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 2 115 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 .
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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．founded | 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20: | | A．working | B．suggesting | C．spending | D．waiting |
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