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No one can deny that pesticides have improved the ability of farmers to bring their crops to market. (1)_____ pesticides, farmer
No one can deny that pesticides have improved the ability of farmers to bring their crops to market. (1)_____ pesticides, farmer
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2009-04-27
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No one can deny that pesticides have improved the ability of farmers to bring their crops to market. (1)_____ pesticides, farmers no longer have to worry that they will lose an entire crop (2)_____ an army of cut Worms or fruit flies. (3)_____, Americans can rely on a large and varied food supply.
However, we Americans need to become more (4)_____ about the effects those pesticides on our food. More (5)_____, we need to think about what new (6)_____ is necessary to protect ourselves from a (7)_____ too rich in Pesticide residue. If we don’t demand greater (8)_____ on pesticide use, we may be surprised, dismayed, and (9)_____ horrified by the consequence of its use.
On the most obvious level, farm workers who continue to use the pesticides (10)_____ their present rate will (11)_____ serious diseases. It’s no (12)_____ that farmers (13)_____ to herbicides have a six times greater risk of getting cancer. (14)_____, children who live in homes where pesticides are used have an increased chance of getting childhood leukemia(白血病).
But the farmers are not the only ones (15)_____ risk. Consumers may also suffer serious side effects from daily (16)_____ of foods tainted(污染) by pesticides. Although scientists have yet to prove the link (17)_____, they are concerned that pesticide use may be one reason for the startling increase in various forms of cancer like breast and colon(结肠) cancers.
We need new legislation that (18)_____ stricter standards governing pesticide residues in food. Much of the current legislation is based on ignorance. Simply (19)_____, we allow high levels of carcinogens in our food because we don’t know for sure that they do cause cancer in humans. Yet, why should we take the risk? If there’s a chance that a pesticide causes cancer, then it should be (20)_____ from use.
选项
A、On the Contrary
B、In addition
C、As a result
D、In a word
答案
B
解析
短语辨析。接触农药的农民和居住在使用杀虫剂家庭中的孩子患上癌症的几率都更高,两个例子之间有并列关系,因此选In addition"并且、再者",其他都不合逻辑。On the contrary"反之";As a result"结果";In a word"简言之"。
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