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Burger King and KFC have launched their first plant-based burgers—but not all vegans are on board. As Burger King’s soy-based Re

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问题     Burger King and KFC have launched their first plant-based burgers—but not all vegans are on board. As Burger King’s soy-based Rebel Whopper is cooked on the same grill as meat, many non-meat-eaters are refusing to eat it, while KFC has admitted accidentally selling chicken to vegetarians who had ordered its new vegan burger.
    Plant-based options at meaty fast-food chains create moral dilemmas for vegans—a result of longstanding concerns over their treatment of animals—but Toni Vernelli, the head of communications at the nonprofit organization Veganuary, says it’s important that vegans show demand for these products.
"Fast-food restaurants don’t have a particular vested interest in serving up dead animals," she says. "They just want to serve products they can make a profit on. So, if we can help them make a profit on products that don’t involve dead animals that can only be a good thing. "
However, José Cil, the CEO of Burger King’s parent company, has said that, when the chain launched the plant-based Impossible Whopper in the US, meat-eaters continued to buy beefburgers at the same rate. "We’re not seeing guests swap the original Whopper for the Impossible Whopper. We’re seeing that it’s attracting new guests," he told investors.
    The perception that vegan alternatives are more about profits than ethics puts some vegan consumers off. " It’s obvious to me that these options are just to bring in new customers," says Nancy Nussbaum, an animal rights activist. "They’re not going to stop animals being killed. Activists are exposing the suffering and slaughter these chains inflict on animals. The bosses are terrified, so they’re trying to buy us off with these products and pretending they’re our friends. "
    Karin Ridgers, the founder of the online channel Veggie Vision, has seen the dilemma play out in her own family. " I’ve been a vegan for 25 years and I’m not going to set foot inside KFC or McDonald’s," she said. "But my son is 13 and he’s vegan. When he heard about the Greggs vegan sausage rolls, he said; ’ Mum, I can now go into Greggs with my friends. I’m not the odd one out any more. ’
    Vernelli believes fast-food options are important for the image of veganism. "We’re constantly told veganism is expensive and a middle-class privilege, so this helps counter the argument that it’s elitist," she says. As veganism enters the mainstream, these kinds of debates are inevitable. Vegans will have to decide where their boundaries rest.
It can be inferred from Paragraph 7 that veganism _________.
选项 A、is a privilege enjoyed by elites
B、used to be the dominant dietary mode
C、depends on the cognition of vegetarians
D、will shy away from controversy
答案C
解析 推断题。根据题干提示可定位到第七段。在本段最后一句，作者指出Vegans will have to decide where their boundaries rest“素食主义者必须决定自己的界限在哪里”，故答案选[C]。[A]选项对应本段第二句We’re constantly told veganism is expensive and a middle-class privilege“我们经常被告知素食主义是昂贵的并且是中产阶级的特权”，但并不能推断出素食主义就是精英阶层的特权，故排除。本段第三句说“As veganism enters the mainstream，these kind of debates are inevitable’’，即“随着素食主义进入主流，这种辩论是不可避免的”，而[B]选项说素食主义曾经是主流饮食方式，因此错误。[D]选项说的“素食主义会避开争议”也与原文意思相反。
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