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The Documentary Film "An Inconvenient Truth" Ever since "An Inconvenient Truth", Al Gore has been the darling of those who a

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问题                 The Documentary Film "An Inconvenient Truth"
    Ever since "An Inconvenient Truth", Al Gore has been the darling of those who advocate protecting environment, but that movie hardly made him closer to the animal rights folks. According to them, the most inconvenient truth of all is that raising animals for meat contributes more to global warming than all the sport vehicles combined.
    Now the biggest animal rights groups have accepted a belief that eating meat is worse for the environment than driving. They and smaller groups have started advertising campaigns that try to make vegetarianism equal to limiting greenhouse gases. Some opposite idea against this opinion is inevitable , the groups acknowledge, but they do have scientific evidences. In late November, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issued a report stating that the livestock business generates more greenhouse gas than all forms of transportation combined.
    When that report came out, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other groups expected those environment protectors to immediately hop on the " Go Veggie!" wagon, but that did not happen. So the animal rights groups began to act. PETA made a model with a driver in a chicken suit and a banner proclaiming meat as the top cause of global warming, and it would soon distribute fly sheets that highlight the impact of eating meat on global warming.
    The society is not only concerned with what happens to domestic animals, but also with preventing the death that global warming could cause to polar bears, seals and other wildlife. The global warming has become an animal welfare issue.
    Some people argued that people like Al Gore—or environmental groups with deeper pockets than his—have not stepped up to the plate. " Al Gore calls global warming a critical risk to humanity, yet it hasn’t prompted him to change his diet or even mention avoiding eating meat," they complained. And maybe the environment protectors will recognize that it’s a lot easier to ask people to put in a fluorescent light bulb than to learn to cook with tofu.
Which of the following statements is true according to Para. 2?
选项 A、It is a truth that eating meat has the worst influence on the environment.
B、The animal rights groups try to publicize the benefits of vegetarianism to nature.
C、Vegetarianism is a way of protecting the environment from global warming.
D、The FAO suggested that the livestock business should be stopped for nature.
答案B
解析 事实细节题。由题干定位到第二段可知，动物权益组织努力地宣传吃素对于环境的益处，把吃素等同于限制温室气体的排放。因此[B]“动物权益组织努力宣传素食对于环境的好处”为正确答案。文中只是对吃肉与开车对环境的影响进行了对比，并没有与其他因素比较，故排除[A]“事实上，吃肉对环境的影响是最严重的”；文中只是讲解了素食主义的好处，但并没有对素食主义下定义，故排除[C]“素食主义是指一种保护环境不受全球变暖影响的方法”；文中只是提到报告中的数据说明畜牧业对气候造成影响，但并未提出停产，故排除[D]“联合国粮农组织建议为了保护自然，应该停止畜牧业的生产”。
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