Genetically modified (转基因 ) 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 (营养的) 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

His company is preparing to shut down in the event that their water supply is _______ （切断） . ( 根据汉语提示填空 )

A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see    16    animal would find them first.

The     17    (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot,      18    (dig) here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit,   19   (lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.

    The rabbit dug   20   hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit.    21    the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed to be dug. When there was no place in the whole field    22    (leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to    23    the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

    This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to    24    right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone    25    he only complained and didn't try at all.

 The main reason for which they cannot learn English well is that they cannot see the importance of it. That is, they lack________ to do it.

A．inspiration            B．motivation       C．regulation           D．cooperation

 I think it’s not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them_____ the value of life lies.

       A. that                     B. which                   C. where                  D. how

1. apply  A. agent      B. add   C. demand  D. abolish

2. drop   A. overcome  B. clone  C. body    D. apology

3. guard  A. awkward   B. apart  C. reward   D. forward

4. fence  A. balance    B. cattle  C. crew    D. effect         

5. thus   A. thorough   B. theft   C. throw   D. therefore

I’d appreciate _________ if you would like to teach me how to use the expression once more and I always appreciate _________ me with my English in the past.

A．that; you to help                                         B．this; your helping

C．it; you to help                                            D．it; your helping

 “People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice(牺牲) that would help deal with climate change,” the world’s leading authority on global warming has told The Observer.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.

Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel’s chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions (排放) and other environmental problems associated with raising cattle and other animals. “It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport,” he said.

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are produced during the production. For example, ruminants (反刍动物), particularly cows, give off a gas called methane(甲烷), which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than CO₂.

Pachauri can expect some opposite responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode. “I have a little bit and enjoy it,” said Torode. “Too much for any person is bad. But there’s a bigger issue here: where the meat comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food, we’d save a huge amount of carbon emissions.”

Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not regulate. “Eating less meat would help, there’s no question about that,” Watson said.

However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce them. “Some ideas were contradictory,” he said. “For example, one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed.”

63. What is directly related to global warming?

A. Consumption of meat.              B. Growth of cattle.

C. Methane from ruminants.               D. Processing of meat.

64. Who holds a view opposite to the others’ in the passage?

   A. Rajendra Pachauri.    B. John Torode.     C. Robert Watson.       D. Chris Lamb.

65. It is implied in the passage that _____.

   A. we should try to keep away from cattle    B. ruminants should not be left outdoors

   C. the meat industry will soon close down   D. we must do our duty to save the earth

66. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Less meat, slower global warming        

B. More animals, more greenhouse gas

C. Less imported food, better our environment  

D. Greater diet change, smaller climate change