2017年職稱(chēng)英語(yǔ)考試備考綜合類(lèi)完形點(diǎn)撥三
More Rural Research Is Needed
1 Agricultural 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 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.
3 Research is needed to solve food production, land degradation2 and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies3 led to economic growth which, in turn, slowed population growth. Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world’s ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world’s population is expected to rise from 5.8 to 8 billion people. He said that things will probably hold or improve4 but there’ll 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 2020, similar to the current pattern. If there is any change, a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Afiica. The major inqjrovement will be in East Asia, South America and South-East Asia.
4 The 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. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.
5 He 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 strategic research can have global application, so that money can be used very efficiently,” Dr. Fischer said.
7 Yields 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 1995. 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, you’re going to have to increase yield,” Dr. Fischer said.
詞匯：
funding 為……提供資金，撥專(zhuān)款 moder 調(diào)制解調(diào)器
malnutrition 營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良 degradation 降級(jí)，(土地)貧瘠化
gross 總的，全部的 domestic 國(guó)內(nèi)的
gross demostic product國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值 spin-off 有用的副產(chǎn)品
strategic 戰(zhàn)略的 application 應(yīng)用 hectare 公頃
注釋?zhuān)?BR> 1.... but with modern technologies and the development of new ones, the world should be able to stay ahead：……但由于有了現(xiàn)代技術(shù)和新技術(shù)的開(kāi)發(fā)，世界應(yīng)該能夠不斷前進(jìn)。ones指代前面的technologies。
2.land degradation：土地貧瘠化
3.secure local food supplies：穩(wěn)定的當(dāng)?shù)丶Z食供應(yīng)
4.He said that things will probably hold or improve …：他說(shuō)情況很可能保持現(xiàn)狀或有所改善……h(huán)old：保持。
5.invest ... on：這是一個(gè)固定動(dòng)詞用法，意思是“把……投資于”。
6.He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries, such as wheat production research having spin-offs for Mexico, China or India：他說(shuō)糧食研究會(huì)開(kāi)發(fā)出新技術(shù)，這些新技術(shù)又會(huì)傳播到許多國(guó)家，例如小麥生產(chǎn)研究的成果已經(jīng)在墨西哥、中國(guó)或印度得到應(yīng)用。spread across：傳播到。having spin-offs for ...是現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)，修飾wheat production research。
練習(xí)：
1.Paragraph 1 _____
2.Paragraph 3 _____
3.Paragraph 4 _____
4.Paragraph 7 _____
A The Same or Improved Food Supply Situation in 2020
B Research Focus on Increased Yield
C More Research Funding Needed
D Local Situations Analyzed
E Increase in Investment on Agricultural Research
F Sustained Development of Modem Technologies
5.Dr. Fischer claims that agriculture will continue to develop _____.
6.Land can be saved for other purposes _____.
7.The investment can be regarded as efficient _____.
8.The global decrease in investment should be changed _____.
A if we can drive yield up
B when Mexico, China and India join in the project
C if we want to fight against malnutrition and poverty
D when we use modern technologies and develop new ones
E when the developed world helps the developing world
F when strategic research can be utilized worldwide