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1、 2022职称英语考试备考综合类完形点拨三2022年职称英语考试备考综合类完形点拨三 More Rural Research Is Needed 1Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer, crop scientist, said demand was growing at 2.5% per year, but with modern technologies and the development of new
2、 ones, the world should be able to stay ahead1。 2“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition and poverty,” he said. 3Research is needed to solve food production, land degradation2 and en
3、vironmental problems. Secure local food supplies3 led to economic growth which, in turn, slowed population growth. Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the worlds ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the worlds population is expected to rise from 5.8 to 8 billion people. He said that thing
4、s will probably hold or improve4 but therell still be a lot of hungry people. The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Afiica and southern Asia in 2022, similar to the current pattern. If there is any change, a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but
5、not in sub-Saharan Afiica. The major inqjrovement will be in East Asia, South America and South-East Asia. 4The developing world was investing about 0.5%, or $8 billion a year, of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on5 research, and the developed world was spending 2.5% of its GDP. Dr. Fisc
6、her said more was needed from all countries. 5He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries, such as wheat production research having spin-offs for Mexico, China or India6. 6“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategi
7、c research can have global application, so that money can be used very efficiently,” Dr. Fischer said. 7Yields of rice, wheat and maize have grown impressively in the past 30 years, especially in developing countries. For example, maize production rose from 2-8 tonnes per hectare between 1950 and 19
8、95. But technologies driving this growth, such as high-yield varieties, fertilisers, and irrigation, were becoming exhausted. “If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities, for forests and wildlife, youre going to have to increase yield,” Dr. Fischer said. 词汇： funding 为供应资金，拨专款 moder
9、 调制解调器 malnutrition 养分不良 degradation 降级，(土地)贫瘠化 gross 总的，全部的 domestic 国内的 gross demostic product国内生产总值 spin-off 有用的副产品 strategic 战略的 application 应用 hectare 公顷 解释： 1. but with modern technologies and the development of new ones, the world should be able to stay ahead：但由于有了现代技术和新技术的开发，世界应当能够不断前进。ones指
10、代前面的technologies。 2.land degradation：土地贫瘠化 3.secure local food supplies：稳定的当地粮食供给 4.He said that things will probably hold or improve ：他说状况很可能保持现状或有所改善hold：保持。 5.invest . on：这是一个固定动词用法，意思是“把投资于”。 6.He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries, such as wheat prod
11、uction research having spin-offs for Mexico, China or India：他说粮食讨论会开发出新技术，这些新技术又会传播到很多国家，例如小麦生产讨论的成果已经在墨西哥、中国或印度得到应用。spread across：传播到。having spin-offs for .是现在分词短语，修饰wheat production research。 练习： 1.Paragraph 1 _ 2.Paragraph 3 _ 3.Paragraph 4 _ 4.Paragraph 7 _ AThe Same or Improved Food Supply Situ
12、ation in 2022 BResearch Focus on Increased Yield CMore Research Funding Needed DLocal Situations Analyzed EIncrease in Investment on Agricultural Research FSustained Development of Modem Technologies 5.Dr. Fischer claims that agriculture will continue to develop _. 6.Land can be saved for other purp
13、oses _. 7.The investment can be regarded as efficient _. 8.The global decrease in investment should be changed _. Aif we can drive yield up Bwhen Mexico, China and India join in the project Cif we want to fight against malnutrition and poverty Dwhen we use modern technologies and develop new ones Ewhen the developed world helps the developing world Fwhen strategic research can be utilized worldwide
