- 阅读理解B
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题目：Food shortage become more serious in - A 、poor countries
- B 、all the world
- C 、the Climate Adaptation Fund
- D 、the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
- E 、Bangladesh
- 、Malawi
- 、the U. S. and Europe
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
根据信号词Food shortage become more serious可回文定位到第2段⑥: rising demand has hit a limited supply, with the poor taking the hardest blow:需求的增长加剧了供应的紧张，而贫穷国家遭受的打击最严重。
请注意题干信息与原文的语义对应：题干的Food shortage (粮食短缺）对应原文的a limited supply (粮食供应紧张）；题干的become more serious (变得更加严重）对应原文的taking the hardest blow (受到最严重的打击）。比对选项，可发现A项恰与上述定位信息语义一致，故选A。
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