单项选择题

Genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs are here to stay. That’s not to say that food produced by conventional agriculture will disappear, (61) simply that foodbuying patterns will polarize. It may even be that GM food will become the food of (62) because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced pesticide 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 (63) with the world’s (64) population growth to ten or eleven billion. It’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either. (65) is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space,reducing the overall land (66) for agriculture.
It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world (67) benefits most from GM foods. It’s true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be (68) expensive. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here—once the technology has been developed for money spinning crops, (69) maize, soy beans and cotton,it will become (70) for all.
This doesn’t mean, unfortunately, that families will (71) , but severity and duration will be helped by an (72) ability to produce and distribute food.
(73) we move into this new era of agriculture we’re embarking on a journey the world has seen many number of times with experiments before. We have been refining species of wheat for several thousand years. Genetic engineers like me are not doing anything as (74) as making a cabbage into a cauliflower (75) has been done by plant breeders in the past.
We’re simply tapping into the whole gene pool, rather than concentrating on one species at a time.
Part Ⅳ Cloze
Directions: In this part, there is a passage with 15 blanks. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.