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Our marine life now is being 【C1】______ by a gathering minefield of plastic in our oceans, and the images in the following make for 【C2】______ viewing. A rainbow runner fish with a(n) 【C3】______kaleidoscope of plastic bits in its liver. A mahi mahi fish with plastic bottle caps in its stomach. Or the mussels and clams, the filters of the sea, that harbour hidden microplastics, 【C4】______ to our naked eye. Our first reaction to the above scene is often disgust.【C5】______this reflex quickly【C6】______to a more sobering thought: the【C7】______impact of the eight million metric tons of plastic pollution that enter our ocean every year. Not just【C8】______of our mounting ecological misdeeds, this【C9】______also directly【C10】______to poison us where we are truly vulnerable: our plates. The【C11】______of such a future impact how we shop for food. Last year, a European shopper survey【C12】______by the research firm McKinsey & Company,【C13】______a long-known trend: quality food continues to be more important than price. In other words, shoppers【C14】______care about consuming safe food, and willingly【C15】______it with their wallets. That is all about to【C16】______. New technology is now【C17】______this information gap and【C18】______the power of knowledge to consumers. By cataloging the long trail of supply chain data on encrypted ledgers, the【C19】______world of the global food network will be exposed. Shoppers will soon be able to follow the "story of the fish"—a report card【C20】______the product's original photo, place of catch, initial weight, species type, vessel and crew details, RFID tag number, catch water details and more.
【答案解析】本句意为“这场______不仅证明了我们越来越多的生态恶行,而且还将直接______我们的真正脆弱之处:食物安全”。由本句关键词mounting ecological misdeeds“越来越多的生态恶行”以及poison us where we are truly vulnerable“威胁到我们的真正脆弱之处”可知,B项“大灾难;大祸”符合题意,为正确答案。A项“结果”、C项“事件”和D项“影响”均不符合题意。故本题选B。
单选题10.【C10】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本句意为“将直接______我们的真正脆弱之处:食物安全”。由后文的poison us where we are truly vulnerable可知,空格处需填写含有消极意味的词,因此D项“威胁”符合文意。A项“倾向于”、B项“更加喜欢”和C项“增加”均不符合文意。故本题选D。