Question

America is the world’s largest food exporter (出口商). But the worst drought (干旱) in half a century is hitting corn and wheat harvests.

By twenty-fifty, the world will have to produce at least sixty percent more food to feed more and more people. China, a major food importer (進口商), is looking to producers around the world to make sure it can get enough food in the future.

The serious drought in the United States is adding to care about world food and prices. China has invested (投資) in food production in Australia and New Zealand. A new source (來源) of food is Ukraine. Ukraine was known as the breadbasket of Europe because of rich corn and wheat harvests a century ago.

Galyna Kovtok is chief manager of Ukraine’s largest agricultural business, ULF. She says that within a few months her company will export corn to China. That will make Ukraine the first country outside the Americas to do so. Across the Black Sea area — in Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan — drought this year is pushing harvests down by fifteen to twenty percent.

Traditionally, the Black Sea area is the main source of wheat for North Africa and the Middle East. But this year, Russia may have to suspend exports. However, Africa and the Middle East are now having competition with China.

1.We can know from the passage that America ________.

A. has a good wheat harvest this summer

B. will import wheat from other countries

C. suffers a lot from the drought

D. won’t be the world’s largest food exporter any more

2.China is investing in Ukraine mainly to ________.

A. make sure of getting its future food

B. help the poor people there

C. build up a good relationship with Ukraine

D. have competition with Africa and the Middle East

3.The underlined word “suspend” in the last paragraph means “________”.

A. increase B. encourage

C. protect D. Stop

Answer 1