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Crop Problem Advances in technology have helped more of the world’s population live better and longer, and that is part of o
Crop Problem Advances in technology have helped more of the world’s population live better and longer, and that is part of o
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2011-01-05
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Crop Problem
Advances in technology have helped more of the world’s population live better and longer, and that is part of our problems Better health standards have kept larger number of people alive. The world’s population is now almost four billion and expected to double in 25 years. Growing population and slowly rising living standards have increased our need for food at the rate of 30 million tons per year. As a result, the world’s stockpile of food(食物储备) is declining by about 10 million tons per year.
From the early 1950s until 1972 , world food production increased greatly. The Green Revolution (绿色革命) extended scientific techniques to agriculture in the form of hybrid seed (杂交种)and poultry (禽类), chemical fertilizers (化学肥料) and pesticides (杀虫剂), and complex irrigation systems. Strains (品种) of corn (玉米), sorghum (高粱), soybeans (大豆), wheat and rice were developed to flourish under particular climate and soil conditions.
In the United States, corn production rose to 110 bushels(蒲式耳:谷物、水果、蔬菜等容量单位,在英国相当于36, 368升,在美国相当于35, 238升) per acre from only 26 bushels per acre in the early 1900s. Milk production rose to 10, 000 pounds per cow per year, compared with 600 in India. Chickens were bred to eat less, grow to maturity in shorter time, and produce more eggs. As a result of such scientific advances, our twelve midwestern states alone now feed one fourth of the world’s people.
Crop disaster in 1972 brought an apparent end to the growth in production. Much of the extra yields had come from the use of chemical fertilizers, primarily petroleum based and now in short supply. The drop in world supplies of petroleum-based fertilizers is expected to cause a drop in crop yields of ten tons for each one ton decline in fertilizers applied.
This presents a particular problem for underdeveloped nations that often lack the foreign exchange necessary for buying fertilizer. The problem is so severe that Philip Handier, president of the National Academy of Sciences, has predicted one million child deaths per month in these nations by the year 2025.
Given the present growth rate of the world’s population and our ability to produce food______.
选项
A、the United States will be able to feed half the world by 2025
B、the future will see no more hunger
C、we will encounter very serious problem in the near future
D、the developed nations will change in the near future
答案
C
解析
本题考查考生根据篇章的判断分析能力。考的是如果世界人口以目前的水平增长,我们的生产能力也保持现有水平,将会怎么样。从文章最后一段最后一句:The problem is so severe that Philip Handler,president,of the National Academy of Sciences,has predicted one million child deaths per month in these nations by the year2025. 我们可以得知,产量的问题已经非常严峻了,国家科学院院长Philip Handle预测,到2025年,在不发达国家里,每个月将有100万儿童死于饥饿。由此我们可以得知,如果世界人口以目前水平增长,而我们的生产能力保持现有水平,那么,我们将面临严重的粮食危机。所以,正确答案是C。
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