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In 2009, the number of hungry people in the world reached one billion for the first time. It is difficult not to be shocked by the fact that more than one in seven people on the planet do not have enough to eat. By the end of this year, more than 35 million people will have died as a result of        . Hunger kills more people per year than AIDS and malaria(瘧疾 ) combined.
The UN calculates that almost two-thirds of the world's hungry people are in Asia. More than a quarter are in sub-Saharan Africa. Almost all of the rest are in Latin America, North Africa and the Caribbean. In the richest regions of the world there are only a small number of people who don't have enough to eat. There are many reasons for world hunger. They include wars, droughts, floods and the overuse of farming land. All of them affect food production. But the most important reason is, quite simple, poverty—which has increased recently due to the economic effects of the financial crisis of 2008.
Although many people point out that there would be less hunger if the global population were smaller, few people would argue that there is not enough food to go around. The basic problem seems to be not a lack of food, but its distribution. In the last 50 years, global food production has risen even more quickly than the global population and there are of course many areas of the world where people generally have more than enough food. Overweight is a far bigger problem than hunger there.
小題1:What's the main topic of the passage? (no more than 3 words )
                                                                
小題2:Where do most of the hungry people live? (no more than 3 words)
                                                               
小題3:Fill in the blank in Para. 1 with proper words. (no more than 5 words )
                                                                
小題4:What does the underlined word "they"(line 4, paragraph 2 ) probably refer to? (no more than 6 words)
                                                                
小題5:What is the suggested way to reduce hunger in Paragraph 3? (no more than 8 words )
                                                                

小題1:World hunger problem
小題2: In Asia
小題3: hunger/ not having enough to eat /a lack of food
小題4:  The reasons for world hunger
小題5: A proper distribution of food around the world / Distributing food around the world properly / To distribute food around the world properly

試題分析:本文講述的是世界范圍的饑餓問題,分析了原因,并提出了解決的方法。
小題1:World hunger problem
主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容,尤其是最后一句Hunger kills more people per year than AIDS and malaria(瘧疾 ) combined.說明本文講述的是全球的饑餓問題。
小題2: In Asia
細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一句The UN calculates that almost two-thirds of the world's hungry people are in Asia. More than a quarter are in sub-Saharan Africa.說明最多的饑餓人群是在亞洲。
小題3:hunger/ not having enough to eat /a lack of food
推理題。根據(jù)本句By the end of this year, more than 35 million people will have died as a result of        . Hunger kills more people per year than AIDS and malaria(瘧疾 ) combined.說明很多人都死于饑餓。死于沒有足夠的食物吃。
小題4:  The reasons for world hunger
推理題。根據(jù)第二段. There are many reasons for world hunger. They include wars, droughts, floods and the overuse of farming land.說明這里的they就是指前句的many reasons for world hunger。
小題5:A proper distribution of food around the world / Distributing food around the world properly / To distribute food around the world properly
主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第三行The basic problem seems to be not a lack of food, but its distribution.說明糧食分配不公平是主要的問題,作者建議在這方面做出改變。
點評:本文講述的是世界范圍的饑餓問題,分析了原因,并提出了解決的方法。本文主要考查推理題。在解題時要立足已知,推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在,猜測未來。不能主觀臆想,憑空想象,隨意揣測,更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系,了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào),揣摸作者的態(tài)度,摸準(zhǔn)邏輯發(fā)展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音。
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