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1、Mostofusprobablylivewithoutvegetables阅读理解答案 Mostofusprobablylivewithoutvegetables,butaworldwithoutchocolateNowthatwouldbehard!Accordingtochocolatemakersitcouldhappenifwedon’tactsoon. Therearetwomaincausesofthechocolateshortage---chocolate’sgrowingpopularityandlessproduc
2、tionofcocoa,theplantfromwhichchocolateismade.WithmoreandmorepeopleinIndiaandChinalovingchocolate,notmuchcanbedoneaboutthefirstcause. Therefore,theonlythingwecandoistoincreasecocoaproduction.However,newplantdiseasesandlittleraininIvoryCoastandGhana,theworld’slargestproduc
3、ers,havereducedcocoaproductionby40percentinthepast10years.What’sworse,manycocoafarmersinAfricaandothercocoa-producingcountrieslikeIndonesiaandVenezuelaarechangingtoeasier-to-growcropssuchascornorrubber.Thisway,thefarmerscanmakemoremoney. Topreventmorefarmersfromchanging,
4、researchersatthenewlyopenedInternationalCocoaControlCentre,intheUK,aretryingtocreatenewcocoaplantsthatarestrongerandfastergrowing.Butfirsttheymustmakesurethenewplantsaresafetogrow.Thistakesalongtime. First,eachnewplantisstoredattheControlCentreforsixmonthstomakesureitish
5、ealthy.ItisthenplantedintheCentre’sfields,studiedandtestedforanothertwoyears.Onlyafterscientistsarecertainthatthey’redisease-free,willtheplantsbesenttofarmersinWestAfricaorwhereverelsetheyareneeded. Tocreatenewstrongertypesofcocoa,scientistsattheCentrearecombiningthebest
6、partsfromdifferentcocoaplants.Thoughtheworldisfacingaseriouschocolateshortage,thereisnowhope! 51.Thefirstparagraphtellsusthat______. A.chocolateishealthierthanvegetablesB.theworldcouldsoonbewithoutchocolate C.peoplelovevegetablesmorethanchocolateD.it’snotnecessarytoeat
7、somuchchocolate 52.Inwhichcountrieshaschocolatebecomemorepopularinrecentyears A.VenezuelaandIndonesia.B.IvoryCoastandGhana. C.IndonesiaandChina.D.ChinaandIndia. 53.Cocoafarmersarechoosingtogrowrubberandcornbecausethesecrops______. A.canmakethemmoremoneyB.needlessrain
8、togrow C.canbeplantedmoretimeseachyearD.arenotdamagedbyplantdiseases 54.Howlongdoesittakescien
