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3．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 worries 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 escape this，either．Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year．
    What's causing food shortages？There are several reasons．
    There are now more droughts and floods．This is very harmful to farmer sand their ability to grow food．
    Besides，with the growing population，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 cut down on food waste．
    Next time before throwing away the food on your plate，just think how much 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 2013，researchers at Kansas State University in the US put up shortanti-waste slogans（標語） in dining rooms"ThinkBefore You Waste"．Guess what happened？Students wasted fifteen percentless food after that!
    The author of the study said，"Youdon't need a huge activity to make a difference．"

Reasons of food shortage	（56）More droughts and floods
	The growing population．
	（57）Food waste
Ways of （58）helping with food shortage	（59）Cut down on food waste
	Ask the other students to join in your anti-waste work．
Your understanding of the last sentence．	（60）Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要介紹了世界糧食短缺問題．現(xiàn)在世界對全球糧食短缺的擔憂日益加�。�世界上還有870，000，000人在挨餓．造成食物短缺的原因有三：1．自然災害；2．人口不斷增長；3．浪費嚴重．短文告訴我們在日常生活中應減少浪費，節(jié)約每一粒糧食，從我做起，從生活中的小事做起．

解答 56．答案：More droughts and floods．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)There are now more droughts and floods．This is very harmful to farmers and their ability to grow food．可知，食物短缺的原因之一是旱災和洪災．這對農(nóng)作物是有害的．故填More droughts and floods．
57．答案：Food waste．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Another reason is food waste．可知．另一個原因是Food waste浪費食物．故填Food waste．
58．答案：helping with food shortage．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中的How can we help with food shortages？聯(lián)系下文意思是ways of helping with food shortage．故填helping with food shortage．
59．答案：Cut down on food waste．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)The easiest way is to cut down on food waste．最簡單的方法是減少食物浪費．故填Cut down on food waste．
60．答案：推理判斷題．Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things．根據(jù)You don't need a huge activity to make a difference．可知這里的意思是你不需要一個大的行動來改變．與Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things．停止浪費從小事做起、從我們自己做起．意思一致．故填Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things．

點評 本篇是一篇健康環(huán)保類閱讀短文．主要介紹了世界糧食問題．主要考查考生閱讀所給材料，理解其中詞語、句子或片段含義的能力，對一些問題作出推理和判斷．閱讀理解的考核中包括了對詞匯、語法等語言知識的考查，要求學生具備一定的背景知識、各種常識、科普知識和一定的分析及邏輯推理能力．