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What does the hamburger say about our modern food economy A lot, actually. Over the past several years Waldo Jaquith intended to make a hamburger from scratch, to no avail. "Further 21 revealed that it"s quite impractical— 22 impossible—to make a hamburger from scratch," he writes. "Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in spring and fall. Large mammals are 23 in early winter. The process of making 24 burger would take nearly a year and would inherently involve omitting some core hamburger 25 ."That the hamburger—our delicious and comforting everyman food—didn"t 26 100 years ago is a greasy, shiny example of all that is both right 27 wrong with our modern food economy. 28 fertilizers, genetically modified crops, concentrated farming operations and global overnight shipping, much of the world was lifted out of starvation 29 it could finally grow 30 quantities of food with decreasing labor 31 .But these same advances 32 allow food to be grown out of 33 and in all comers of the globe contribute to a whole host of environmental 34 . The "industrialization of food," as author Paul Roberts puts it, is an endless cycle driven by very small price 35 that force food processors to 36 more advanced techniques to produce even more food 37 lower prices. This system will only be aggravated as food demand 38 . Recently David Tilman and Jason Hill of the University of Minnesota released a study 39 that global food demand could double by 2050. It"s 40 that our current, impractical food economy can sustain that demand.

A. doubtful
B. impossible
C. likely
D. hopeful

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Some people are friendly drunks, whereas others are hostile, potentially posing a danger to themselves and others. The difference may 41 in their ability to foresee the consequences of their actions, according to a recent study.Brad Bushman, a psychologist at Ohio State University, and his colleagues asked nearly 500 volunteers to play a simple game. The subjects, an even mix of women and men, believed they were competing 42 an opponent to press a button as quickly as possible. In 43 , they were simply using a computer program that randomly decided 44 they had won or lost. When they lost, they 45 a shock. When the "opponent" lost, the participant gave the shock and chose how long and 46 it should be. 47 playing, the participants completed a survey designed to 48 their general concern for the 49 consequences of their actions. Half the participants then received enough alcohol mixed with orange juice to make them legally 50 , and the other half received a drink with a very 51 amount of alcohol in it. Subjects who expressed little interest in consequences were more likely to 52 longer, stronger shocks. In the 53 group, they were slightly more aggressive than people who 54 about consequences. When drunk, 55 , their aggressiveness was off the charts. "They are 56 the most aggressive people in the study," Bushman says.The good news is this 57 can be changed. Michael McKloskey, a psychologist at Temple University, explains that if 58 people can learn to see the 59 more realistically, they"re able to stay calmer and develop a sense of 60 over their consequences.

A. time
B. event
C. situation
D. condition

科举制是我国历史上的一种落后制度,没有多少积极意义可言。

1840年,( )设立了世界上第一所幼儿园,被人们誉为“幼儿教育之父”“幼儿园之父”。

A. 福禄培尔
B. 瓦德蔡克
C. 巴西多
D. 费希特

What does the hamburger say about our modern food economy A lot, actually. Over the past several years Waldo Jaquith intended to make a hamburger from scratch, to no avail. "Further 21 revealed that it"s quite impractical— 22 impossible—to make a hamburger from scratch," he writes. "Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in spring and fall. Large mammals are 23 in early winter. The process of making 24 burger would take nearly a year and would inherently involve omitting some core hamburger 25 ."That the hamburger—our delicious and comforting everyman food—didn"t 26 100 years ago is a greasy, shiny example of all that is both right 27 wrong with our modern food economy. 28 fertilizers, genetically modified crops, concentrated farming operations and global overnight shipping, much of the world was lifted out of starvation 29 it could finally grow 30 quantities of food with decreasing labor 31 .But these same advances 32 allow food to be grown out of 33 and in all comers of the globe contribute to a whole host of environmental 34 . The "industrialization of food," as author Paul Roberts puts it, is an endless cycle driven by very small price 35 that force food processors to 36 more advanced techniques to produce even more food 37 lower prices. This system will only be aggravated as food demand 38 . Recently David Tilman and Jason Hill of the University of Minnesota released a study 39 that global food demand could double by 2050. It"s 40 that our current, impractical food economy can sustain that demand.

A. benefits
B. topics
C. problems
D. policies

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