【推荐1】When I was 8 years old, I decided to run away from home after a quarrel with my mother. With my suitcase (行李箱) packed and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door.

My mom asked where I was going. “I’m leaving home,” I said.

“ What’s that you’re carrying? ” she asked.

“Some clothes and food,” I replied.   

“If you want to run away, that’s all right,” she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way.”

I threw my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor and started for the door again.

“Wait a minute,” Mom said. “You didn’t have any clothes on when you arrived, and I want them back.”

This made me extremely angry. I tore my clothes off—shoes, socks, underwear and all—and shouted, “Can I go now?”

“Yes, ” my mom answered, “but once you close that door, don’t expect to come back.”

I was so angry that I shut the door forcefully and stepped out of my home. Then I noticed down the street two neighbor girls walking toward our house. I was so shy that I saw the big spruce (云杉) tree in our yard and jumped under the low­hanging branches (树枝). A pile of dried­up brown needles (针状物) were beneath the tree, and you can’t imagine the pain those sharp needles caused to my body.

After I was sure the girls had passed by, I ran to the front door and knocked at it loudly.

“It’s Billy! Let me in!”

The voice behind the door answered, “Billy doesn’t live here anymore. He ran away from home.”

Looking behind me to see if anyone else was coming down the street, I said, “Mom! I’m sorry. I’m still your son. Let me in!”

The door opened and Mom’s smiling face appeared. “Did you change your mind about running away?” she asked.

“What’s for supper?” I smiled back.

1. When the author was leaving home, his mother ordered him to         .

A．stay at home.

B．take some sandwiches.

C．leave everything behind.

D．check his suitcase carefully.

2. Which of the following can best describe the author’s mom?

A．Selfish and proud.	B．Strict but loving.
C．Kind and helpful.	D．Wise but impatient.

3. The last sentence “What’s for supper?” mainly shows that the author .

A．felt very hungry at that time.

B．changed his plan and decided not to leave home.

C．wished to eat something before leaving.

D．wanted to know what his mother prepared for supper.

【推荐2】For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. Not long ago, the 11-year-old girl, like all the other kids in this story, discovered that her mom had been posting her photos for much of her life. “I’ve wanted to say no. It’s strange to see myself up there, and sometimes there are pictures of myself I don’t like,” she said.

Like most other modern kids, Cara grew up exposed to social media. While many kids may not yet have accounts themselves, their parents, schools, sports teams, and organizations have been organizing an online presence for them since birth. The shock of realizing that details about your life have been shared online without your permission or knowledge has become an important experience in the lives of many teenagers. Recently a parenting blogger wrote in a Washington Post essay that despite her 14-year-old daughter’s horror at discovering that her mother had shared years of highly personal stories and information about her online, she simply could not stop posting on her blog and social media. The writer said that promising her daughter that she would stop posting about her publicly on the Internet would “mean shutting down a vital part of myself, which isn’t necessarily good for me or her.”

But it’s not just crazy mommy bloggers who construct a child’s online identity, plenty of average parents do the same. There’s even a special word for it: sharenting. Almost a quarter of children begin their digital lives when parents upload their photos to the Internet, according to a study conducted by the Internet-security firm AVG. The study also found that 92 percent of kids under the age of 2 already have their own unique digital identity.

1. How does Cara feel about her mom’s behavior?

A．Hopeless.	B．Inspired.
C．Annoyed.	D．Calm.

2. Why did the parenting blogger post about her daughter online?

A．Because it filled up her blog.	B．Because it showed off her success.
C．Because it recorded her stories.	D．Because it meant a lot to her.

3. Who are fond of sharenting?

A．A quarter of students.	B．Most ordinary parents.
C．Kids under the age of2.	D．Some crazy bloggers.

【推荐3】Phillida Eves and her husband Tedd Hamilton weren’t unhappy living in the Galway countryside with their sons, Cian and Oisín, and their daughter, Soracha. “We had a lovely home, a car, lots of friends, and weekends sailing our boat,” says Phillida. “But there’s a line from a poem that goes: ‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ That says it all for me. We felt there was more to life.”
So they quit their jobs, , took their sons, then aged six and nine, out of school and went to southern Spain where they bought a 15-metre yacht(游艇) and headed up the coast to Barcelona. Soracha was not even three. And they brought along Poppy, the family dog. Now, two and a half years and 10,000km later, they don’t intend to stop. Tedd is a yacht engineer and can find work in ports. But, says Phillida, a supply(代数) teacher, “any family could do this.”
The children are home-schooled using a correspondence(函授) course. “My son had a recent project on the weather. The weather is vital to us. My son knows more than most adults about weather systems, compasses, maps and directions. The weather, for him, means life or death.”
Other subjects have become equally vivid.“They’re living geography and history all the time. We’ve sailed round Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, and seen tiny islands we didn’t know. The kids learned about ancient Romans by visiting Rome.”
But what about social development? Again, Phillida is sanguine. “The children have become much more socially confident since we set out. They play with tones of families of all nationalities on other boats we meet.”
Living for the moment, they believe, is a huge life lesson. “Our children never say they’re bored.” The other day they stopped mid-ocean and the kids swam, 110km from land. “That’s the kind of freedom we want for them,” says Phillida. “That’s the kind of freedom they’ve got.”
1. The couple quit their jobs and took their children travelling because       .

A．their children wanted to make friends of all nationalities.

B．they wanted to experience more in their life.

C．their children wanted complete freedom.

D．they are unhappy with their lives.

2. The family made a living during their tour from       .

A．writing their own stories

B．doing temporary jobs

C．selling their possessions

D．teaching English

3. The underlined word “sanguine” in paragraph 5 is closet in meaning to “     ”.

A．patient	B．curious
C．excited	D．optimistic

4. What we can learn about the family from the text?

A．They plan to stop for a rest.

B．They have toured for more than three years.

C．They believe any family can do the same thing as they do.

D．They have made several geographical and historical discoveries.

【推荐1】I always pictured myself graduating from college, getting a cool job and even having a cute little place of my own. So far, I have a master's degree and the coolest job ever as a physician assistant. But instead of waking up in a pretty apartment, I hear the early morning sound of my parents making coffee downstairs. At 27, I still live with my parents, and I love it.

As a physician assistant, I make a good salary and would be able to live on my own comfortably if I needed to do so. By the time I finished graduate school, I had had a ＄150,000 debt from both undergraduate and graduate education. My father calculated that my loans were increasing by ＄15 a day in interest (利息) alone. At this rate, it would take me 30 years to pay off my student loans. At last, I decided to live with my parents.

Several of my physician assistant friends are in the same boat as I am — we are all highly educated, white collar employees who live at home. Our coworkers in the medical field think it is a great idea because many of them are facing the same piles of debt. They often say if they could do it all again, they would do the same thing.

There's a stigma (耻辱) that comes along with this arrangement. Some people might think that we are too lazy to find a job. I don't think my neighbors understand it, as they continually ask me when I am going to graduate and if I am old enough to look after their children. My mom just tells them that I'm successful, well educated and that I save lives.

1. What did the author once dream to do before ?

A．Take care of her parents.	B．Have her own beautiful house.
C．Make her parents pay for her living.	D．Live with her parents after graduation.

2. Why did the author decide to live with her parents?

A．She missed them very much.	B．She couldn't cook by herself.
C．She needed to repay a huge debt.	D．She was not ready to support herself.

3. What is the author's coworkers' attitude towards her living with her parents?

A．Critical.

B．Approving.

C．Doubtful.

D．Uninterested.

4. Why do the author's neighbors often ask her to look after their kids ?

A．She is a helpful lady.	B．She is popular with kids.
C．They don’t think she has a job.	D．They know she is well educated.

【推荐2】Making the announcement, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, called Alice Munro a “master of the contemporary short story”.
“She has taken an art form, the short story, which has tended to live a little bit in the shadow of the novel, and she has cultivated it almost to perfection,” he said.
The 82-year-old, whose books include Dear Life and dance of the Happy Shades, is only the 13^th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature since its start in 1901.
“I knew I was in the running, yes, but I never thought I would win,” Munro told Canadian media.
Alice Munro: “I would really hope that this would make people see the short story as an important art form.”
Munro, who began writing in her teenage years, published her first story, The Dimensions of a Shadow, in 1950.
Dance of the Happy Shades, published in 1968, was Munro’s first collection, and it went on to win Canada’s highest literary prize, the Governor General’s Award.
In 2009, she won the Man Booker International Prize for her entire body of work — but she downplayed her achievements.
“I think maybe I was successful in doing this because I didn’t have any other talents,” she once said in an interview.
BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz said Munro had been “at the very top of her game since she started”.
“Very few writers are her equal,” he said, adding “She gets to the heart of what it is to be human”.
The award “probably won’t make a commercial difference” to the author, he added, but it “makes a huge difference to how her work will be viewed in historical terms”.
“If she hadn’t won it before she died, I think it would have been a terrible, terrible omission (遗漏).”
Often compared to Anton Chekhov, she is known for writing about the human spirit and a regular theme of her work is the dilemma faced by young girls growing up and coming to terms with living in a small town.
Several of her stories have also been adapted for the screen, including The Bear Came over the Mountain.
1. According to the text, Alice Munro ________.

A．is very good at writing short stories

B．had her first story published in 1968

C．is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature

D．was confident of winning the Nobel Prize for literature

2. What does Will Gompertz think of Alice Munro?

A．He thinks very highly of her.

B．He thinks she’s a productive writer.

C．He is amazed by her different skills.

D．He compares her to Anton Chekhov.

3. Which words can best describe Alice Munro?

A．Honest and responsible.

B．Cautious and friendly.

C．Caring and determined.

D．Talented and modest.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Short story — an important art form.

B．A master of the contemporary short story.

C．Alice Munro’s novel adapted for the screen.

D．Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature.

【推荐3】ONE day my 5-year-old daughter, Mini, ran to the window crying: “A Cabuliwallah (从喀布尔来的水果商贩)! A Cabuliwallah!” In the street below was a Cabuliwallah, passing slowly along. Mini called him loudly but when he looked at her she ran away scared. Shortly after this, the two became friends.
They started to hang out together, laughing and talking. Mini’s new friend would give her raisins (葡萄干) and almonds (杏仁) , spending the little money he had on her.
The two of them enjoyed joking together. The Cabuliwallah, who was called Rahmun, would say: “Well, little one, when are you going to the father-in-law’s house?” Mini did not understand this and was puzzled.
One morning, I heard uproar (骚动) in the street, and saw Rahmun being led away by the police. There were bloodstains on his clothes. I gathered that a neighbor had owed Rahmun money for a shawl (披肩) but had falsely denied having bought it, and that in the course of the quarrel Rahmun had struck him. On a charge of murderous assault (攻击), Rahmun was sentenced to jail.
Time passed, and he was not remembered. Mini grew up and we were making arrangements for her wedding. I was sitting in my study when someone entered. It was Rahmun, the Cabuliwallah, released from prison.
Barely recognizable now, he asked to see Mini and said that all those years ago she had reminded him of his own daughter in Kabul. It was his belief that Mini was still the same. He had pictured her running to him calling “Cabuliwallah!”. He had imagined that they would laugh and talk together. In fact, he had brought her, wrapped up in paper, a few almonds and grapes.
The two were reunited but Mini had grown up. She now understood the meaning of the word “father-in-law,” and when he made this joke once more she flushed up (脸红) at the question. He could not revive (还原) their old friendship.
When Rahmun left, I gave him a bank note, saying: “Go back to your own daughter, and may the happiness of your meeting bring good fortune to my child!”
Having made this present, I had to give up the electric lights and the military band I had intended for the wedding and the ladies in the house were disappointed. But to me the wedding feast was all the brighter for the thought that in a distant land a long-lost father met again with his child.
Adapted from Tagore’s (泰戈尔) short novel The Cabuliwallah
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Mini and Rahmun’s friendship?

A．They felt close to each other at first sight.

B．The author didn’t like Mini making friends with Rahmun.

C．Rahmun liked Mini more when the author often bought fruits from him.

D．Though not understanding all Rahmun’s jokes, Mini liked hanging out with him.

2. Why was Rahmun put into prison?

A．He hurt a man.

B．He stole a shawl.

C．He cheated his neighbor.

D．He was dishonest in his business.

3. From the article, we can conclude that the author was ______ Rahmun.

A．not fond of

B．worried about

C．not supportive of

D．sympathetic to

【推荐1】Three Feet From Gold

Darby’s uncle was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold – rush days, and went west to dig and grow rich. After months of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore(矿石).He needed machinery to bring the ore to the surface. So, with the “strike”, he returned home. And with the help of Darby, he borrowed a lot of money. After buying the machinery and having it shipped, Uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.

The first car of ore was mined. And the returns proved they had one of the richest mines in Colorado! Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Uncle and Darby!

Then something happened! The vein(矿脉) of gold ore disappeared! They drilled on, but all in vain. Finally, they decided to quit and sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars. The junk man called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer’s calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the Darbys had stopped drilling! The junk man took millions of dollars in the vein, because he knew enough to seek experts’ advice before giving up.

Most of the money which went into the machinery was borrowed through the efforts of Darby, who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.

Long afterwards, Mr. Darby made another discovery that desire can be changed into gold. This discovery came after he went into the business of selling life insurance. Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, for he stopped three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, saying to himself, “I stopped three feet from gold, but I never stop because men say ‘no’ when I ask them to buy insurance.”

Darby sold more than million dollars in life insurance annually. He owes his “stick-ability” to the lesson he learned from his “quit-ability” in the gold mining business.

1. Darby’s uncle went back home to _________.

A．receive his reward	B．seek financial support
C．look for more helpers	D．consult an engineer

2. From the passage, we can know Darby _________.

A．was unable to pay off the debts

B．mined his gold from the failure

C．learned a lesson from selling insurance

D．devoted himself to making new discoveries

3. The author intends to tell us that _______.

A．hopes and difficulties exist side by side

B．correct decisions stem from correct judgment

C．we should catch it when opportunity comes

D．we won’t reach our goal unless we insist

【推荐2】It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing(挤) past someone or passing through a crowd in a narrow place, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable(不可避免的), and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles and came to appreciate(欣赏) some more polite ways of communicating with people, and here are some more polite ways of interacting with people in UK.

People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and shop assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be surprising to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, which is different from Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.

Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize(批评) others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers repeated several times but none of their explanations were intended as scolding me. It has been my impression that by avoiding scolding, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat(请客) women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies(适用于) to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit mean(吝啬的).

1. What is the author’s feeling of English politeness?

A．He thinks highly of it.	B．He thinks little of it.
C．He thinks it is unnecessary.	D．He thinks it goes too far.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．British men never treat a woman to dinner.

B．British men think it’s unnecessary to say “thank you” to the bus driver.

C．In Germany, employers often say “thank you” to employees for their job.

D．Germans think it is unnecessary to thank workers because payment is enough.

3. We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men ______.

A．like to fight with each other	B．treat women more politely than English men
C．are as generous as English men	D．are unwilling to spend money for women

4. The author develops the text through the method of ______.

A．telling stories	B．making comparisons (对比)
C．giving reasons	D．doing scientific research (调查)

【推荐3】Billboards are everywhere. Indoors, advertising is in magazines and newspapers, on television, and even popping up on computer screens. Outdoors, advertising means billboards. They’re in train stations and on the sides of buildings. They’re along highways in the countryside. Billboards were once large painted signs that urged consumers to buy anything from fried chicken to dish soap. Nowadays, billboards are high-tech devices that advertise the products of the modern world, from cellular phone service to perfume.

Billboards have changed along with technology. Originally painted directly onto wooden boards or the sides of buildings, billboards were first improved by attaching large printed strips to a structure to form an advertiser^ message. Later, mechanical billboards were developed which could display three different images. As one image changed to the next, the movement caught the eye of anyone passing by. More recently, electronic technology has produced back-lit billboards, which shine a light through an image printed on a sheet of plastic, and digital billboards that can display huge images similar to those on a television screen.

The latest trend in billboards is interactivity. In Belgium, a billboard that looked like a pinball machine had people on the street using text messaging to answer a question the billboard sent to their cell phones. If they answered correctly, they had a chance to win a new car. In Japan, some billboards feature QR (“Quick Response”）codes, a newer version of bar codes, which can be read by specially programmed camera cell phones. When a person takes a picture of a billboard with a QR code, the advertiser’s website appears on their phone. A billboard in New York’s Times Square allows people on the street to play a video game using their cell phones, and a huge digital sign in London’s Piccadilly Circus responds when someone waves at it and displays different images depending on the weather.

1. What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the main topic.	B．To list the benefits of billboards.
C．To show the author’s attitude.	D．To describe the functions of billboards.

2. It’s possible for people without cell phones to interact with the billboard in ________.

A．Belgium	B．Japan
C．New York	D．London

3. What can we learn about billboards from the passage?

A．Billboards are the products of modern technology.

B．Billboards advance with the development of technology.

C．The latest billboards are not primarily designed for advertising.

D．The more advanced the billboards, the more images they can display.

【推荐1】During the COVID-19 crisis, even the simple act of buying groceries has been completely transformed. For seniors this task is even more challenging. Concordia University's ACT project team has joined with community partners in the neighbourhood to fill this gap. They've rapidly created a new program-COVID-19 Grocery Response NDG.

The program uses a model that pairs volunteers with seniors, based on availability and language. Those volunteers are trained by ACT's team via video conferencing and then given a list of older adults. The volunteer calls the individuals and takes their order, working with grocer offerings of a Provigo store in the area. When the call is over, the order gets sent to Provigo, which gathers and delivers the order to the senior. It won't take the place of the work of the food bank; seniors are paying for their groceries.

There is also an important social element to the call, which doubles as a friendly check -in. The volunteer chats a bit with the senior, who may be very lonely and anxious. One volunteer says it has also been a rewarding experience and gives her the opportunity to help others while staying at home, which they are all being encouraged to do.

The program is a response to a number of factors, including the fact that many older adults are on a fixed income and may not have the internet access needed to order groceries online. It is targeting seniors who aren't able to access New Hope's usual meals on wheels service.

So far the project is a success, with a growing number of volunteers and seniors. As for what's next, Concordia is optimistic but acknowledges that the team will need to be nimble to accommodate the changing realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are at a critical time and we need to do everything we can, together, to help out.

1. What do the volunteers do to help the seniors?

A．Help them pay the bill.	B．Send their order to the store.
C．Write a shopping list for them.	D．Deliver their groceries lo the door.

2. What can we infer about the programme from paragraph 3?

A．It benefits both sides.	B．It helps the store survive.
C．It goes beyond expectation.	D．It encourages people to purchase online.

3. Who might be the potential client of the program?

A．Daisy aged 45 with a heavy debt.	B．David who enjoys meals on wheels service.
C．Alexander aged 75 with a retirement pension.	D．Elspeth who knows noting about online shopping.

4. What does the underlined word “nimble” probably mean?

A．Flexible.	B．Beneficial.
C．Accessible.	D．Qualified.

【推荐2】Parking in the CBD of any Australian city is expensive, hard to come by and often an unavoidable headache. But Rylan Kindness, a 16-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) from Brisbane, thinks he might have the answer to this problem.

It was after Rylan realized his parents were spending hours to try and find parking deals in the city that he came up with the idea for a centralized system. This system shows users the best price for parking in the area they want and offers users a daily deal with a discount.

Rylan now doubles as a high school student and the CEO of Parking Deals Australia, a role he took on four months ago when he launched the business from his bedroom.

Parking Deals Australia isn’t even Rylan’s first business. When he was barely 11, Rylan came up with an idea to sell wholesale (批发的) scooter parts (儿童滑板车配件) online, purely because he just wanted some extra money. On the side, he’s succeeding in other passions as well.

And despite Rylan clearly being a high-achiever and having a knack (诀窍) for business, he admitted it hasn’t always been smooth sailing.

“I’ve learned so many crazy things through trial and error. Every day I fail somewhere but I always try to get better. My biggest failure was when I first set up everything and thought it was what everyone else would like but it’s a shock when you see people not enjoying what you’re doing. It makes you want to cry a little bit but then you polish the product and keep going,” he said.

While Rylan didn’t want to say exactly how much his now-bustling company is worth, he did admit he’s making a tidy profit.

“I earn more in one day than I was earning for three months work in a cafe but I’m investing it all back into the business. ... what I’ve learned is that if you’re starting a business just to make money, you’re definitely going to fail. I’m there to help millions of people and that’s what really gets me going,” he said.

Rylan’s goal with Parking Deals Australia is to take it countrywide.

“We want to be everyone’s second step in their parking journey and save millions of people millions of dollars,” he said.

1. According to the article, the centralized system can ______.

A．analyze users’ parking habits

B．show the nearest parking lot for drivers

C．show areas with available parking spaces

D．recommend the cheapest parking spaces

2. What can we learn about Rylan Kindness?

A．He got the idea for the parking system from his parents.

B．He started to display a talent for business when he was about 11.

C．He left school to run his own company four months ago.

D．He started his first business by setting up Parking Deals Australia.

3. Rylan’s business experience ______.

A．has shown him that the beginning is the most difficult time

B．has taught him to work through failures by improving

C．has pushed him to attempt crazy things, even when he fails

D．has inspired him not to care too much about others’ opinions

4. What was Rylan’s main purpose for starting his business?

A．To earn some extra money for making bigger investments.

B．To become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Australia.

C．To help people while making a profit.

D．To expand his influence on a national scale.

【推荐3】Some people asked me how I could suggest the expenses of billions of dollars for a voyage to Mars, at a time when many children on this Earth are starving to death. I know that they do not expect an answer such as “ Oh, I did not know that there are children dying from hunger, but from now on I will stop any kind of space research until mankind has solved that problem! ”In fact, I have known of this long before.

But I firmly believe that by working for the space program we can make some contributions to the relief and eventual solution of such serious problems as poverty and hunger on the Earth. Two basic factors causing the poverty and hunger problems are the production of food and the distribution (分布) of food. In fact, large areas of land could be used far better if efficient methods of farming, fertilizer use, weather forecasting, field selection, planting, crop surveys, harvest planning and so on were applied. The best tool for the improvement of all these methods undoubtedly, is the artificial Earth satellite. Circling the globe at a high altitude, it can screen wide areas of land within a short time; it can observe and measure a large variety of factors indicating the status and condition of crops, soil, droughts, rainfall, snow cover, etc.

Besides, in the modern society, there is a continuing great need for new basic knowledge in the science if we wish to improve the conditions of human life on the Earth. We need more knowledge in physics and chemistry, in biology and physiology, and particularly in medicine to cope with   all these problems which threaten man’s life: hunger, disease, overpopulation, pollution of water and the environment. In a way, the space age not only holds out a mirror in which we can see ourselves, it also provides us with the technologies.

1. The passage is mainly discussing about        .

A．whether the children’s dying from hunger is the major problem

B．whether it is worth spending much money on the space research

C．whether the author’s suggestion has been taken into serious consideration

D．whether there is an effective way to avoid the global starvation

2. According to the author, what plays an important part in dealing with poverty and hunger?

A．Government support.	B．Methods of farming.
C．Food supply.	D．Modern technology.

3. The second paragraph is mainly developed by             .

A．making comparison	B．giving explanation
C．offering advice	D．giving examples

4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that         .

A．technologies can help to improve our living quality

B．more basic knowledge is required to be learned

C．we can live a more peaceful and happier life

D．there are different views on the space age