[单项选择]The long year of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应 ) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness arid confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay？Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export-surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise
A. The abundant food supply is not expected to last
B. Britain is importing less food
C. Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising
D. Britain will cut back on its production of food

[单项选择]The long year of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应 ) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness arid confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay？Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export-surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise
A. people are buying less food
B. the government is providing less financial support for agriculture
C. domestic food production has decreased
D. imported food is driving prices higher

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The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also raised.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by simul
A. to show the reason of food shortage
B. to explain the conflict between the surplus of food Supply and rising prices
C. to show the deteriorating living conditions of farmers
D. to analyze the market demand for food supply