单选题 The word "carcass" ( Line 2, Para. 3) most probably means"______"

A、 vegetables preserved for future use
B、 the dead body of an animal ready to be cut into meat
C、 expensive food that consumers can hardly afford
D、 meat canned for future consumption

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 词汇题。本题问的是：第3段第2行的carcass的意思是______。根据第3段第1句“This means one has to feed approximately 9-10 times as much food value to the animal as one can consume from the carcass”可知，我们要用相当于我们所能享用的动物肉价值的9-10倍的食物去喂它。我们所能享用的动物肉就是指动物被宰杀后的尸体。故选B)。