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The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013 calls for new ways to meet the needs of city populations. More than 6.5 billion people are expected to be living in cities by 2050.
Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge. The World Economic and Social Survey points to the increasing demand for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health care.
The world population is expected to rise to more than nine billion by 2050, two-thirds of all people are expected to live in cities. The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.
The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues, these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.
Willem Van Der Geest is with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he says cities need to work closely with rural communities, so that food supplies can be secured, and the environment can be protected.
"We need enough integration(整合，融合) with cities... An integration between the rural and urban economies is absolutely vital for issues of nutrition, food security, and environmental sustainability."
The report says development in a sustainable（可持續(xù)發(fā)展）way is important to end poverty. The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. One in eight people still severely lack nutrition.
UN officials say some things are clear. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, says world food production will have to increase by 70%, that increase will be needed to feed the additional 2.3 billion people expected on the planet by the middle of the century. She says an important part of meeting that need is to waste less food. "There has to be efforts to reduce food wastage. ."
Food and nutrition security are core elements of the sustainable development agenda.
【小題1】The survey includes the following statements except that ______.

A．varieties of demands are hard to meet because of the increasing population in Africa and Asia.

B．one way to put an end to poverty is to be able to develop for a long time.

C．transportation is an important issue to deal with when it comes to sustainable development of urban areas.

D．hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by the problem of food insecurity.

【小題2】From the passage we can infer that ______.

A．cities grow so fast that the world can’t find out new ways to deal with the growing population.

B．the growing city dwellers who mainly come from the developing countries greatly challenge limited resources in the world.

C．sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues

D．food wastage is an effective way to feed the additional 2.3 biilion people by the middle of the century.

【小題3】What is the best titile of the passage?

A．The World Economic and Social Survey 2013.

B．City Population Will Increase to 9 Billion.

C．Cities Need to Cooperate with Rural Areas.

D．The World Is Not Prepared to Deal with the Fast Growth of Cities.

【小題4】The passage is chosen from ______.

A．a(chǎn) textbook

B．a(chǎn) travel guide

C．a(chǎn) novel

D．a(chǎn) newspaper

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：到2050年預(yù)計(jì)要有65億人居住在城市里，城市人口的迅速增長給很多國家有限的資源帶來巨大的挑戰(zhàn)，其中包括能源、教育、公共設(shè)施以及醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生等很多方面。世界經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)調(diào)查指出可持續(xù)發(fā)展是結(jié)束貧窮的重要方法。
【小題1】A根據(jù)文中The report says development in a sustainable way is important to end poverty. 和
The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. 可知B、D選項(xiàng)正確；再由第四段內(nèi)容The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires …..job creation and transportation.可知D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確，而A選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容文中沒有涉及，所以答案選A。
【小題2】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge新的城市居民大多來自發(fā)展中國家，這對(duì)于自然資源的影響是巨大的，由此判斷B選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題3】D主旨大意題。文章開頭提出The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities.，然后圍繞這個(gè)話題從各個(gè)方面進(jìn)行了詳細(xì)的介紹。所以文章中心就是城市增長過快所帶來的問題，故D選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題4】D推理判斷題。本文介紹的是世界人口城市化所帶來的一系列問題以及解決辦法，縱觀選項(xiàng)，D為最佳答案。
考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。