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  3. The world is throwing away a shocking amount of food. A report(1)_____ that at least a third of the 4 billion tonnes of food the

The world is throwing away a shocking amount of food. A report(1)_____ that at least a third of the 4 billion tonnes of food the

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问题     The world is throwing away a shocking amount of food. A report(1)_____ that at least a third of the 4 billion tonnes of food the world produces each year never gets(2)_____ our mouths. Between 30% and 50% of food(3)_____ in Europe and the US is thrown away. Britain—and much of the rich world—has got used to filling the fridge(4)_____ what looks nice, not what it(5)_____ needs. The cost of that(6)_____ is &10bn annually. Globally, the cost, in money, energy and ever-scarcer water, is(7)_____.
    Our future food security has been(8)_____ the top 10 of current global worries. The(9)_____ of feeding a mid-century planet of around 9 billion people looks(10)_____ without major changes to farming and our diet. If you(11)_____ the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation’s call (12)_____ production to be increased by 70% to feed the population of 2050, most of the work will be(13)_____ just by being a bit more thrifty. (14)_____ we have to do is to(15)_____ better what is already there.
    Throwing food out is easy.(16)_____, using it sensibly,(17)_____ the less attractive bits, is not. The urge to bin and buy again,(18)_____ by multimillion pound advertising campaigns, is all the less resistible now(19)_____, despite recent price rises, for most of us, food is cheap. At Christmas, the average family spent just over ￡100 on the big meal, a quarter of(20)_____ it spent on presents.
(1)
选项 A、symbolized
B、claimed
C、requested
D、demanded
答案B
解析 空格处缺少动词，主语是a report。四个选项代人句中，只有claimed“声称”符合句意，即“一份报道称……”，选B。symbolize“象征”；request和demand均意为“要求”。
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