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1、座右铭：认认真真做事，踏踏实实育人；不讲求宏大，只注重实效；你成功，我自豪！北京外国语大学2009年硕士研究生入学考试基础英语试卷I.READINGCOMPREHENSION(60points)A.MultipleChoice(36points)PleasereadthefollowingpassagesandchooseA,B,CorDtobestcompletethestatementsaboutthem.ThePerilsofEfficiencyThisspring,disasterloomedinth
2、eglobalfoodmarket.Precipitousincreasesinthepricesofstapleslikerice(upmorethanahundredandfiftypercentinafewmonths)andmaizeprovokedfoodriots,toppledgovernments,andthreatenedthelivesoftensofmillions.Buttheburstingofthecommoditybubbleeasedthosepressures,andfood
3、prices,whilestillhigh,havecomewellofftheastronomicallevelstheyhitinApril.ForAmeriear~thedropincommoditypriceshasputafewmorebucksinpeople'spockets;inmuchofthedevelopingworld,itmayhavesavedmanyfromactuallystarving.Sodidtheglobalf'maneialcrisissolvetheglobalfo
4、odcrisis?Temporarily,perhaps.Buttherecentpricedropdoesn'tprovideanylong-termrespitefromthethreatoffoodshortagesorfuturepricespikes,Norhasitreassuredanyoneaboutthehealthoftheglobalagricdtttralsystem,whichthecrisisrevealedasdangerouslyunstable.Fourdecadesafte
5、rtheGreenRevolution,andafterwavesofmarketreformsintendedtotransformagriculturalproduction,we'restillhavingahardtimeinsuringthatpeoplesimplygetenoughtoeatandweseemtobemorevulnerabletosupplyshocksthanever.Itwasn'tsupposedtobethisway.Overthepasttwodecades,coun
6、triesaroundtheworldhavemovedawayfromtheirfocuson"foodsecurity"andhandedmarketforcesagreaterroleinshapingagriculturalpolicy.Beforethenineteen-eighties,developingcountrieshadso-called"agriculturalmarketingboards,"whichwouldbuycommoditiesfromfarmersatfixedpric
7、es(priceshighenoughtokeepfarmersfarming),andthenstoretheminstrategicreservesthatcouldbeusedintheeventofbadharvestsorsoaringimportprices.Butintheeightiesandnineties,oftenaspartofstructural-adjustmentprogramsimposedbytheI.M.F.ortheWorldBank,manymarketingboard
8、swereeliminatedorcutback,andgrainreserves,deemedinefficientandunnecessary,weresoldoff.Inthesameway,structural-adjustmentprogramsoftendidawaywithgovernmentinvestmentinandsubsidiestoagriculture---mostnot
