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Skip that third helping of roast beef, save the planet and do your heart a favor at the same time. That’s the advice of Alan

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问题     Skip that third helping of roast beef, save the planet and do your heart a favor at the same time.
    That’s the advice of Alan Dangour of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues who【S1】______the livestock industry’s potential to help the UK reduce its carbon emissions to half of 1990 levels by 2030, and the knock-on effect on the nation’s health.
    They found that the industry could reduce its emissions, but only if the livestock the UK produces, and the meat the nation【S2】______, drops by 30 per cent. Farms must also optimize(最优化)their energy【S3】______by, for example, capturing carbon in animal waste.
    The health pay-off would be【S4】______: 18,000 fewer people would die prematurely in the UK each year from heart attceks--a(n)【S5】______of 17 per cent--as they would eat less of the fats found in meat.
    The effect would not be limited to rich nations. The team found that Brazil could【S6】______the same health benefits. "We’re not saying go vegetarian, we’re saying reduce how much livestock produce you consume," says Dangour. The savings could be【S7】______higher if reduced death rates from cancer and obesity had been included,he adds.
    Agronomist(农艺学家)Kenneth Cassman of the University of Nebraska warns that cutting production in one region can【S8】______it elsewhere, causing a rise in global emissions. "Reducing production of livestock products in a developed country like the UK does little to influence global【S9】______in production and consumption where most of the increase in demand between now and 2050 will come from【S10】______countries," he says.

A)developing     B)even           C)trends      D)explored        E)developed
F)just           G)considerable   H)consumes    I)boast           J)achieve
K)considerate    L)offers         M)reduction   N)boost           O)efficiency
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答案G
解析 此处应为形容词。从空后的冒号可知此处为总结性话语，而冒号后的具体内容是支撑该观点的。该句提到“英国每年因心脏病而早逝的人将会减少1.8万人”，由18,000 fewer可推断此处表示健康方面的良好结果是“可观的”，选considerable。注意considerate只是形近，意思指“体贴的；考虑周到的”，与语义不符。
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