Question

  2004 is the International Year of Rice!This was decided by the UN in 2002. It was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate (庆祝) just one crop. What was the UN's purpose (目的) of this decision? The UN wants us to remember "Rice is life".

Rice was first grown 15,000 years ago in East and South Asia. Rice is more than three times as old as China. Today,almost half of the world's population eats this very old crop.

  Rice is the most important food in Asia. (1) 90% of the world's rice is grown in Asia. People in Africa now eat more rice than before.

(2) Nearly 1 billion (十亿) people around the world have jobs because of rice. But still,about 840 million people,including more than 200 million children,don't have enough food. So growing more rice would really help the hungry and poor people in this world.

A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1. What decision was made by the UN in 2002 ？

2. Why should we grow more rice in the world?

B. 将短文中画线的两个句子译成汉语。

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C. 请给此文拟一个适当的标题。

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Answer 1

1. 2004 is the International Year of Rice.

2. Because almost half of the world's population eats this very old crop. /Because growing more rice would really help the hungry and poor people in this world. /Because rice is life.

3. 世界上90%的水稻生长在亚洲。

4. 世界上有近十亿人从事与水稻有关的工作。

5. The Importance of Rice/Rice