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able to feed their families. The slowing economy, increasing unemployment and rising food prices are
contributing to the growing number of people who need help. The nation"s food banks are rising to the
challenge. It is estimated that they are currently serving 38% more people than they were a year ago.
"In Minnesota, the jobless rate is the highest it"s been in many years," says Tricia Theurer of Second
Harvest Heartland, a hunger-relief organization in Minnesota."More and more people are needing to ask for
help for emergency food, many for the first time, due to economic situations."
Second Harvest Heartland provides about 41.5 million pounds of food annually to 170,000 people in 59
counties in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. The group is part of Feeding America, the nation"s food-bank
network. Its members include 205 food banks serving every county in the United States.
Hunger affects children, adults and seniors. It affects those who live in the city, in the suburbs and in
rural areas. It affects those who do not have jobs and the working poor. The working poor are the fastest
growing group of food-bank clients. They are employed, but simply do not have enough income to buy
enough food to feed their families.
Kids and adults can participate together in the fight to end hunger. The money you donate to the food bank
may seem like too small an amount to make a difference, but a simple $1 donation can be used to distribute
more than $9 worth of food. "Kids can be very creative in coming up with ideas of how to help others," says
Theurer."Some kids run lemonade stands, others have asked guests to contribute food or money to Second
Harvest instead of presents."
B. Because of more people out of work and food prices rising with economy slowing.
C. Because more and more farmers give up planting in the economy crisis.
D. Because the clerks in nation"s food banks were out of work at present.
B. The development of the internet.
C. The development of Second Harvest Heartland.
D. The worsening economic states.
B. People in rural areas.
C. The poor employees.
D. Children in schools.
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twenty-five percent of the nation"s population lived on farms. Today less than one percent of Americans do.
Farm incomes have changed over the years too. For example, in 1933, people living and working on
farms had much less money to spend than other Americans. At that time, farm families had about one-third
the income of non-farmers after all necessary expenses had been paid. By the late 1970s, however, that
difference had almost disappeared. In 2004,farmers had their best year ever. The average farm family earned
about eighty-one thousand dollars. That is more than the average American family, which earned about sixty
thousand dollars.
The Department of Labor measures the pay of industrial workers differently. It measures the average
hourly and weekly pay for industrial workers. This is because factory workers are generally paid by the hour
unlike farmers who earn income from their farm businesses. Generally, the average hourly pay for all industrial
workers is about sixteen dollars. And the average weekly pay, about five hundred fifty dollars. Industrial and
other services employ about eighty-six percent of the labor force.
food safety controls 1 and 2 better business ethics."
Speaking at a luncheon held in this honor at the United Nations Head quarters, Premier Wen Jiabao said the
baby formula 3 has done "great damage" to the health of babies and will have 4 social repercussions (反响).
"As head of the government, I feel deeply 5 ," he said, "but the most important thing is to draw a lesson from
the incident." Wen 6 the measures that the government has already taken to deal with the crisis, and promised
an overhaul (改造) of quality control systems to ensure Chinese products are 7 international standards, and
meet the specific 8 of importers.
He also promised to foster (培育) better business 9 among the leaders of industry. "Only by combining
such tangible things as technologies, products and management with ideals, ethics and 10 can we build the
DNA of our economy," he said.
| ( )1. A. thorough ( )2. A. promise ( )3. A. scandal ( )4. A. elegant ( )5. A. warm-hearted ( )6. A. outgrew ( )7. A. up with ( )8. A. requirements ( )9. A. ethics ( )10. A. authority | B. attentively B.approve B. misfortune B. instant B. kind- hearted B. retold B. up to B. orders B. products B. responsibility | C. deliberately C. contradict C. conviction C. significant C. body-struck C. outlined C. down to C. adjustment C. ideals C. dignity | D. approximately | ||||||||
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| Three months after the government stopped issuing (发放) or renewing permits for Internet cafes because of security (安全) concerns, some cafe owners are having financial (经济的) concerns of their own. The permits were stopped suddenly three months ago by the government until new safeguards could be put in place to prevent misuse of the information superhighway, but for cafe owners it"s a business breakdown with no fix in sight. "I handed in a request to open up an Internet café and received the conditions," said the businessman Obeidallah."I rented a place in the Sharafiah district at SR45,000 and prepared the place with equipment that cost me more than SR100,000. When I went to the local government after finishing everything, I was surprised to find that they"d stopped issuing permits for Internet cafes." Having an Internet cafe without Internet is much like having a coffee shop without coffee. "I"m avoiding closing the place, but it"s been more than three months with the situation ongoing as it is." Obeidallah said. "Who will bear the losses caused by the permit issue?" The decision took many cafe owners by surprise."I asked to open an Internet café, and I was handed a list of all the things that were needed to follow through, such as a sign for the place, filling out forms," said Hassan Al-Harbi. "I did all that was asked and rented a place. And after the Haj vacation I went to the local government and they surprised me, saying that there are new rules that forbid the issuing of any more Internet cafe permits and that one can"t even renew his permit. I"ve lost more than SR80,000," Al-harbi added. As for the government, officials say a method to deal with it is on the way. But security concerns come before profit (盈利). | |||||||||||
| 1. The government stopped issuing or renewing permits for Internet cafes _____. | |||||||||||
| A. to prevent misuse of new safeguards in Internet cafes B. to make cafe owners earn less profit from their business C. to stop the use of the information superhighway on Internet D. to make sure of the proper use of the information superhighway | |||||||||||
| 2. The government"s decision led to the fact that many cafe owners _____. | |||||||||||
| A. suffered heavy financial losses B. asked to open up Internet cafes C. continued to operate Internet cafes D. asked the government for payment | |||||||||||
| 3. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph "on the way" means _____. | |||||||||||
| A. to be studied B. to be put into practice C. to be changed D. to be improved | |||||||||||
| 4. The cafe owners found the government"s decision _____. | |||||||||||
| A. suprising and unacceptable B. understandable and acceptable C. reasonable but surprising D. surprising but acceptable | |||||||||||
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