Starvation is the most fearful and the most dreaded of all the anxieties that haunt (萦绕) the minds and the imaginations of mankind. Mankind’s every effort has been directed to combat it and will continue to do so until the end of time. Its prevention has been the greatest motivation that ever kept men braced up in the struggle. It is the real enemy. Yet like every other enemy its presence brings forth the best that is in us and urges us to do greater things in the struggle. In the continuous fight against hunger and cold, man has progressed wonderfully and done more than what was absolutely necessary to merely guard against starvation. His future progress can only be made through keeping up the fight.The fight is the same now as it was when our early ancestor struggled with some living things and with their flesh satisfying his inward desire and with their skin keeping out the cold so that he might live, and for the time being to keep the anxiety at bay. The forces we have to fight now are different, but the struggle is the same. As he succeeded in conquering his victim to make his existence secure, so must we conquer the forces that are opposed to us or we will perish. Unlike our early ancestor, whose task is simple in the struggle for existence, we have to fight not only the natural conditions, but artificial ones which society has created.In the struggle we have conquered as far as getting enough to eat and enough to wear is concerned, for we have produced both in abundance and far in excess of what our necessities require. Foodstuffs are gathered and harvested every year in quantities so great that their consumption would be impossible. Various clothing material is manufactured in such quantities that nakedness should have become impossible. We have achieved so much in providing food and clothing that it is strange that some are still hovering on the brink of starvation. Productivity is continuously increasing and the quality of production is continually improving. Yet with all this we are haunted by starvation. Its dread presence is ever felt.1. In the sentence “… that ever kept men braced up in the struggle” (Paragraph One), the underlined phrase means _____.A) securedB) cheered up C) depressedD) bound up2. From the first paragraph, we learn that _____.A) mankind has been on the brink of starvation all the timeB) mankind has progressed a lot in the struggle against starvation C) mankind won’t win the battle against starvationD) mankind keeps fighting only for more food to meet their needs3. We have more difficulties in the struggle against starvation, because _____.A) our conditions are more complicated than before B) we have to make more people’s existence secureC) the natural conditions are worsening all the timeD) we are confronted with different kinds of starvation4. What do we learn from the passage about the supply of food and clothing now?A) We have enough food, but some are still naked.B) We have insufficient food and enough clothing materials.C) We have already produced sufficient food and clothing materials. D) People should produce more food and clothes to satisfy themselves.5. We are still haunted by starvation probably because _____.A) quality of what we produce is inferiorB) population growth is too fastC) the productivity is continuously getting lower.D) there may be some other problems with mankind.