Question

 The _____ on her face suggests that she didn’t pass the driving test.

A. appearance            B. impression      C. attitude                D. expression

Answer 1

Global food prices have jumped up by 10% in the month of July, raising fears of soaring prices for the planet’s poorest, the World Bank has warned. The price of key grains such as corn, wheat and soybean saw the most dramatic increases. From June to July this year, corn and wheat prices each rose by 25% while soybean prices increased by 17%, the World Bank said. Only rice prices decreased by 4%.

The bank said that a US heat wave and drought in parts of Eastern Europe were partly to blame for the rising costs. In the United States, the most severe, widespread drought in half a century has resulted in decreasing production on the corn and soybean crops while in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, wheat crops have been badly damaged.

Overall, the World Bank’s Food Price Index, which tracks the price of internationally traded food commodities, was six percent higher than in July of last year, and one percent over its previous peak, in February 2011.

    World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said countries in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East were among those most exposed to such price increases because much of their food was imported and food bills make up a large proportion（比例）of average household spending. Already, the bank said, maize prices had increased by 113% over the past quarter in Mozambique, while sorghum had risen 220% in South Sudan.

    The bank also mentioned that there were other potential risks which could push grain prices higher. These included exporters pursuing panic policies, a severe El Nino(厄尔尼诺现象), disappointing Southern Hemisphere crops and strong increases in energy prices.

    The G20 group of leading economies has said it will not take any decision on joint action until the US agriculture department’s September estimate of this year’s harvest. But aid charity Oxfam said it was not acceptable for governments to delay acting on food prices until the situation had been worse.

62. The underlined word “soaring” most probably means “         ”.

    A. achieving             B. increasing            C. dropping          D. failing

63. Which of the following statements about food prices is true?

A. Soybean prices rose 8% more than wheat prices.

B. The prices of corn, wheat and rice rose dramatically.

    C. The rising food prices partly resulted from natural disasters.

    D. Eastern Europe are responsible for the increasing prices of corn.

64. Why were countries in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East affected by the rising food prices most?

    A. People in those places consume more grain.

    B. The average household spending is low.

    C. People there eat more wheat than rice.

    D. Those places rely more on imported food.

65. What can we infer from the passage?

    A. Wheat crops have been badly damaged in America.

B. The rising food prices are likely to increase energy prices.

C. Food Price Index in July is the highest one since February 2011.

    D. The G20 group and Oxfam will join together to solve the problem.