It’s time to reconsider food. Around the globe, food problems threaten wildlife, wild places and the

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It’s time to reconsider food. Around the globe, food problems threaten wildlife, wild places and the planet itself. Today, 7.3 billion people consume 1.6 times   36   the earth’s natural resources can supply. By 2050, the world’s population   37  (reach) 9 billion and the demand for food will double.
So how do we produce more food for more people without   38  (expand) the land and water already in use? We can’t double the amount of food.   39  (fortunate), we don’t have to — we just have to double the amount of food available now instead.   40   short, we must freeze the footprint of food.
In the near-term, food production is enough to provide for all, but it doesn’t reach everyone who needs it. About 1.3 billion tons of food   41  (waste) each year — four times the amount   42  (need) to feed the more than 800+ million people who are   43  (hunger).
By improving efficiency and productivity while reducing waste and shifting consumption   44  (pattern), we can produce enough food for everyone by 2050 on roughly   45   same amount of land we use now.
【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文,主题语境为人与社会,文章旨在介绍全球食物短缺问题并探讨目前可以解决的办法。
36. what  【解析】考查宾语从句引导词。此处用what引导宾语从句,what在宾语从句中作supply的宾语,表示"所……供应的(食物)"。
37. will reach  【解析】考查动词的时态。根据时间状语可知,此处表将来。
38. expanding  【解析】考查非谓语动词。without后接动词的-ing形式。
39. Fortunately  【解析】考查副词用法。修饰整个句子用副词。
40. In  【解析】考查固定搭配。in short简而言之,是固定短语。
41. is wasted  【解析】考查主谓一致、时态和语态。此处主语是food,因此用单数形式,表示食物被浪费,要用被动语态,且表示一般情况,因此要用一般现在时。
42. needed  【解析】考查过去分词作定语。分析句子结构可知,空处在句子中作定语,根据提示可知要用过去分词needed,相当于which is needed。
43. hungry  【解析】考查词形转换。此处作表语,故用形容词,hungry饥饿的。
44. patterns  【解析】考查名词的数。此处表示复数意义,因此要用pattern的复数形式。
45. the  【解析】考查定冠词的用法,same前要用定冠词the,the same表示"一样"。
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