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  3. The price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food【C

The price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food【C

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问题     The price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food【C1】______are spreading across Algeria. Russia is【C2】______grain to sustain its cattle herds【C3】______spring grazing begins. And the U. N. Food and Agricultural organization announced that its food price index for December【C4】______an all-time high.
    But【C5】______in years past it’s been weather that has caused a spike in commodities prices, now it’s trends on both sides of the food supply /demand equation that are【C6】______up prices. On the demand side, those to blame are population growth, rising【C7】______, and the use of grain in car fuel. On the supply side: soil【C8】______, the loss of cropland to non-farm uses, and—on【C9】______of climate change—crop-withering (农作物枯萎) heat waves and【C10】______mountain glaciers and ice sheets. These climate-related trends seem destined to take a far greater【C11】______in the future. The current【C12】______in world grain and soybean (大豆) prices, and in food prices more broadly, is not a【C13】______phenomenon. We can no longer expect that things will soon return to normal, because in a world with a【C14】______changing climate system there is no【C15】______to return to.
    The unrest today is no longer【C16】______between heavily armed superpowers, but【C17】______spreading food shortages and rising food prices that【C18】______our global future. Unless governments quickly redefine security and shift【C19】______from military uses to investing in climate change ease, water efficiency, soil【C20】______, and population stabilization, the world will in all likelihood be facing a future with both more climate instability and food price volatility (波动). [br] 【C11】
选项 A、charge
B、expense
C、possibility
D、toll
答案 D
解析 名词辨义题。此句意为“这些与气候变化相关的发展趋势也许注定会在未来让人类付出更高的代价”，toll“通行费，代价”符合题意。charge“费用”，指提供服务时索取的费用，也指货物的价格、价钱；expense常指“实际支付的费用总数额”，有时也指“钱的花费”；possibility“可能性”，不符合文意，故排除。
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