Question

【題目】

Do you think that living a hungry life is last century’s story? Well, it may be this century’s headline.

The world has growing about a global food shortage. Right now, there are still 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Children can’t this, either. Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year.

What’s causing food shortages? There are several .

There are now more droughts and floods. This is very to farmers and their ability to grow food.

Besides, with the growing , feeding everyone becomes more difficult. There are a little more than seven billion people in the world. By 2050, the world population will be more than nine billion.

Another reason is food waste. The average person throws away 50kg of food every year.

How can we help with food shortages? The easiest way is to on food waste.

Next time before throwing away the food on your plate, just think work has been done to make it. By buying less, we waste less. This takes the pressure off producing so much food. And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage.

You can also ask your schoolmates to join you.

In the early 2016, staff workers from the canteens of Xiamen No.1 High School put up short anti-waste slogans (標(biāo)語) in dining rooms “Think Before You Waste”. Guess what happened? Students wasted fifteen percent food after that!

Let’s take action! We don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.

【1】A. numbers B. thoughts C. worries

【2】A. escape B. refuse C. have

【3】A. results B. reasons C. clues

【4】A. difficult B. harmful C. close

【5】A. people B. population C. popularity

【6】A. cut down B. cut off C. cut into

【7】A. how many B. how much C. how

【8】A. less B. fewer C. more

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了世界糧食缺乏的原因，并告知人們?cè)絹碓蕉嗟娜藢⑹艿金囸I威脅。

【1】C考查名詞的用法及語境的理解。A. numbers數(shù)字；B. thoughts思想；C. worries擔(dān)憂，煩惱。句意：世界對(duì)全球糧食短缺的擔(dān)憂與日俱增。由于全球的食物短缺，世界與日俱增的應(yīng)該是擔(dān)憂，故選C。

【2】A考查動(dòng)詞的用法及語境的理解。A. escape逃脫；B. refuse拒絕；C. have擁有。句意：孩子們也無法逃脫這個(gè)。前面提到世界目前有八億七千萬的饑餓人口，下文接著提到孩子也不能幸免，故選A。

【3】B考查名詞的用法及語境的理解。.A. results結(jié)果；B. reasons原因；C. clues線索。句意：有幾種原因。承接上文問什么導(dǎo)致了事物短缺，此處應(yīng)該填原因，故選B。

【4】B考查形容詞的用法及語境的理解。A. difficult困難的；B. harmful有害的；C. close密切的。句意：對(duì)農(nóng)民和他們種植糧食的能力都是很有害的。前面說的是旱澇災(zāi)害，這些對(duì)農(nóng)民是有害的，故選B。

【5】B考查名詞的用法及語境的理解。A. people人；B. population人口；C. popularity人氣。句意：除此之外，隨著人口的增長(zhǎng)，喂養(yǎng)每個(gè)人變得更加困難。本段說的是食物增長(zhǎng)對(duì)對(duì)食物短缺的影響，故選B。

【6】A考查短語的用法及語境的理解。A. cut down 削減；B. cut off切斷；C. cut into進(jìn)入。句意：最簡(jiǎn)單的方法就是減少食物浪費(fèi).根據(jù)句意，減少浪費(fèi)能夠有利于事物短缺，故選A。

【7】B考查形容詞的用法及語境的理解。A. how many 多少；B. how much多少；C. how怎樣。句意：下次扔掉盤子上的食物之前，想想已經(jīng)做了多少工作才行。根據(jù)句意，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，故選B 。

【8】B考查名詞的用法及語境的理解。A. less少的；B. fewer少；C. more更多的；句意：在那之后學(xué)生少浪費(fèi)了百分之十五的食物！此處描述宣傳不要浪費(fèi)糧食的成果，應(yīng)該是少浪費(fèi)糧食了，故選A。