American agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug has received the Congressional Gold Medal.
Norman Borlaug is often called "the man who saved a billion lives" and "the father of the Green Revolution."
His work helped fight starvation in India and Pakistan in the nineteen sixties. He won the nineteen seventy Nobel Peace Prize.
He, ninety-three years old ,still works as an adviser at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico.
In accepting the medal, he urged Congress and the administration to increase development assistance for agriculture. He said the world needs better and more technology to deal with hunger. In his words: "Hunger and poverty and misery are very fertile soils into which to plant all kinds of 'isms,' including terrorism."  
In the 1940s, Norman Borlaug and a team developed highly productive and disease-resistant wheat for farmers in Mexico. About twenty years later, millions of people in India and Pakistan were in danger from grain shortages.
The improved wheat from Mexico also grew well in South Asia, combined with changes in growing methods. Norman Borlaug persuaded farmers to use more fertilizers and pesticide chemicals and to water their crops with irrigation systems. Also many a crop can be planted in the same field. The results were big production gains that many believe saved as many as a billion lives.
President Bush noted that hunger still affects much of the developing world. He said the most fitting honor for Norman Borlaug is to lead a second Green Revolution that feeds the world. Yet his support for new agricultural technologies has been criticized at times over the years.
Some researchers worry about the effects of industrial methods of modern farming.
Population researcher Paul Ehrlich, for example, wrote a nineteen sixty-eight book called
"The Population Bomb." He predicted that population growth would cause widespread harm to the planet.
But now, some people are saying there should be greater attention and respect for Norman Borlaug. A major theme of his work is that people can deal with difficulties and that technology can improve their lives.
小題1:Norman Borlaug is called “the Father of the Green Revolution” mainly lies in that_______.
A．he developed highly productive wheat to help fight against hunger
B．he made a great contribution to fighting against terrorism and hunger
C．he developed a kind of wheat that is environmentally friendly
D．he sticks to the belief that technology can improve our lives.
小題2:The best title for the passage would be________.
A．Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution
B．Golden Moments----a Long-life Struggle
C．Hunger------a Serious Problem That Affects the Developing World.
D．Norman Borlaug, the Savior of the Developing Country.
小題3:Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A．Despite his age, Norman Borlaug still works for the improvement in agriculture
B．Norman Borlaug thinks that hunger and poverty tend to breed crimes and evil
C．Without Norman Borlaug’s work, hunger problem wouldn’t completely be settled now
D．Paul Ehrlich thinks that population growth would cause widespread harm to the planet.
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that_________.
A．Congress and the administration are to blame for hunger and poverty
B．not all people are in favor of his new agricultural technologies
C．people can defeat terrorists by improving modern farming
D．the Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor given by Congress.

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段中的 “His work helped fight starvation in India and
Pakistan in the nineteen sixties.”和第六段中 “The results were big production gains that
many believe saved as many as a billion lives.”可知, 他被稱(chēng)為 “綠色革命之父”是因?yàn)閹椭藗儼l(fā)展農(nóng)業(yè), 使成千上萬(wàn)的人免于饑餓和貧困。故答案為A。
小題2:標(biāo)題歸納題。本文介紹了一位為世界農(nóng)業(yè)的發(fā)展作出了巨大貢獻(xiàn)的美國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)科學(xué)家Norman Borlaug的故事，他被稱(chēng)為“綠色革命之父”，故A項(xiàng)符合主題。其他選項(xiàng)均偏離主題。
小題3:正誤判斷題。由倒數(shù)第四段中 “President Bush noted that hunger still affects much of the developing world.”可知, 目前饑餓問(wèn)題還沒(méi)有完全解決, C項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤，符合題意。
小題4:推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第三段中的Yet his support for new agricultural technologies has been criticized at times over the years. Some researchers worry about the effects of industrial methods of modern farming. 可以推出并不是所有的人都對(duì)他的農(nóng)業(yè)新技術(shù)贊許，故B項(xiàng)符合題意。A、C項(xiàng)與文意不符；D項(xiàng)文中有明確表述，不符合題意。
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