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1、ModelTestOnePartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledMyViewonCyberLanguage・Youshouldwriteatleast20wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.1网络语越來越流行2不同的人有不同的看法3我认为……PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15mi
2、nutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1・7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.TheGlobal
3、FoodCrisisandThomasMalthusLastyeartheskyrocketingcostoffoodwasawake-upcallfortheplanet.Between2005andthesummerof2008,thepriceofwheatandcomtripled,andthepriceofriceclimbedfivefold,spurringfoodriotsinnearlytwodozencountriesandpushing75millionmorepeopleintopoverty・Bu
4、tunlikepreviousshocksdrivenbyshort-termfoodshortages,thispricespikecameinayearwhentheworldsfarmersreapedarecordgraincrop.Thistime,thehighpriceswereasymptomofalargerproblemtuggingatthestrandsofourworldwidefoodweb,onethatsnotgoingawayanytimesoon.Simplyput:formostoft
5、hepastdecade,theworldhasbeenconsumingmorefoodthanithasbeenproducing・Afteryearsofdrawingdownstockpiles,in2007theworldhasseenglobalcarryoverstocksfallto61daysofglobalconsumption,thesecondlowestonrecord・nAgriculturalproductivitygrowthisonlyonetotwopercentayear/warned
6、JoachimvonBraun,directorgeneraloftheInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstituteinWashington,D.C・，attheheightofthecrisis."Thisistoolowtomeetpopulationgrowthandincreaseddemand/1Retrospection:Malthus1TheoryEversinceourancestorsgaveuphuntingandgatheringforplowingandplant
7、ingsome12,000yearsago,ournumbershavemarchedcoirespondingwithouragriculturalproductivity.Eachadvance一thedomesticationofanimals,irrigation,andwetriceproduction一ledtoacorrespondingjumpinhumanpopulation.Everytimefoodwasstablysupplied,populationeventuallyleveledoff.Ear
8、lyArabandChinesewritersnotedtherelationshipbetweenpopulationandfoodresources,butitwasn'tuntiltheendofthe18thcenturythataBritishscholartriedtoexplainthee
