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The phrase having outgrown the available food
问题详情
The phrase "having outgrown the available food supplies" in the first paragraph implies that
A．the available food supplies will be enough to feed world population
B．the earth is too exhausted to support its increasing population
C．world population will grow at a rate faster than food production
D．food supplies will be too much available for world population请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：C
解析：本题是一道句子含义类问题。利用查阅式阅读法，找到该句子的上下文。文章第一段指出，早在1798年，政治经济学家马尔萨斯就预言，人类总有一天会由于人数增长超过了可获取的食物资源而面临挨饿的危险。一个半世纪后的今天，仍有专家预测说除非采取紧急措施来阻止这一灾难，否则的话，仍会面临全球性的灾难。由此我们可以推知，本题的正确答案应是C“世界人口增长得比粮食的增长更快”。
