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 2 150 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．found 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 out 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