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(5)Potato chips in Japan are being sold for 6X their normal price. This is after the country's main manufacturer stopped sales due to a potato shortage. Storms and floods and its main potato growing region last year caused the worst harvest and more than 3 decades. Local media reports suggest Calbee and its main rival Koike-ya are halting almost 50 products."We don't know when we'll be able to restart", a company spokesman said. Snack lovers are panic buying and many supermarket shelves are bare. (6)Japanese laws limit the amount of imported potatoes that can be used in Japanese made products. Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports. It still only allows potatoes from selected US states. This is only at certain times and on condition that they are processed at factories based near Japanese ports. (7)But global warming has raised the possibility that domestic produce could be seriously affected by rare weather events more often.
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预览三道题各选项,由选项中的 potato、 farming、 import、 supply等词可以推测,新闻内容与土豆的 种植、进口和供给有关。
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5. What problem is Japan facing
D)。详解新闻开头提到,在日本,薯条的价格卖到了正常价格的六倍。这是主要生产厂家因土豆供给不 足而停止生产之后的现象。土豆主产地去年遭遇了暴风和洪涝灾害,产量降至三十多年来最低。由此 可知,日本现在面临的问题是土豆供给不足,答案为D)。
6. Why does Japan limit the import of potatoes?
C)。详解新闻中提到,日本法律限制进口土豆,主要原因是担心进口土豆会导致疾病的传播。因此答案 为C)。
7. What might affect Japanese domestic produce?
A)。详解新闻末尾提到,全球变暖增加了国内农产品频繁遭受罕见天气严重影响的可能性。因此答案 为A)。