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The small hobby of chocolate is becoming a more costly one. Rapidly increasing prices for cocoa beans recently hit a record $ 12,o0O a tonne: roughly four times last year's price. Manythink they will go higher. That may put small specialist producers out of business.Yet it isbringing little reward to struggling growers.The immediate cause is a bad harvest in West Africa—which produces 7O% of the world'sbeans—reflecting El Nino-linked weather patterns and disease. Major processing plants incannot afford the beans. But underlying the crisis are longer-term issues including the climatecrisis and the inability of farmers to invest in production due to their low incomes.Many West African growers are being forced out of the business after years of punishinglylow returns for their work and—as trees come to the end of their life cycle—often selling land to gold miners, resulting in severe environmental degradation (恶化). Latin American farmers are rushing to plant cocoa due to the higher prices, abandoning other crops and deforesting new areas. But the likelihood, if production booms and the system does not change, is,that by the time their new trees bear fruit, prices may be falling again.As serious as the situation looks, the attention demanded by the rocketing price of cocoa,and the introduction of EU Deforestation Regulation offer an opportunity. Faced with global heating, increasing conflict and energy price instability, depending on the free market is a poorbet. Treating food issues as financial instruments hurts farmers, destroys forests and worsensthe instability of supply.The solution in this case is a commitment to stable minimum prices for cocoa farmers andlong-term contracts. This would help to lift growers out of poverty and, in doing so, tackleother problems. Sustainable production is essential, and will even benefit consumers in thelong run. It can't be achieved by letting'the free market run its course.32. What might be the consequence of rising cocoa prices?A. Some small producers will fail.B. Cocoa farmers will benefit greatly.C. Fewer people will eat chocolate.D. Cocoa production will increase.33. What will happen if more Latin American farmers plant cocoa? A. Other crops will boost production.B. Cocoa prices will go down.C. The environment will be improved.D. Old cocoa trees will be abandoned.34. What is the author's attitude towards the free market approach to cocoa problems?A. Defensive.B. Concerned.C. Optimistic. D. Indifferent.35. What does the author suggest in order to solve the cocoa problem?A. Allowing the free market to work.B. Giving cocoa farmers more freedomC. Helping cocoa growers out of poverty.D. Promising a steady guaranteed price.高三英语第6页（共10页）