银行系统招聘考试英语（中国农业银行）历年真题试卷汇编11
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In August，environmentalists in the Philippines vandalized(肆意破坏)a field of Golden Rice，an experimental grain whose genes had been modified．Its seeds will be handed out free to farmers．The aim is to improve the health of children in poor countries by reducing vitamin A deficiency，which contributes to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and cases of blindness each year．
Environmentalists claim that these sorts of actions are justified because genetically modified crops pose health risks．Now the main ground for those claims has crumbled．Last year a paper which was published in a respected journal found unusual rates of tumours and deaths in rats that had been fed upon a variety of genetic modification(GM)(转基因) corn．Other studies found no such effects．But this one enabled campaigners to make a health-and-safety argument against GM crops-one persuasive enough to influence governments．After the study appeared，Russia suspended imports of the grain in question．Kenya banned all GM crops．And the French prime minister said that if the resuIts were confirmed he would press for a Europe-wide ban on the GM coin．
There is now no serious scientific evidence that GM crops do any harm to the heath of human beings．There is plenty of evidence，though，that they benefit the health of the planet．One of the biggest challenges facing mankind is to feed the 9 billion～10 billion people who will be alive and richer in 2050．This will require doubling food production on roughly the same area of land，using less water and fewer chemicals．It will also mean making food crops more resistant to the droughts and floods that seem likely if climate change is as bad as scientists fear．
If the Green revolution had never happened，and yields had stayed at 1960 levels，the worId could not produce its current food output even if it ploughed up every last acre of cultivable and In contrast．GM crops boost yields，protecting wild habitat from the plough．They are more resistant to the vagaries of climate change，and to diseases and pests，reducing the need for agrochemicals．Genetic research holds out the possibility of breakthroughs that could vastly increase the productivity of farming．
Vandalizing GM field trials is a bit like the campaign of some religious leaders to prevent smallpox inoculations：it causes misery，even death，in the name of unscientific belief．
1.The phrase “contributes to” (Para．1)probably means ________ ．(B)
A. brings to
B. leads to
C. results from
D. introduces into
解析：词汇题。根据短文第一段第三句中的reducing vitamin A deficiency与hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and cases of blindness是原因和结果的关系，contribute to意为“是导致……的原因之一”，前因后果。
2.It can be inferred from Para．2 that ________ ．(C)
A. the actions of environmentalists are reasonable
B. many studies have found the bad effects of GM crops
C. the study has aroused fierce arguments about GM crops
D. the French bans all GM crops
解析：推断题。C项“这项研究已经引起了关于转基因作物的激烈讨论”与第二段第四句Other studies found no such effects．but this one enabled campaigners to make a health-and-safety argument against GM crop-one persuasive enough to influence governments相符，故本题选c。
3.In 2050，one of the biggest challenges of mankind is ________ (A)
A. to provide food for at least 9 billion people
B. to develop more
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