In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___36___. according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___37___ one. The world will be more __38___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___39__ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___40___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___41___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___42___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, __43___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___44___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___45___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___46___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___47___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___48___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___49___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___50___. They only carried out the situation that ___51___ today. By changing the situation, by ___52___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___53___ time for the nations of the world to work ___54___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___55___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
| 小题1: | | A．learning | B．project | C．notice | D．study |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleased | B．pleasant | C．safe | D．blue |
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| 小题3: | | A．dangerous | B．beautiful | C．crowded | D．terrible |
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| 小题4: | | A．no more than | B．as many as | C．as much as | D．as large as |
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| 小题5: | | A．developing | B．developed | C．big | D．mountainous |
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| 小题6: | | A．none | B．each | C．all | D．neither |
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| 小题7: | | A．insist | B．reduce | C．increase | D．continue |
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| 小题9: | | A．already | B．hardly | C．partly | D．never |
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| 小题10: | | A．wanted | B．lacked | C．found | D．expected |
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| 小题11: | | A．destroying | B．protecting | C．disturbing | D．interrupting |
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| 小题12: | | A．saved | B．lost | C．discovered | D．used |
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| 小题13: | | A．Air pollution | B．Water pollution | | C．Some diseases | D．All farmland |
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| 小题14: | | A．animals | B．plants | C．forests | D．people |
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| 小题15: | | A．must be true | B．will come true | | C．can't be true | D．may be wrong |
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| 小题16: | | A．happens | B．develops | C．exists | D．appears |
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| 小题17: | | A．settling | B．working out | C．answering | D．dealing |
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| 小题18: | | A．no | B．still | C．less | D．plenty of |
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| 小题20: | | A．working | B．suggesting | C．spending | D．waiting |
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