2012年12月大学英语四级真题 附答案及听力原文

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3、ourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).　　Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.　　TheDebateOverGeneticallyModifiedFoods　　Forthousandsofyearsfarmershaveusedaprocessofselectionandcrossbreedingtocontinuallyimprovethequalityofcrops.Traditionalbreedingmethodsareslow,requiringinte

4、nsivelabor:whiletryingtogetadesirabletraitinabredspecies,undesirabletraitswillappearandfarmersmustcontinuetheprocessoverandoveragainuntilalltheundesirablesarebredout.Incontrast,organismsacquireonespecificgeneorafewgenestogetherthroughgeneticmodification,withoutothertraitsincludedandwithinasinglegene

5、ration.However,thistechnologytooisinherentlyunpredictableandsomescientistsbelieveitcanproducepotentiallydangerousresultsunlessbettertestingmethodsaredeveloped.Traditionalbreedingisbasedonsexualreproductionbetweenlikeorganisms.Thetransferredgenesaresimilartogenesinthecelltheyjoin.Theyareconveyedincom

6、pletegroupsandinafixedsequencethatharmonizeswiththesequenceofgenesinthepartnercell.Incontrast,bioengineersisolateagenefromonetypeoforganismandcollectitrandomlyintotheDNAofadissimilarspecies,disruptingitsnaturalsequence.Oneofthemaindifferencesbetweenconventionalandgeneticallymodifiedcropsisthatthefor

7、merinvolvescrosseseitherwithinspeciesorbetweenverycloselyrelatedspecies.However,GMcropscanhavegenesfromcloselyrelatedspeciesorevenfrombacteriaandviruses.Benefits:onesideofthedebateEconomical?GMsupport