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Investing (投资) in agricultural research and development can help poor countries fight hunger and poverty. A new study says investments in sub－Saharan Africa increased by more than twenty percent between 2001 and 2008.However，the study also found that just a few countries were responsible for most of that growth. Nigeria was responsible for one－third of it. Ghana，Tanzania，Sudan and Uganda also increased their spending，but 13 countries reduced their investments.

Nienke Beintema from the Washington－based International Food Policy Research Institute led the study. She says new technologies are needed to deal with some of the causes of hunger. She said，"Changes in food price，growing population，water shortage and climate change create the demand for better technologies or different technologies to address these issues." She says some countries，including Nigeria，have ____________enhanced their investments after spending far too little in the past.

Nigeria now has the largest agricultural research system south of the Sahara. That is one measure of progress. But Nienke Beintema says a better measure is that a country spends more than one percent of its agricultural money on research. And in 2008，she says，Nigeria was not doing that. Botswana，Burundi，Kenya，Mauritania and Mauritius were spending more than one percent. So were Namibia，South Africa and Uganda.

Ms. Bientema examined levels of financing and employment at 370 research centers in 32 countries. She believes most countries depend too heavily on international donations to help pay for research. Many donations are short－term，she says，and the research often ends when the money has been spent.

Ms. Bientema says countries must improve their higher education systems to turn out more qualified researchers. But the study has found that new researchers are not being hired in some countries because of budget (预算) problems. At the same time，many older researchers are nearing retirement age.

语篇解读　非洲很多国家在农业研究方面的投资还很少。

21．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Poor African countries are looking for donations.

B．Many African countries are suffering from hunger and poverty.

C．Many African countries are not investing enough in agricultural research.

D．Poor African countries have no way to fight against hunger and poverty.

21.解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章虽然讲到了非洲一些国家增加了在农业研究方面的投资，但侧重点还是讲投资太少，故选C。

答案：C

22．We can infer Nienke Beintema hopes that____________.

A．no international donations will be provided for African countries

B．more money will be spent in developing new technologies in Africa

C．some African countries will reduce investments in agricultural research