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A: Have you (1)r_________ today’s newspaper?

B: No, I haven’t. (2)W_________ there any important news?

A: There’s a (3)r_________ about the population of our country. It says we have got another 16,000,000 people this year.

B: Oh, the population is growing faster and (4)f______.

A: If the population goes on (5)g_________, it will be the (6)b_________ problem in our country.

B: Of course. The population of the babies born in one year in China is (7)a_________ as large as the population of Australia.

A: I’m afraid there will be only (8)s_________ room for us some day.

B: But if every family has only (9)o_________ baby, things will turn (10)b_________.

—The population of the world ____ still ____ now.
—So it is.
A. are; growing       B. will; grow        C. is; growing

The population of the Earth is growing faster. It is important that we look after the Earth. We need it! The Earth gives us a lot of things. We also give the Earth a lot, but some of the things are not good.

In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants. However, animals can’t get food from many of the things that we ‘give’ the Earth. Animals and plants can’t eat metal, plastic and glass. These things will stay in the ground for many, many years.

         Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物) can die. If there isn’t any plankton, many animals have nothing to eat.

         So what can we do? Don’t leave any rubbish in the countryside! Don’t make so much rubbish!

1.The Earth gives us ___________.

         A. food            B. rubbish                        C. chemicals                   D. pollution

2.When something dies in nature, _________.

         A. water and grass are polluted                      B. plastic and wood become food

         C. other animals and plants get food             D. metal and glass stay in the ground

3.We must _______ to look after the Earth.

         A. put metal in the ground                               B. use more wood

         C. keep frogs in the water                                   D. make less rubbish

The population of India is _______ than _______ of China.

1. A.
   less; that
2. B.
   smaller; that
3. C.
   less; those
4. D.
   smaller; those

You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now，850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it.

The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time，about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger，there’s more pressure to feed more people，plus there’s less land and water to go round.

Another reason is climate（气候）change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.

The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis（危机） though.Farmers in rich countries like the US，Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.

World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.

1.The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A．there are more and more people in the world.

B．American farmers are getting richer and richer.

C．many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food.

D．climate change makes it harder to grow food.

2.Who lose the most because of the food crisis?

A．Farmers in rich countries.

B．Farmers in developed countries.

C．Poor people in cities in poor countries.

D．Poor people in cities in developed countries.

3.What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada?

A．They can get a lot of money from the government.

B．They have to save a lot of money.

C．They can make more money from the high price.

D．They are losing a lot of money.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A．Why is the Price of Food Going Up？

B．How Many People are Short of Food?

C．What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis?

D．Who Can Benefit（受益） from the Food Crisis?