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1、PARTIWriting[30MIN]writeashortessayentitledMyViewonCyberLanguage.1.网络语言越来越流行2不同的人有不同的看法3我认为……MyViewonCyberLanguagePARTIIReadingComprehension[SkimmingandScanning][15MIN]TheGlobalFoodCrisisandThomasMalthusLastyeartheskyrocketingcostoffoodwasawake-upcallfortheplanet.Bet
2、ween2005andthesummerof2008,thepriceofwheatandcorntripled,andthepriceofriceclimbedfivefold,spurringfoodriotsinnearlytwodozencountriesandpushing75millionmorepeopleintopoverty.Butunlikepreviousshocksdrivenbyshort-termfoodshortages,thispricespikecameinayearwhentheworld's
3、farmersreapedarecordgraintrop.Thistime,thehighpriceswereasymptomofalargerproblemtuggingatthestrandsofourworldwidefoodweb,onethat'snotgoingawayanytimesoon.Simplyput:formostofthepastdecade,theworldhasbeenconsumingmorefoodthanithasbeenproducing.Afteryearsofdrawingdownst
4、ockpiles,in2007theworldhasseenglobalcarryoverstocksfallto61daysofglobalconsumption,thesecondlowestonrecord.”Agriculturalproductivitygrowthisonlyonetotwopercentayear",warnedJoachimvonBraun,directorgeneraloftheInternationalFoodPolityResearchInstituteinWashington,D.C.,a
5、ttheheightofthecrisis."Thisistoolowtomeetpopulationgrowthandincreaseddemand:'Rebrospectian:Malthus'TheoryEversinceourancestorsgaveuphuntingandgatheringforplowingandplantingsome12,000yearsago,ournumbershavemarchedcorrespondingwithouragriculturalproductivityEachadvance
6、--thedomesticationofanimals,irrigation,andwetriceproduction--ledtoacorrespondingjumpinhumanpopulation.Everytimefoodwasstatelysupplied,populationeventuallyleveledoff.EarlyArabandChinesewritersnotedtherelationshipbetweenpopulationandfoodresources,butitwasn’tuntiltheend
7、ofthe18thCenturythataBritishscholartriedtoexplaintheexactmechanismlinkingthetwo--andbecameperhapsthemastvilified(遭人辱骂的〕socialscientistinhistory.ThomasRobertMalthus,thenamesakeofsuchtermsas"Malthusiancollapse"and"Malthusiancurse",wasamild-manneredmathematician,aclergy
8、man-and,hiscriticswouldsay,theultimateglass-half-emptykindofguy.WhenafewEnlightenmentphilosophers,giddyfromthesuccessoftheFrenchRev
