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（氣候）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（危機(jī)） 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.
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題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?


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要討論了世界糧價(jià)升高的原因。
【小題1】根據(jù)短文二三段描述，可知糧價(jià)升高的原因是，人口越來(lái)越多，許多的耕地挪作他用及氣候變化。美國(guó)農(nóng)民變富，是兩家升高的結(jié)果，不是原因，故選B。
【小題2】根據(jù)最后一段The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.描述，可知選C。
【小題3】根據(jù)短文最后一段描述，世界糧食危機(jī)對(duì)加拿大意味著掙到更多的錢(qián)。故選C。
【小題4】這篇短文主要討論了世界糧價(jià)升高的原因，故選A。
考點(diǎn)：關(guān)于世界糧價(jià)問(wèn)題的說(shuō)明文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學(xué)生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問(wèn)題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對(duì)于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問(wèn)題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。

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