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TheEuropeanUnionhadapprovedanumberofgenetically
modifiedcropsuntillate1998.Butgrowingpublicconcern
overitssupposedenvironmentalandhealthrisksledseveral1.
EUcountriestodemandamoratorium(暂时禁止)onimports
ofanynewGMproduce.Bylate1999therewereenoughsuch
countrytoblockanynewapprovalsofGMproduce.2.
Lastyear,AmericafiledacomplaintattheWTOaboutthe
moratorium,arguingthatitwasanillegaltradebarrier
becausethereisnoscientificbaseforit.3.
Asmorestudieshavebeencompletedontheeffects
ofGMcrops,thegreens’caseforthemhasweakened.4.
Muchevidencehasemergedofhealthrisksfromeating5.
them.And,overall,thestudieshaveshownthatthe
environmentaleffectsonmodifiedcropsarenotalways6.
asseriousasthegreensclaim.Nevertheless,environmentalists
continuetofindfaultofsuchstudiesandarguethat7.
theyareinconclusive.
WhileAmericansseemhappyenoughtoconsumefoodmade
fromGMcrops,opinionpollscontinuetoshowthatEuropean
consumersdisliketheidea.Europeansseembetakingtheattitude8.
which,sincethereremainstheslightestpossibilityofadverse9.
consequencesandsinceitisclearhowthey,asconsumers,benefit10.
fromGMcrops,theywouldrathernotruntherisk.
答案:
10.clear改为unclear或者前面加not.
解析:
1.本题考查了大家识别代词所指的能力,its指代geneticallymodifiedcrops(为复数),所以应该改成their;
2.suchcountry是指前面要求暂停进口转基因农产品的某些欧盟国家,所以应该改成复数;
3.此处意为:因为没有科学根据支持暂停(进口),it指themoratorium;base基础,基地,根据地;basis(for)基础,基本,根据;科学根据只能说scientificbasis,有的同学把base后面的for改为on,应该是受到了baseon这个短语的影响;
4.thegreens=theenvironmentalists环保主义者。Case论点,论据,casefor后面的them指GMcrops,caseforsth.支持某物的论点,caseagainststh.反对某物的论点(削弱了);
5.逻辑错误,本句正常语序为Muchevidenceofhealthrisksfromeatingthemhasemerged.根据And,overall,或后的语意,此行应该把much改为little,说明没有什么迹象、根据表明吃GMcrops对健康有什么危险;
6.本句的意思为:研究表明modifiedcrops对环境造成的后果并没有环保主义者所声称的那样严重。Environmentaleffectsofmodifiedcrops(modifiedcrops对环境造成的后果);很多同学看到effects以为后面一定跟on就错了;
8.seemtobetaking固定结构,be不能少;
9.takingtheattitudethat..后为同位语从句,不能用which;
10.注意since前面的and表示前后语意一致。因为欧洲人觉得仍然存在使用GMfood的不利后果,并且他们作为消费者从GMfood中会如何获得好处也不清楚,所以他们不愿意冒风险。