Genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs are here to stay. That's not to say that food produced by ____1____ agriculture will disappear, ____2____ simply that food buying patterns will polarize. It may even be that GM food will become the food of ____3____ because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced ____4____ 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 ____5____ with the world's ____6____ population growth to ten or eleven billion. It's not ____7____ a question of more mouths to feed either. ____8____ is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space, reducing the overall land ____9____ for agriculture.

　　It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world ____10____ benefits most from GM foods. It's true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be ____11____ expensive. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here --once the technology has been developed for money-spinning crops, ____12____ maize, soy beans and cotton, it will become ____13____ for all. This doesn't mean, unfortunately, that families will ____14____ , but severity and duration will be helped by an ____15____ ability to produce and distribute food.

　　____16____ we move into this new era of agriculture we're embarking on a journey the world has seen any number of times with experiments before. We have been ____17____ species of wheat for several thousand years. Genetic engineers like me are not doing anything as ____18____ as making a cabbage into a cauliflower ____19____ has been done by plant breeders in the past. We're simply tapping into the whole gene pool, ____20____ concentrating on one species at a time.

　　1、A.conventional　　B.conversational　　C.converse　　D.contradictory

　　2、A.and　　B.or　　C.but　　D.rather than

　　3、A.dislike　　B.preference　　C.favorable　　D.disposal

　　4、A.genetic　　B.technology　C. scientific　　D.pesticide

　　5、A.development　　B.time　　C.pace　　D.on

　　6、A.coming　　B.expected　　C.predicted　　D.thought-provoking

　　7、A.because of　　B.for　　C.from　　D.just

　　8、A.That　　B.Which　　　C.It　　D.What

　　9、A.available　　B.portable　　C.affordable　　D.ready

　　10、A.that　　B.what　　C.which　　D.where

　　11、A.not　　B.too　　C. almost　　D.nearly

　　12、A.from　　B.like　　C.to　　D.excluding

　　13、A.affordable　　B.expensive　　C.countable　　D.exciting

　　14、A.appear　　B.disappear　　C.disclose　　D.expose

　　15、A.disapproved　　B.disagreed　　C.inclined　　D.improved

　　16、A.When　　B.While　　C. As　　D.Because

　　17、A.refined　　B.developed　　C. developing　　D.refining

　　18、A.good　　B.realistic　　C.dramatic　　D.developed

　　19、A.that　　B.it　　C.as　　D.all

　　20、A.for　　B.rather than　　C. while　　D.and

　參考答案：

　　1、A　2、C　3、B　4、D　5、C　6、C　7、D　8、D　9、A　10、A

　　11、B　12、B　13、A　14、B　15、D　16、C　17、D　18、C　19、C　20、B