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【題目】Genetically modified (轉(zhuǎn)基因 ) foods have become a focus point of agriculture throughout the news today. This has an effect on many different aspects of the agriculture world. From the seed dealer, to the farmer that buys the seed, to the workers that the farmer sells to; all are affected by the new technologies that are involved in this part of production agriculture.

Genetically modified foods have come under heavy fire lately. There are some countries that are against buying these types of foods. They are tested for safety by the best scientific experts in Europe, the US and the rest of the world. They are not for sale until they have gone through this complete safety process. Since they are a new product, and any slight problem with them could affect a whole country, these tests are very necessary.

These safety tests are carried out because of the new rules that were made with the Novel Foods Regulation. Begun in May of 1997, the Novel Foods Regulation set up an EU-wide pre-market system for all novel foods. A novel food is described as one that has not been eaten by EU consumers widely in the past. By setting up this program the EU hopes to keep its consumers safe from any possible side effects of any new food products.

There are a variety of ways in which genetic modification has helped food producers. They can improve the nutritional (營(yíng)養(yǎng)的) value or the storage conditions of the food. Today there are only two genetically modified foods that have been allowed for use, these are GM soybean and GM maize.

Despite any safety checks, many people are still cautious about eating genetically modified foods. By providing these people with the necessary information, we can allow them to make decisions about these foods.

【1】What do we know about the novel food?

A. It’s very popular in EU.

B. It’s bad for people’s health.

C. It’s a new kind of food.

D. Its story has been published.

【2】Genetically foods are allowed to be sold if they are .

A. tested for safety

B. of high quality

C. more nutritional

D. grown in Europe

【3】From paragraph 2, we can learn that genetically modified foods .

A. do no harm to people

B. have caused some problems

C. are well received after being tested

D. are criticized and attacked by many people

【4】What’s the writer’s attitude towards genetically modified foods?

A. We should warn people that they are too dangerous to be eaten.

B. We should give people information about them so that they can decide whether to buy them

C. We should encourage people to eat them because they are more nutritional.

D. We should tell people that they are trying to fool the farmers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：轉(zhuǎn)基因食品最近成為新聞關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)基因食品對(duì)農(nóng)業(yè)有著許多方面的影響。一些國(guó)家禁止銷售轉(zhuǎn)基因食品，因?yàn)樗鼈兊陌踩�性還未得到證實(shí)。

【1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“A novel food is described as one that has not been eaten by EU consumers widely in the past.”可知，新食品指的是還沒有被歐盟成員國(guó)的消費(fèi)者廣泛使用的產(chǎn)品，故選C。

【2】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“They are being tested for safety by the best scientific experts...They are not for sale until they have gone through this complete safety process. ...any slight problem with them could affect a whole country”可知，轉(zhuǎn)基因食品正在接受專家的檢測(cè)，在證明它們的安全性之前，轉(zhuǎn)基因食品是禁止銷售的，故選A。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Genetically modified foods have come under heavy fire lately. There are some countries that are against buying these types of foods.”可知，轉(zhuǎn)基因食品最近受到了強(qiáng)烈的抨擊，一些國(guó)家反對(duì)銷售轉(zhuǎn)基因食品，come under遭受，受到，故選D。

【4】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“By providing these people with the necessary information, we can allow them to make decisions about these foods.”可知，作者認(rèn)為，有關(guān)部門提供有關(guān)轉(zhuǎn)基因食品的必要信息，讓人們自己來決定是否購(gòu)買轉(zhuǎn)基因食品，故選B。