B.To reduce the lost in storageC.To build more and more farmsD.To develop new plants for food[D］2.Why is so much food lost in storage？
A.The food is thrown away by people.
B.People pay less attention to the food storeC.The food is damaged by rainD.The food goes bad[B］3.Food stores are frequently ruined by rain or damp.
What does“ruin”mean？
A.removed B.cleanedC.damaged D.washed away[C］4.What kind of plants are scientists developing？
A.The plant which can be grown on the moonB.The plant which are likely to be attacked by pests.
C.The plant which can be planted in poor soilD.The plant which is heavier.[C］StepIII.Fill in blanks（通过这个练习，既可以锻炼学生语境中对词汇的领悟力，又是高考完型填空的基础训练，课堂实践证明效果较好，建议教师选用）
Now，I will give you another seven to eight minutes to read the text in details.Please pay special attention to the key words and phrases.Then I"ll ask you to close your books and fill in blanks without consulting anything.
1.Half the world"s workers earn their living by。（farming）
2.The problen is how to feed a growing world population of 6 billion.（over）
3.Only about 11%of the earth"s land surface is for growing.Andthis area is becoming smaller day day.（suitable，crops，by）
4.That"s why the Chinese people are making great to their farmland.（efforts，protect）
5.Farmland is being lost for several reasons.First，it isbuilt。（being，on）
6.It"s well known that pests continue to eat crops，damage.（causing）
7.The FAO has worked out that up 30%of food is lost in storage.（to）
8.It"s thought that 500 million people in the world do not have enough to eat，that"s about one ten.Every year about 40 million people to death.（in，starve）
9.They are also developing new types of plants that can be grown in soil or even sand，and that are less to be by and diseases.（poor，likely，attacked，pests）
StepIV.Diction
1.In this text，did you notice the word“farming”？What"s the difference between“farming”and“farm”？Let"s look at a sentence first.
The farmers live by。（farm，farming）（Which word will you choose？）
Yes，“farming”is the correct word.
Farm：an area of land，together with its buildings.
Farmland：only the land for farming.
Farming：working on the farm.
To farm：to do farm work1）.They like to eat。2）.They live by.（fish，fishing）
2.work out：The FAO has worked out that up to 30%of food is lost in storage.
a）work out一词的“新词义”曾经出现在2001年高考“单项真空”中，现在，可结合Lesson14的内容，试用work out的“新词义”造句如下：Various things have been done to increase the food supply in the world.But at first they all seemed unlikely to be of any efficiency at all.However，dozens of years have passed and most of the efforts seem to be working out far better than most of the optimistic people expected.
b）work at，work on，work outwork at和work on都有“从事……”的意思。
在此意义上，两者可以换用。如：
Is Tom still working at/on the new novel that he promised？
work at还有“在……工作”的意思。如：How long have you been working at this school？
work on还有（激起人的感情等）“对……起作用，影响……”的意思。如：The sight of so much suffering worked on our hearts so that we were filled with pity.
这么多受难的情景震憾了我们的心，我们心中都充满了同情。
work out表示“计算出，解决（问题）”等意思。如：Can you work out how much it costs to feed a common family？
I can"t work out this sum.
work out还有“想出，弄清楚（常用于否定句）”等意思。如：We must work out a better method of saving money.
I can"t work out the meaning of this poem.
1.order的用法
StepV.Phrases
Be suitable for day by day up to 30%ruin in storage starve to deathbe likely to do attack various things参考文档1
只有11%的地球表面适合种庄稼（be suitable for），而且这个面积还在日渐减小（day by day）。高达30%的食品在存储时丢失（up to）。存储的食品被雨，老鼠不断的毁坏（ruin，in storage）。每年都有大量的人们因饥饿而死亡（starve to death）。人们正在尝试很多办法来增加粮食供给。科学家正在发明新的植物，这些植物不容易被害虫侵害（attack，pest）。
参考译文：Only 11%of the earth"s land surface is suitable for growing crops.And this area is becoming smaller and smaller day by day.It"s worked out that up to 30%of food is lost in storage.Food stores are frequently ruined by rain，or eaten by mice.Every year a great number of people starve to death.People are trying various ways to increase food supply.Scientists are developing new types of plants which are less likely to be attacked by pests and diseases.
