题文

You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now，850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it. The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time，about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger，there’s more pressure to feed more people，plus there’s less land and water to go round. Another reason is climate（气候）change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people. The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis（危机） though.Farmers in rich countries like the US，Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests. World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries. 小题1:The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____. A．there are more and more people in the world. B．American farmers are getting richer and richer. C．many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food. D．climate change makes it harder to grow food. 小题2:Who lose the most because of the food crisis? A．Farmers in rich countries. B．Farmers in developed countries. C．Poor people in cities in poor countries. D．Poor people in cities in developed countries. 小题3:What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada? A．They can get a lot of money from the government. B．They have to save a lot of money. C．They can make more money from the high price. D．They are losing a lot of money. 小题4:What is the best title for this passage? A．Why is the Price of Food Going Up？ B．How Many People are Short of Food? C．What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis? D．Who Can Benefit（受益） from the Food Crisis?

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:B 小题2:C 小题3:C 小题4:A

试题分析：这篇短文主要讨论了世界粮价升高的原因。 小题1:根据短文二三段描述，可知粮价升高的原因是，人口越来越多，许多的耕地挪作他用及气候变化。美国农民变富，是两家升高的结果，不是原因，故选B。 小题2:根据最后一段The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.描述，可知选C。 小题3:根据短文最后一段描述，世界粮食危机对加拿大意味着挣到更多的钱。故选C。 小题4:这篇短文主要讨论了世界粮价升高的原因，故选A。 点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。

据专家权威分析，试题“You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In..”主要考查你对  新闻报道类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

新闻报道类阅读

考点名称：新闻报道类阅读

• 报刊阅读应逐步成为中学生阅读的一个重要内容。由于新闻报道强调遵循5个W和1个H的原则，学生在阅读时也要抓住这一点去理解。

• 新闻报道类阅读的注意事项：
  1. 品味新闻的标题，联系平时所积累的知识，为了解材料大意作铺垫。
  2. 了解新闻报道的特殊规律，其内容和多含何人、何地、何事、何时等，阅读时要抓住新闻的这一主要特点去理解判断。
  3. 要注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是材料的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。
  
  新闻报道类阅读答题技巧：
  

  1.审视标题，抓住中心<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

  试题中有的文章有标题，有的没有，拟题人是有所考虑的。标题是文章主题的高度凝聚。
  它能给我们启发和想象，想象文章的内容和走向。这样做有利于对文章的理解，能提高做题的效率。

  2.浏览全文，掌握全貌

  如果时间紧，至少要快速通读全文，尤其是首两段。再把标题和文章内容结合起来，这样全文的梗概便一目了然了。

  3.细读题目，抓住要点

  对整篇短文内容有了一定的了解后，要马上看短文后的问题，带着问题去选择或判断答案。要确定所需查找的信息范围，并注意所查找信息的特点。例如：
  如果问题或选项涉及到人名、地名，就应该找首字母大写的单词；如果问题或选项涉及时间、日期、数字，就应该寻找具体的数据。
  另外还要注意试题难易，应暂时绕开那些少数较难的题目，先做最有把握、最熟悉的题目，也就是该类题可以直接或间接从文章中找到的。
  而对于那些要通过对文章归纳判断、逻辑推理的题目，需要再对全文快速阅读，仔细分析思考，反复比较、推敲选出正确答案。
  若文章短可先读短文，后看文后题目；如果文章太长，你可以先把文章后面的问题看一遍，带着问题去看文章。这样可以帮助你去掉杂念，提高阅读速度和解题的正确性。
  要善于找关键句，特别要注意文章的第一段和最后一段的头一句话，往往就是关键句，可以帮助你掌握文章的全貌，理解文章的主题。
  此外，还应该细读文章，因为有时的试题是考细节。可以边读边用铅笔做点标记，把有关的画出来。凡逢人物就圈起来，看完一数，有几个圈就是几个人，一目了然。