In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year 36 . According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a 37 one. The world will be more 38 because the population will continue to grow . The population could be 39 6 300 million, almost 2 115 million more than in 1985 .More people would move into cities, especially cities in 40 countries . Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would 41 have 15 million by then . Food production will 42 , but not enough to feed all the people . Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, 43 most of the increase would be in countries that 44 produce enough food for their people . Little increase is 45 in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East . Poor farming ways are 46 large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts . More farmland is 47 as cities become larger and more houses are built . 48 will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil .Many of the world’s 49 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down . Energy will continue to be a serious problem . The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 50 . They only carried out the situation that 51 today . By changing the situation, by 52 the problems, the picture can be changed . There is 53 time for the nations of the world to work 54 a plan of action . But they warned that 55 too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success . 小题1: A．learning B．project C．notice D．study 小题2: A．pleased B．pleasant C．safe D．blue 小题3: A．dangerous B．beautiful C．crowded D．terrible 小题4: A．no more than B．as many as C．as much as D．as large as 小题5: A．developing B．developed C．big D．mountainous 小题6: A．none B．each C．all D．neither 小题7: A．insist B．reduce C．increase D．continue 小题8: A．so B．but C．or D．however 小题9: A．already B．hardly C．partly D．never 小题10: A．wanted B．lacked C．founded D．expected 小题11: A．destroying B．protecting C．disturbing D．interrupting 小题12: A．saved B．lost C．discovered D．used 小题13: A．Air pollution B．Water pollution C．Some diseases D．All farmland 小题14: A．Animals B．plants C．forests D．people 小题15: A．must be true B．will come true C．can’t be true D．may be wrong 小题16:A. happens       B develops          C .exists            D. appears 小题17: A．settling B．working at C．answering D．dealing 小题18: A．no B．still C．less D．plenty of 小题19: A．about B．in C．out D．for 小题20: A．working B．suggesting C．spending D．waiting