2004 is the International Year of Rice! This was decided by the UN in 2002．

That was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate(庆祝)just one

crop．What was the UN，s purpose(目的)for its decision? The UN wants us to re—

member“Rice is life”．

    Rice was first grown 1 5，000 years ago in East and South Asia．Rice is more than three times as old as China．Today，almost half of the world’s population eats this very old crop.

    Rice is the most important food in Asia．83  90％ of the world's rice is grown in Asia．People in Africa now eat more rice than before．

    84  Nearly 1 billion(十亿)people around the world have jobs because of rice．

But still，about 840 million people，including more than 200 million children，don’t have enough food．So，growing more rice would really help the world’s hungry and poor people．

A．根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．What decision was made by the UN in 2002?

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2．Why should we grow more rice in the world?

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B.将短文中画线的两个句子译成汉语

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C.请给短文拟一个合适的标题。

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   People all over the world eat rice.  1  people, in Asia, Africa and South America  2  it every day of their lives. Some people almost do not eat  3  except rice. Rice is a kind of  4 . There are more than 7000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers  5  rice in many countries even in the southern part of Russia and in eastern Australia. No one really knows where rice  6 . Someone in China wrote about it almost 5000 years ago. Some scientists think that rice  7  in West Africa,  8  think it  9  from India and then  10  to other parts of the world.

(  ) 1. A. Thousand of             B. Hundreds of           C. Millions of              D. A million of

(  ) 2. A. eat                            B. eats                        C. eaten                            D. is eaten

(  ) 3. A. everything                B. something                      C. anything                 D. nothing

(  ) 4. A. grass                 B. fruit                        C. flower                    D. vegetable

(  ) 5. A. make                 B. run                         C. keep                             D. grow

(  ) 6. A. came from         B. came to                  C. went from                     D. went to

(  ) 7. A. grew                  B. grow                             C. is grown                 D. was grown

(  ) 8. A. another                     B. other                             C. the other                D. others

(  ) 9. A. came                 B. come                            C. was come                     D. was coming

(  )10. A. was planted             B. was taken                     C. was kept                D. was grown

   People all over the world eat rice.  1  people, in Asia, Africa and South America  2  it every day of their lives. Some people almost do not eat  3  except rice. Rice is a kind of  4 . There are more than 7000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers  5  rice in many countries even in the southern part of Russia and in eastern Australia. No one really knows where rice  6 . Someone in China wrote about it almost 5000 years ago. Some scientists think that rice  7  in West Africa,  8  think it  9  from India and then  10  to other parts of the world.

(  ) 1. A. Thousand of             B. Hundreds of           C. Millions of              D. A million of

(  ) 2. A. eat                            B. eats                        C. eaten                            D. is eaten

(  ) 3. A. everything                B. something                      C. anything                 D. nothing

(  ) 4. A. grass                 B. fruit                        C. flower                    D. vegetable

(  ) 5. A. make                 B. run                         C. keep                             D. grow

(  ) 6. A. came from         B. came to                  C. went from                     D. went to

(  ) 7. A. grew                  B. grow                             C. is grown                 D. was grown

(  ) 8. A. another                     B. other                             C. the other                D. others

(  ) 9. A. came                 B. come                            C. was come                     D. was coming

(  )10. A. was planted             B. was taken                     C. was kept                D. was grown