The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013 calls for new ways to meet the needs of city populations. More than 6.5 billion people are expected to be living in cities by 2050.
Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge. The World Economic and Social Survey points to the increasing demand for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health care.
The world population is expected to rise to more than nine billion by 2050, two-thirds of all people are expected to live in cities. The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.
The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues, these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.
Willem Van Der Geest is with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he says cities need to work closely with rural munities, so that food supplies can be secured, and the environment can be protected.
We need enough integration(整合，融合) with cities... An integration between the rural and urban economies is absolutely vital for issues of nutrition, food security, and environmental sustainability.
The report says development in a sustainable（可持续发展）way is important to end poverty. The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. One in eight people still severely lack nutrition.
UN officials say some things are clear. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, says world food production will have to increase by 70%, that increase will be needed to feed the additional 2.3 billion people expected on the planet by the middle of the century. She says an important part of meeting that need is to waste less food. There has to be efforts to reduce food wastage. .
Food and nutrition security are core elements of the sustainable development agenda.
【小题1】The survey includes the following statements except that .A．varieties of demands are hard to meet because of the increasing population in Africa and Asia.B．one way to put an end to poverty is to be able to develop for a long time.C．transportation is an important issue to deal with when it es to sustainable development of urban areas.D．hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by the problem of food insecurity.【小题2】From the passage we can infer that .A．cities grow so fast that the world can’t find out new ways to deal with the growing population.B．the growing city dwellers who mainly e from the developing countries greatly challenge limited resources in the world.C．sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issuesD．food wastage is an effective way to feed the additional 2.3 biilion people by the middle of the century.【小题3】What is the best titile of the passage?A．The World Economic and Social Survey 2013.B．City Population Will Increase to 9 Billion.C．Cities Need to Cooperate with Rural Areas.D．The World Is Not Prepared to Deal with the Fast Growth of Cities.【小题4】The passage is chosen from .A．a textbookB．a travel guideC．a novelD．a newspaperA
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(答案→)A
解析：世界还没有做好处理如此快速城市化的准备，因此这个机构要拿出新办法来满足城市人口的需要，以及城市化进程面临的挑战，一些措施：大力整合城市可以改进营养不良、土地、食品安全等问题，同时提到缓解贫穷的重要方式是可持续发展，其核心要素要重视食品营养安全。
【小题1】A 细节理解题。文章只是说“call for”，且下文还提出了可行办法。故A观点片面；B项根据第七段第一句“The report says development in a sustainable（可持续发展）way is important to end poverty.”可知正确；C项根据第四段最后一句“these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.”正确；D项与第七段第二句相符。故选A。
【小题2】B 推理判断题。A项说得太过绝对，且最后可清楚知道“wast eless food”是方式之一；B项根据第二段“he United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge.”、第三段“The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.”可知是正确。C项原文直接出现；D 项根据第八段说：粮食生产必必需增加到70%，增加的这部分将可供养2.3 billion people。所以不对。
【小题3】D 主旨大意题。文章主要讲未来全球人口增长极城市化进程，在进程中面临的挑战以及一些解决措施。A项，文章通过对2013年世界经济和社会调查引出城市化面临的问题，是文章内容之一；B项第三段第一句话提到，是个观点之一；C 项第五段第一句后面“he says cities need to work closely with rural munities,”也是观点之一；故D 正确。
【小题4】D 归纳总结题。A 教科书；B 旅游指南；C 小说；D 报纸；文章涉及热点问题集出现较多的专业人员、专业术语。故D正确。