Southern Africa's food crisis looks like being the worst in a decade. Around 14.5 million people are dangerously hungry, and many have been reduced to eating wild leaves and herbs. One might then expect food aid to be welcomed. But Zambia is refusing to accept American donations because much of its com and soya is genetically modified. Zambia's president. Levy Mwanawasa calls the stuff "poison" and refuses to import, despite a warning from the LJN World Food Program, on September 16th that relief supplies in his country could run out in two weeks.
It is emphasized in the passage that the southern states of Africa, such as Zambia, ____.
feel they can manage to feed their own people in a satisfactory manner, and do not need foreign interference
are not in need of any outside aid to overcome their food crisis
want to have no dealings of any kind with America
are reluctant to meet the requirements of the World Food Program
are presently experiencing an unusually acute food shortage
It is pointed out in the passage that Zambia _____.
is prepared lo cooperate with the UN on the subject of foreign food aid
is worried about the rapid decline of its food supplies
is convinced that the food donated by America isn't wholesome
is the only country in southern Africa that enjoys adequate food supplies
has started to grow corn and soya to meet the growing food needs of the people
As we understand from the passage, the food shortage in the southern African countries has reached such a stage that ____.
a growing number of people go hungry and, to survive, depend on what they call find in nature
the president of Zambia, for example, is now asking America to send food aid urgently
the growing of com and soya has finally been accepted as essential
even genetically modified food is welcomed as a solution to the famine
people everywhere are putting pressure on their political leaders to accept American donations