"If it takes you six hours to read this book, somewhere in the world 2,500 people will hav

e died of starvation or of hunger-related illness by the time you【36】."

Why are so many【37】？ Susan George affirms with conviction, and with solid【38】, that it is not because there【39】too many passengers on" Spaceship Earth ", not because【40】bad weather or changing climates, but because of food【41】by the rich.【42】the poor go hungry.

The multinational agribusiness corporations,【43】governments with their food "aid" policies and supposedly neural multilateral development organizations【44】responsibility for their【45】.

They all work in corporation【46】local elites, themselves nurtured and protected by the powerful in the【47】world. The United States【48】the way, leads the pack and is【49】imposing its control over the whole planet.

Only those【50】people who can become consumers will eat in the Brave New World being shaped【51】the well-fed. The standard liberal solution to【52】the world-population control or the Green Revolution are just【53】the hungry poor don't need. All the need is social change, otherwise known as【54】. With that, they could, and would, resolve most of their problems【55】.

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A．spend

B．read

C．finish

D．overtake