D.eating milk and bananas
【小题2】.
There seems nothing wrong with exercise except that ______.
A.it makes you sweatB.it’s hard work
C.it tires you out D.it makes you eat more
【小题3】.
. The practical method suggested here means ______.
A.sticking to bananasB.not eating many carbohydrates
C.eating as little as possibleD.eating things that are hard to digest
【小题4】.
. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?
A.Don’t Eat Too Much B.Various Ways of Losing Weight
C.Ways to Keep Fit D.Food and Health

Some people don’t mind being fat. Other people can keep slim (苗条) without any effort. But a lot of people do put on too much weight and don’t like it. The question is, what can thy do about it?

Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all back on again with a big steak or bread and jam.

A helpful way is food choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They don’t eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. You’ll find you need a lot of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they aren’t cheap. Another says that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs, and apples with their skins on which are hard for your stomach to digest (消化), the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food.

For most of us these methods are too extreme (极端的). The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates (糖类) that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice, and so on and eating anything else you like. It’s straight forward and often quite effective.

Still others like to be more scientific. They are calorie countries. They get a table, which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast let of lamb gives you 330 calories and a 50 gram helping of Yokshire pudding gives you 130 calories.

1..

. According to the passage, the best way to keep slim is ______.

A. exercising       B. hunger       C. food-choosing        D. eating milk and bananas

2..

 There seems nothing wrong with exercise except that ______.

A. it makes you sweat                   B. it’s hard work 

C. it tires you out                         D. it makes you eat more

3..

. The practical method suggested here means ______.

A. sticking to bananas                  B. not eating many carbohydrates

C. eating as little as possible             D. eating things that are hard to digest

4..

. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?

A. Don’t Eat Too Much              B. Various Ways of Losing Weight

C. Ways to Keep Fit                     D. Food and Health

 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网