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Voice Your Opinion一Change is Needed in Youth Sports
Everywhere you look, you see kids bouncing a basketball or waving a tennis racquet（网球拍）.And
these kids are getting younger and younger. In some countries,children can compete on basketball,base-
ball,and volleyball teams starting at age nine.__________(46)And swimming and gymnastics classes
begin at age four,to prepare children for competition.
It's true that a few of these kids will develop into highly skilled athletes and may even become members
of the national Olympic teams.__________(47)This emphasis on competition in sports is having serious
negative effects.
Children who get involved in competitive sports at a young age often grow tired of their sport.Many
parents pressure their kids to choose one sport and devote all their time to it.__________(48)But 66 per-
cent of the young athletes wanted to play more than one sport一for fun.
Another problem is the pressure imposed by over-competitive parents and coaches.Children are not
naturally competitive.In fact,a recent study by Paulo David found that most children don't even understand
the idea of competition until they are seven years old._________(49)
The third,and biggest,problem for young athletes is the lack of time to do their homework,have fun,
be with friends一in short,time to be kids.When they are forced to spend every afternoon at sports practice,
they often start to hate their chosen sport.A researcher found that 70 percent of kids who take part in
competitive sports before the age of twelve quit before they turn eighteen.________(50)Excessive com-
petitive sports take away all the enjoyment.
Need to remember the purpose of youth sports一to give kids a chance to have developing,strong,
healthy bodies.
_________（50）
A.survey found that 79 percent of parents of young athletes wanted their children to concenltrate on onesport.
B.The young soccer organization has teams for children as young as five.
C.Many of them completely lose interest in sports.
D.Sports for children have two important purposes.
E.But what about the others,the average kids?
F.Very young kids don't know why their parents are pushing them so hard.
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More Rural Research is Needed
Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer,crop scientist,said demand was growing at 2 .5%per year but with modern tech-nologies and the development of new ones,the world should be able to stay ahead.
“The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition（营养不良）and poverty.” he said.
Research is needed to solve food production,land degradation（贫瘠化）and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which in turn,slowed population growth .Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world's ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world's population is expected to rise from 5 .8 to 8 billion people.He said that things will probably hold or improve but there'll still be a lot of hungry people.The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in 2020,similar to the current pattern. if there is any change,a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in East Asia,South America and South-East Asia.
The developing world was investing about 0 .5%,or$8 billion a year,of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on research and developed world was spending 2 .5%of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.
He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries,such as wheat production research having spin-offs（有用的副产品）for Mexico, China or India.
“Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic re- search can have global application,so that money can be used very efficiently.”Dr. Fischer said.
Yields of rice, wheat ad maize（玉米）have grown impressively in the past 30 years, espe- cially in developing countries.For example,maize production rose from 2 to 8 tones per hectare between 1950 and 1995.But technologies driving this growth such as high-yield varieties,fertiliz-ers,and irrigation,were becoming exhausted.“If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities,for forests and wildlife,you're going to have to increase yield.”Dr. Fischer said.
A.there is a demand for saving land for non-agricultural activities
B.crop production is growing faster in developing countries
C.maize production reached its peak in the 1990s
D.technologies improving maize production have been well developed
