Question

Do you think that living a hungry life is last century’s story? Well, it may be this century’s headline.
The world has growing worries about a global food shortage. Right now, there are still 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Children can’t escape this, either. Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year.
What’s causing food shortages? There are several reasons.
There are now more droughts and floods. This is very harmful to farmers and their ability to grow food.
Besides, with the growing population, feeding everyone becomes more difficult. There are a little more than seven billion people in the world. By 2050, the world population will be more than nine billion.
Another reason is food waste. The average person throws away 50kg of food every year.
How can we help with food shortages? The easiest way is to cut down on food waste.
Next time before throwing away the food on your plate, just think how much work has been done to make it. By buying less, we waste less. This takes the pressure off producing so much food. And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage.
You can also ask your schoolmates to join you.
In 2013, researchers at Kansas State University in the US put up short anti-waste slogans(标语) in dining rooms “Think Before You Waste”. Guess what happened? Students wasted fifteen percent less food after that!
The author of the study said, “You don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.”

Reasons of food shortage	【小题1】_________________________________
	The growing population.
	【小题2】___________________________________
Ways of 【小题3】___________	【小题4】___________________________________
	Ask the other students to join in your anti-waste work.
Your understanding of the last sentence.	【小题5】__________________________________

Answer 1

【小题1】More droughts and floods
【小题2】Food waste
【小题3】helping with food shortage
【小题4】Cut down on food waste
【小题5】Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things.

解析试题分析：现在世界上还有870，000，000人在挨饿。食物短缺的原因有三：1.自然灾害；2. 人口不断增长；3.浪费严重。我们可以做到减少浪费，从我做起。
【小题1】根据There are now more droughts and floods. This is very harmful to farmers and their ability to grow food.可知，食物短缺的原因之一是旱灾和涝灾。这对农作物是有害的。所以这里填More droughts and floods；另一个原因已经列在下面了：人口不断增长。
【小题2】根据Another reason is food waste. 可知。另一个原因是Food waste浪费食物。
【小题3】文中的How can we help with food shortages? 意思是ways of helping with food shortage。所以填helping with food shortage。
【小题4】根据The easiest way is to cut down on food waste.最简单的方法是减少食物浪费。所以填Cut down on food waste。
【小题5】You don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.的意思是你不需要一个大行动就医哦造成影响。与Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things.停止浪费从小事做起、从我做起。意思一致。所以填Stop wasting from ourselves and from tiny/little things.
考点：日常生活类短文阅读。