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A lot of people think we could be headed for trouble by tampering with Mother Nature and producing genetically altered food. But those who promote genetically modified foods say it"s no more unnatural than traditional selective breeding, to say nothing about synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides.Most Canadians regularly eat bioengineered food. Anyone who consumes cheese, potatoes, tomatoes, soybeans, corn, wheat, and salmon is taking in genetically modified (GM) food. In addition, 75 % of processed foods contain GM ingredients. In fact, around 65% of the food we get from the shops has some genetically modified component. GM food does not have to be labeled as such in Canada, so most of us don"t know we"re eating it. Some of the items that have a high likelihood of containing GM material might surprise you. They include chocolate bars, baby food, margarine, canned soup, ice cream, salad dressing, yogurt, cereals, cookies, and frozen French fries. And, there"s nothing new about this.Farmers and plant breeders have used genetically modified foods for centuries; if they hadn"t, we"d probably still be eating grass instead of wheat. They"ve refined the foods we eat through selective crossbreeding, combining different types of wheat, for example, and eliminating weaker varieties. Today, genetic engineering is changing the nature of plant breeding even more: it"s no longer just a case of mixing different varieties of the same species. Now, genes from completely different life forms are being combined-fish genes into tomatoes to make the latter more frost resistant, for example.Such "tampering with Nature" makes a lot of people anxious. They wonder if the foods that come out of genetic modification are safe for human consumption. Scientists say they are completely safe; GM is just a way of adding genes to plants to make it possible for them to survive without the use of pesticides and to increase yields. But, the non-believers point out that scientists said that nuclear power, the toxic insecticide DDT, and a host of other things, were also completely harmless.Fans of agricultural biotechnology think producing GM food is a move in the right direction, that it will ultimately improve health, the environment, and the economy. They"re convinced it will solve the world"s hunger problems by boosting the nutritional content of foods, lead to a drop in pesticide and herbicide use, and result in more efficient and profitable farming. Critics say it could also create superweeds and insects, disrupt global food systems, destroy ecological diversity, put small farms out of business, and cause long-term environmental problems. All that aside, they think consumers have a right to know what is in their food.After all, GM products do pose some problems. In 1998, a researcher at the Rowett Institute for Agriculture in Aberdeen announced to the world that genetically engineered potatoes did some nasty things to the rats they were tested on. The potatoes were engineered to produce a molecule which is a natural insecticide that makes them resistant to aphids. But, the rats that ate the potatoes didn"t grow as large as normal rats and were less resistant to disease. Further research showed that the added gone wasn"t the only cause for concern: the genetic-engineering process itself was causing some serious problems in the development of organs such as the kidney and spleen.Some genetic modifications have been clearly beneficial. For example, one variety of maize has been genetically manipulated to produce a natural insecticide that protects it from the corn-borer moth. Scientists have also developed GM soybeans which are not damaged by some common herbicides used to kiI1 weeds. What is more, the rats that were fed GM potatoes may not have been harmed as a result of the genetic modification but possibly as a result of the way the potatoes were gown; all in all, there are just too many variables to blame the genetic-engineering process alone. Still, some believe that the potential problems with gene modification are so well known that existing safeguards, in both America and the European Union, can prevent them.Supporters of GM foods look on the bright side. According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (financed largely by biotechnology firms) the insect-resistant maize has increased yields in fields where it is planted by 9%. And, there might be an environmental advantage too. In 1997, 2.8 million hectares of the variety of maize were planted in the U.S. and farmers were able to avoid using $190 million worth of insecticide. Herbicide-resistant soybeans also needed less spraying, pumping between 20% and 40% fewer chemicals into the environment.Using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER from the passage, answer the following questions. List one thing mentioned in the reading passage which crops can be protected from damage by genetic modification.
A lot of people think we could be headed for trouble by tampering with Mother Nature and producing genetically altered food. But those who promote genetically modified foods say it"s no more unnatural than traditional selective breeding, to say nothing about synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides.Most Canadians regularly eat bioengineered food. Anyone who consumes cheese, potatoes, tomatoes, soybeans, corn, wheat, and salmon is taking in genetically modified (GM) food. In addition, 75 % of processed foods contain GM ingredients. In fact, around 65% of the food we get from the shops has some genetically modified component. GM food does not have to be labeled as such in Canada, so most of us don"t know we"re eating it. Some of the items that have a high likelihood of containing GM material might surprise you. They include chocolate bars, baby food, margarine, canned soup, ice cream, salad dressing, yogurt, cereals, cookies, and frozen French fries. And, there"s nothing new about this.Farmers and plant breeders have used genetically modified foods for centuries; if they hadn"t, we"d probably still be eating grass instead of wheat. They"ve refined the foods we eat through selective crossbreeding, combining different types of wheat, for example, and eliminating weaker varieties. Today, genetic engineering is changing the nature of plant breeding even more: it"s no longer just a case of mixing different varieties of the same species. Now, genes from completely different life forms are being combined-fish genes into tomatoes to make the latter more frost resistant, for example.Such "tampering with Nature" makes a lot of people anxious. They wonder if the foods that come out of genetic modification are safe for human consumption. Scientists say they are completely safe; GM is just a way of adding genes to plants to make it possible for them to survive without the use of pesticides and to increase yields. But, the non-believers point out that scientists said that nuclear power, the toxic insecticide DDT, and a host of other things, were also completely harmless.Fans of agricultural biotechnology think producing GM food is a move in the right direction, that it will ultimately improve health, the environment, and the economy. They"re convinced it will solve the world"s hunger problems by boosting the nutritional content of foods, lead to a drop in pesticide and herbicide use, and result in more efficient and profitable farming. Critics say it could also create superweeds and insects, disrupt global food systems, destroy ecological diversity, put small farms out of business, and cause long-term environmental problems. All that aside, they think consumers have a right to know what is in their food.After all, GM products do pose some problems. In 1998, a researcher at the Rowett Institute for Agriculture in Aberdeen announced to the world that genetically engineered potatoes did some nasty things to the rats they were tested on. The potatoes were engineered to produce a molecule which is a natural insecticide that makes them resistant to aphids. But, the rats that ate the potatoes didn"t grow as large as normal rats and were less resistant to disease. Further research showed that the added gone wasn"t the only cause for concern: the genetic-engineering process itself was causing some serious problems in the development of organs such as the kidney and spleen.Some genetic modifications have been clearly beneficial. For example, one variety of maize has been genetically manipulated to produce a natural insecticide that protects it from the corn-borer moth. Scientists have also developed GM soybeans which are not damaged by some common herbicides used to kiI1 weeds. What is more, the rats that were fed GM potatoes may not have been harmed as a result of the genetic modification but possibly as a result of the way the potatoes were gown; all in all, there are just too many variables to blame the genetic-engineering process alone. Still, some believe that the potential problems with gene modification are so well known that existing safeguards, in both America and the European Union, can prevent them.Supporters of GM foods look on the bright side. According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (financed largely by biotechnology firms) the insect-resistant maize has increased yields in fields where it is planted by 9%. And, there might be an environmental advantage too. In 1997, 2.8 million hectares of the variety of maize were planted in the U.S. and farmers were able to avoid using $190 million worth of insecticide. Herbicide-resistant soybeans also needed less spraying, pumping between 20% and 40% fewer chemicals into the environment.Using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER from the passage, answer the following questions. List one thing mentioned in the reading passage which can damage crops.
According to a private study, the worst US economic recession in 70 years is forcing senior citizens out of retirement, leaving them fighting for jobs in a weak labor market or risking homelessness.The study by Experience Works, showed 46 percent of the 2,000 low income people over 55 years who participated needed to find work to keep their homes. Nearly half of them had been searching for work for more than a year.Experience Works is the nation"s largest nonprofit provider of community service, training and employment opportunities for older workers."These people are at the age where they understandably thought their job-searching years were behind them," said Cynthia Metzler, president and CEO of Experience Works."But here they are, many in their 60s, 70s and beyond, desperate to find work so they can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. "According to the study, many of the participants had no intention of working past their 60th birthday, but had to change plans after being laid off or following the death of a spouse. Over a third of the participants had retired.Huge medical bills due to a personal illness or that of a spouse were also reasons for coming out of retirement, the survey found. The longest and deepest economic slump since the 1930s is making finding a job for the low-income elderly workers a difficult challenge.According to Labor Department data, there were 2 million unemployed workers over the age of 55 in August, an increase of 69 percent from the same period last year. Between August 2008 and August this year, the number of unemployed workers 75 years and older increased by 33 percent.The unemployment rate among workers 55 years and older was 6.7 percent in August after shooting to a record 7.1 percent in July. The national unemployment rate was at 9.7 percent in August, the highest in 26 years.The Experience Works study found that 46 percent of the elderly jobseekers were sometimes forced to choose between paying rent, buying food or medication. Almost three-quarters believed their age made it harder to compete for jobs with younger workers."This study underscores the need to create policies that remove barriers to employment for older workers and provide additional programs and services specifically aimed at helping older people re-enter the work force or remain working," said Metzler. What can be inferred from Metzler"s words in the last paragraph
A woman should some day write the complete philosophy of clothes. No matter how young, it is one of the things she wholly comprehends. There is an indescribably faint line in the matter of man"s apparel, which somehow divides for her those who are worth glancing at and those who are not. Once an individual has passed this faint line on the way downward he will get no glance from her. There is another line at which the dress of a man will cause her to study her own. This line the individual at her elbow now marked for Carrie. She became conscious of an inequality. Her own plain blue dress, with its black cotton tape trimmings, now seemed to her shabby. She felt the worn state of her shoes."Let"s see," he (Drouet) went on, "I know quite a number of people in your town. Morgenroth the clothier and Gibson the dry goods man.""Oh, do you" she interrupted; aroused by memories of longings their show windows had cost her.At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. In a few minutes he had come about into her seat. He talked of sales of clothing, his travels, Chicago, and the amusements of that city."If you are going there, you will enjoy it immensely. Have you relatives""I am going to visit my sister," she explained."You want to see Lincoln Park," he said, "and Michigan Boulevard. They are putting up great buildings there. It"s a second New York—great. So much to see—theatres, crowds, free houses—oh, you"ll like that."There was a little ache in her fancy of all he described. Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her. She realized that hers was not to be a round of pleasure, and yet there was something promising in all the material prospect he set forth. There was something satisfactory in the attention of this individual with his good clothes. She could not help smiling as he told her of some popular actress of whom she reminded him. She was not silly and yet attention of this sort had its weight."You will be in Chicago some little time, won"t you" he observed at one turn of the now easy conversation."I don"t know," said Carrie vaguely—a flash vision of the possibility of her not securing employment rising in her mind."Several weeks, anyhow," he said, looking steadily into her eyes.There was much more passing now than the mere words indicated. He recognized the indescribable thing that made up for fascination and beauty in her. She realized that she was of interest to him from the standpoint, which a woman both delights in and fears. Her manner was simple, though for the very reason that she had not yet learned the many little affectations with which women conceal their true feelings. Some things she did appeared bold. A clever companion—had she ever had one—would have warned her never to look a man in the eyes so steadily."Why do you ask" she said."Well, I"m going to be there several weeks. I"m going to study stock at our place and get new samples. I might show you round. ""I don"t know whether you can or not. I mean I don"t know whether I can. I shall be living with my sister, and—""Well, if she minds, we"ll fix that." He took out his pencil and a little pocket note-book as if it were all settled. "What is your address there"She fumbled her purse which contained the address slip,He reached down in his hip pocket and took out a fat purse. It was filled with slips of paper, some mileage books, a roll of greenbacks. It impressed her deeply. Such a purse had never been carried by anyone attentive to her. Indeed, an experienced traveler, a brisk man of the world, had never come within such close range before. The purse, the shiny tan shoes, the smart new suit, and the air with which he did things, built up for her a dim world of fortune, of which he was the center. It disposed her pleasantly toward all he might do. What tone does the author use when he writes about the girl
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