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keting of rice. Issues like climate change and extreme temperatures have slowed rice production, especially in areas south of the Saharan desert. Plant disease is also a problem. But some African researchers say they have developed rice plants that can grow in areas with little rain fall.Nigerianborn Adekoya Madinat works with the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He said,“With this research we try to see how much water exactly is needed for rice production and try to see which genes are actually involved during the event of droughts. So these genes can be used to develop droughtresistant varieties that can be planted with the minimum of water and we still have very good rice production”.Robert Guei works for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. He says that investments in rice production should be a top issue for African governments seeking to end hunger and poverty. (Listen again, please.)Questions:11. How much rice do African countries import from Asia every year? 12. What’s the most important thing African governments should do to end hunger? 13. What does the passage mainly tell us? Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. Supernanny is an excellent TV show, which basically films a family who are having problems dealing with their naughty children. At the start of the show, the supernanny arrives at the family home and observes the daily routine. The parents are usual worn out by their children’s bad behavior and don’t know how to discipline them. The children talk back to their parents, don’t do what they are told and don’t show them any respect.Then the supernanny talks to the parents about the situation and suggests changes they should make to help them sort out the problems and bring up their children better. It must be hard