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Have you tried eating insects? "Although they look a little strange, they are crunchy (脆的). I eat them for their protein," Yang Xingyu, who likes fried insects, told China Daily.

A growing number of people are beginning to eat insects such as beetles, bees and grasshoppers. They can be fried, boiled with soup, or mixed with dessert. About 2 billion people have already added insects to their diets, according to a UN report.

Insects are rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. As professor Guo Jianjun at Guizhou University said, insects are known as "God's last piece of cake for mankind".

"Most of the fat in insects is unsaturated fatty acid (不饱和脂肪酸)," Guo said. "It's good for the heart and brain. Insects are sometimes used in medicines as well. Researchers have been looking at how eating insects can make humans' immune function better."

More importantly, insects are rich in number. They can play an important role in fighting the lack of food due to the growing population worldwide. According to the UN, the global population will rise to 8.5 billion by 2030, and about 10.4 billion by the 2080s. It is rising much faster than the availability of food, said Huang Dawei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Developing new food sources is needed right away.

Eating insects helps with the environment, compared with traditional food sources. For example, pigs produce 10 to 100 times more greenhouse gases per kilogram than mealworms (面包虫), reported China Daily.

"We study insects which can be eaten to benefit our own health, animal health and environmental health," said Huang.

1. （1） Yang Xingyu eats insects because    .

   A . she likes crunchy food B . it's a popular diet C . she wants to be different D . they are rich in protein
3. （2） What can we learn from the UN report?

   A . How many people are eating insects. B . How people start eating insects. C . Why people like eating insects. D . Which insect is best accepted.
5. （3） Why are insects seen as "God's last piece of cake for mankind"?

   A . Because they are good for health. B . Because some of them taste like cakes. C . Because there are few insects left on Earth. D . Because people have liked eating insects for a long time.
7. （4） What are the benefits of eating insects?

   a. It is good for people's hearts and brains.          b. It reduces the harmful insects.

   c. It slows down population growth.           d. It offers more food sources to society.

   A . ab B . ad C . bc D . cd