2016下半年英语六级选词填空模拟试题及答案
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Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Vermont has become the first US state to require that food containing genetically modified ingredients be labelled. The law is presented as increasing consumers' (36)______ to information, but it is unclear how it will help because scientists believe these widely-used(37) ______ are harmless.
From 1 July 2016, all genetically modified (GM) food sold in Vermont must have the words "produced with genetic (38)______ " emblazoned on the packaging in a "clear and conspicuous" way. The bill was signed into law on 8 May by the state's (39)______ Peter Shumlin. Connecticut and Maine have passed similar laws, but these will only take effect once other states join in. Vermont is the first state to require that GM food be labelled (40)
Almost everything in an (41)______ grocery store in the US contains an ingredient with some level of genetic modification. Most US-grown corn and soy is genetically modified, and these are present in a wide(42)______ of foods. The chemical used to break down milk to make cheese, chymosin, was previously made from the processed stomachs of young calves, but is now mostly produced using genetically-engineered bacteria.
Plant geneticist Patrick Byrne of Colorado State University in Fort Collins says he is (43) ______ of any evidence that GM foods are harmful to humans. "Given all the hype and the fearful messages being circulated, I think a label would likely be (44)______ as a warning that you might want to avoid this product, not a neutral message," he says. "You would think there would be more concern over (45)______ residues, or whether manure was used to produce this food," says Byrne.
A. average
B. access
C. intentionally
D. interpreted
E. pesticide
F. engineering
G. however
H. ingredients
I. governor
J. engineer
K. types
L. variety
M. unaware
N. aware
O. unconditionally
佛蒙特州成为了第一个要求将包含转基因成分的食品在标签上表明的州。这一法令的出台使越来越多的消费者能够(36) 获取信息。但是如何使消费者获得助益还不得而知，因为科学家认为这种被广泛使用的(37) 成分无害。
从2016年7月1日起，佛蒙特州出售的所有的转基因食品必须在包装上清晰地标有“基因(38)工程制”的字样。这项法案是由该州(39) 州长皮特•舒姆林在5月8号签署的。康涅狄格州和缅因州也通过了类似的法律，但这些法律都仅在有其它州参与的情况下才生效。佛蒙特州是第一个要求转基因食品(40) 无条件进行标注的州。
美国几乎所有的(41) 普通的杂货店都有在某种程度上经营过转基因商品。大部分在美国种植的玉米和大豆都是经过转基因的，在(42) 很多食品中也存在转基因现象。凝乳酶是用于将奶分解成奶酪的一种化学物质。从前是由经过处理的小牛的.胃制成的，但现在大多由转基因菌制成。
位于福特柯林斯市的科罗拉多大学的植物遗传学者帕特里克•拜恩说他(43) 并未发现任何转基因食品对人类有害的证据。他说： “如果所有的假设和让人害怕的信息得以传播，我想标签很有可能不被看作是一种中立的信息，而(44)被理解为是一种警告：你可能想要避免使用这个产品。”拜恩说： “你可能会想：大家会更担心是否有更多的(45) 农药残留，或者粪肥是否被用于生产这种食物。”
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