首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs are here to stay. That’s not to say that food produced by conventional agriculture will dis
Genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs are here to stay. That’s not to say that food produced by conventional agriculture will dis
admin
2010-01-13
101
问题
Genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs are here to stay. That’s not to say that food produced by conventional agriculture will disappear, 【C1】______ simply that foodbuying patterns will polarize. It may even be that GM food will become the food of 【C2】______ because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced pesticide use.
The reason GM food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep 【C3】______ with the world’s 【C4】______ population growth to ten or eleven billion. It’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either. 【C5】______ is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space,reducing the overall land 【C6】______ for agriculture.
It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world 【C7】______ benefits most from GM foods. It’s true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be 【C8】______ expensive. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here—once the technology has been developed for money spinning crops, 【C9】______ maize, soy beans and cotton,it will become 【C10】______ for all.
This doesn’t mean, unfortunately, that families will 【C11】______ , but severity and duration will be helped by an 【C12】______ ability to produce and distribute food.
【C13】______ we move into this new era of agriculture we’re embarking on a journey the world has seen many number of times with experiments before. We have been refining species of wheat for several thousand years. Genetic engineers like me are not doing anything as 【C14】______ as making a cabbage into a cauliflower 【C15】______ has been done by plant breeders in the past.
We’re simply tapping into the whole gene pool, rather than concentrating on one species at a time.
【C10】______
选项
A、affordable
B、expensive
C、countable
D、exciting
答案
A
解析
affordable的意思是“买得起的”,如果大力发展新技术,要把它发展成为赚钱的产业,那么一般人就买得起了,不再是上面提到的too expensive。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aemi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
Intheend,bothattacksanddefensesofthefreemarketandconventionaleconomicshaveimmensephilosophicalimplications.
Scientistsarehopingtoeliminatemalaria(疟疾)bydevelopingageneticallymodifiedmosquitothatcannottransmitthedisease.
Conventionalwisdomaboutconflictseemsprettymuchcutanddried.Toolittleconflictbreedsapathy(冷淡)andstagnation(呆滞).
Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsareheretostay.That’snottosaythatfoodproducedbyconventionalagriculturewilldis
Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsareheretostay.That’snottosaythatfoodproducedbyconventionalagriculturewilldis
Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsareheretostay.That’snottosaythatfoodproducedbyconventionalagriculturewilldis
Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsareheretostay.That’snottosaythatfoodproducedbyconventionalagriculturewilldis
Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsareheretostay.That’snottosaythatfoodproducedbyconventionalagriculturewilldis
Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsareheretostay.That’snottosaythatfoodproducedbyconventionalagriculturewilldis
随机试题
折扣
我国第一颗人造地球卫星发射成功是在
简答法的特征。
材料1中国梦的内涵和外延十分确切、简单,就是习近平总书记在参观“复兴之路”的展览时所精辟阐释的:到中国共产党成立100年时全面建成小康社会,到新中国成立100年时建成富强民主文明和谐的社会主义现代化国家。中国梦是人民的梦,其本质是人民的企盼和诉求。中国
使血浆中促红细胞生成素浓度增加的有效刺激物是
A.耐受性B.成瘾性C.反跳现象D.戒断症状E.急性中毒连续久服地西泮突然停药出现的焦虑、激动、震颤等症状称之为
税务机关发现纳税人多缴税款的,应当自发现之日起一定期限内办理退还手续。这个期限是指()日。
旅游者与经营者之间最常见的合同履行担保方式是()。
在甲国生产收音机的成本比在乙国生产收音机的成本少10%。即使把运输费用和关税加上,一个公司将收音机从甲国进口到乙国仍然比在乙国生产的收音机便宜。以上所述,如果正确,最有力地支持了以下哪项论断?
Inourlooks-obsessedsociety,manypeoplethinkthatbeingoverweightisanappearanceissue.Butbeingoverweightisactually
最新回复
(
0
)