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Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. Rocketing food prices, some of which have more than doubled in two years, have sparked riots in numerous countries recently. Millions are complaining and governments are scrambling to staunch a fast-moving crisis before it spins out of control. From Mexico to Pakistan, protests have turned violent. Rioters tore through three cities in the West African nation of Burkina Faso last month, burning government buildings and looting stores. Days later in Cameroon, a taxi drivers strike over fuel prices changed into a massive protest about food prices, leaving around 20 people dead. Similar protests exploded in Senegal and Mauritania late last year. And Indian protesters burned hundreds of food-ration stores in West Bengal last October, accusing the owners of selling government-subsidized food on the lucrative black market. This is a serious security issue, says Joachim von Braun, director-general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, in Washington. In recent weeks, he has been bombarded by calls from officials around the world, all asking one question: How long will the crisis last? | 
