- 閱讀理解B
題干：Theworldeconomyhasrunintoabrickwall.Despitecountlesswarningsinrecentyearsabouttheneedtoaddressaloominghungercrisisinpoorcountriesandaloomingenergycrisisworldwide,worldleadersfailedtothinkahead.Theresultisaglobalfoodcrisis.Wheat,cornandricepriceshavemorethandoubledinthepasttwoyears,andoilpriceshavemorethantripledsincethestartof2004.Thesefood-priceincreasescombinedwithsoaringenergycostswillslowifnotstopeconomicgrowthinmanypartsoftheworldandwillevenunderminepoliticalstability，asevidencedbytheprotestriotsthathaveeruptedinplaceslikeHaiti,BangladeshandBurkinaFaso.Practicalsolutionstothesegrowingwoesdoexist,butwe'llhavetostartthinkingaheadandactingglobally.Thecrisishasitsrootsinfourinterlinkedtrends.Thefirstisthechronicallylowproductivityoffannersinthepoorestcountries,causedbytheirinabilitytopayforseeds,fertilizersandirrigation.ThesecondisthemisguidedpolicyintheU.S.andEuropeofsubsidizingthediversionoffoodcropstoproducebiofuelslikecom-basedethanol.Thethirdisclimatechange；taketherecentdroughtsinAustraliaandEurope,whichcuttheglobalproductionofgrainin2005and2006.Thefourthisthegrowingglobaldemandforfoodandfeedgrainsbroughtonbyswellingpopulationsandincomes.Inshort,risingdemandhashitalimitedsupply,withthepoortakingthehardestblow.So,whatshouldbedone?Herearethreestepstoeasethecurrentcrisisandavertthepotentialforaglobaldisaster.Thefirstistoscale-upthedramaticsuccessofMalawi,afamine-pronecountryinsouthernAfrica,whichthreeyearsagoestablishedaspecialfundtohelpitsfarmersgetfertilizerandhigh-yieldseeds.Malawi'sharvestdoubledafterjustoneyear.AninternationalfundbasedontheMalawimodelwouldcostamere$10perpersonannuallyintherichworld,or$10billioninall.SuchafundcouldfighthungeraseffectivelyastheGlobalFundtoFightAIDS,TBandMalariaiscontrollingthosediseases.Second,theU.S.andEuropeshouldabandontheirpoliciesofsubsidizingtheconversionoffoodintobiofuels.TheU.S.governmentgivesfarmersataxpayer-financedsubsidyof51centspergallonofethanoltodivertcomfromthefoodandfeed-grainsupply.Theremaybeacaseforbiofuelsproducedonlandsthatdonotproducefoods—treecrops(likepalmoil)，grassesandwoodproducts—butthere'snocasefordolingoutsubsidiestoputtheworld'sdinnerintothegastank.Third,weurgentlyneedtoweatherprooftheworld'scropsassoonandaseffectivelyaspossible.Forapoorfarmer,sometimessomethingassimpleasafarmpond-whichcollectsrainwatertobeusedforemergencyirrigationinadryspell-canmakethedifferencebetweenabountifulcropandafamine.TheworldhasalreadycommittedtoestablishingaClimateAdaptationFundtohelppoorregionsclimate-proofvitaleconomicactivitiessuchasfoodproductionandhealthcarebuthasnotyetacteduponthepromise.
題目：Food shortage become more serious in - A 、poor countries
- B 、all the world
- C 、the Climate Adaptation Fund
- D 、the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
- E 、Bangladesh
- 、Malawi
- 、the U. S. and Europe
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根據信號詞Food shortage become more serious可回文定位到第2段⑥: rising demand has hit a limited supply, with the poor taking the hardest blow:需求的增長加劇了供應的緊張，而貧窮國家遭受的打擊最嚴重。
請注意題干信息與原文的語義對應：題干的Food shortage (糧食短缺）對應原文的a limited supply (糧食供應緊張）；題干的become more serious (變得更加嚴重）對應原文的taking the hardest blow (受到最嚴重的打擊）。比對選項，可發現A項恰與上述定位信息語義一致，故選A。
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