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1、2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读理解汇总(十五)1Eversincetheywerefirstputonthemarketintheearly1990s,genticallymondified(GM,转基因)foodshavebeenincreasinglydevelopedandmarketedinmanycountriesintheword,mainlyonthebasisoftheirpromisetoendtheworldwidefoodcrisis.ButcanGMtechnologysolveworldhungerproblems?Even
2、ifitwould,isitthebestsolutiorr?Despitewhatitpromiises,GMtechnologyactuallyhasnotincreasedtheproductionpotentialofanycorp.InfactStudiesshowthatthemostcrownGMcroo.GMsoybeans,hassufferedreducedproductivity.Forinstance,areportthananalysednearlytwodecadesofresearchonmojorGMfoodcropssho
3、wsthatGMengineeringhasfailedtosignificantlyincreaseUScropproduction.Somethingelse,however,hasbeenontherise,WhileGMseedsareexpensive,GMcompanicstellfarmersthattheywillmakegoodprofitsbysavingmoneyonpesticides(杀虫剂).Onthecontrary,USgovernmentdatashowthatGMcropsintheUShaveproducedanove
4、rallincreaseinpesticideusecomparedtotraditionalcrops.“Thepromisewasthatyoucoulduselesschemicalsandboostproduction.Butnetheristrue,”saidBillChristison,PresidentoftheUSNationalFarmCoalition.Atthesametime,theauthorsofthebookWorldHunger:TwelveMythsarguethatthereactuallyismorethanenoug
5、hfoodintheworldandthatthehungercrisisisnotcausedbyproduction,butbyproblemsinfooddistributionandpolitics.Theseindeeddeserveoureffortsandmoney.Meanwhile,theriseinfoodpricesresultsfromtheincreaseduseofcropsforfuelratherthanfood,accordingtoa2008WorldBankreport.Asamatteroffact,scientis
6、tsseebetterwaystofeedtheworld.AnotherWorldBankreportconcludedthatGMcropshavelittletooffertothechallengesofworldwidepovertyandhunger,becausebetterwaysoutareavailable,amongwhich“green”farmingissupposedtobethefirstchoice.57.Theauthordevelopsthesecondparagraphmainly.【C】A.byclassificat
7、ionB.bycomparisonC.byexampleD.byprocess58.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“boost”inthethirdparagraphprobablymean?【D】A.Control.B.EvaluateC.Obtain.D.Increase.59.GMcompaniespromisefarmersthattheywillbenefitfrom______________.【B】A.practicing“green”farmingB.useoflesschemicalsC.fairdistributio
8、noftheircropsD.usingmorecropsforf