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1、Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountries(建议用时：35分钟)阅读理解(2019·陕西教学质量检测)Poverty(贫穷)hasbeentroublingtheworld.In2016,thenumberofhungrypeopleintheworldreachedonebillionforthefirsttime.It’sdifficultnottobeshockedbythefactthatmorethanoneinsevenpeopleintheworlddonothaveenoughtoeat.TheU．N.figures
2、thatalmosttwothirdsoftheworld’shungrypeopleareinAsia,whichisofcoursetheworld’smostpopulouscontinent.MorethanaquarterareinsubSaharanAfrica.AlthoughthisplacehasamuchlowerpopulationthanAsia,ithasthehighestpercentageofhungrypeople.AlmostalloftherestareinLatinAmerica,NorthAfricaandtheCaribb
3、ean.Therearemanyreasonsforworldhunger.Theyincludewars,droughts,floods,andtheoveruseoffarmland.Allthesefactorsaffectfoodproduction.Manypeoplealsoblamegreedybusinessmenforpushingupthepricesofbasicfoodsintheglobalmarket.Infact,manypeoplearestarvingjustbecausethey’repoor.Therefore,themosti
4、mportantreason,quitesimply,ispoverty.Ifwecan’tpulloutthisroot,we’llneverbeabletosolvefoodshortage.Althoughmanypeoplemaketheobviouspointthattherewouldbelesshungeriftheglobalpopulationweresmaller,fewpeoplewouldarguethatthereisnotenoughfoodtogoaround.Thebasicproblemseemstobenotalackoffood
5、,butitsdistribution.Inthelast50years,globalfoodproductionhasrisenevenmorequicklythantheglobalpopulation.Therearemanyareasoftheworldinwhichpeoplegenerallyhavemorethanenoughfood.Inthoseplaces,beingoverweightisafarbiggerproblemthanhunger.Theanswertoworldhunger,therefore,maybeabalancedfood
6、distributionaroundthewholeworld.Everyonewillhaveenoughtoeat,butnottoovereat.【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界饥饿的现状以及导致饥饿的原因。1．Whichcontinenthasthehighestrateofhungrypeople?A．Asia. B．Africa.C．America.D．Europe.B 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Morethan...AlthoughthisplacehasamuchlowerpopulationthanAsia,it
7、hasthehighestpercentageofhungrypeople.”的描述可知，非洲大陆有着最高的饥饿率。2．Theunderlinedwordinthethirdparagraphmostprobablymeans．A．thefactofhavingmanydroughtsB．thereasonforsufferingmanyfloodsC．thestateofbeingpoorD．badluckbroughtbywarsC 解析：词义猜测题。根据上文“Therefore,themostimportantreason,quitesimply,ispo
