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Not content with its doubtful claim to produce cheap food for our own population, the factory farming industry also argues that "hungry nations are benefiting from advances made by the poultry(家禽) industry". In fact, rather than helping the fight against malnutrition(营养不良) in "hungry nations", the spread of factory farming has, inevitably aggravated the problem.
Large-scale intensive meat and poultry production is a waste of food resources. This is because more protein has to be fed to animals in the form of vegetable matte than can ever be recovered in the form of meat. Much of the food value is lost in the animal' s process of digestion and cell replacement. Neither, in the case of chicken, can one eat feathers, blood, feet or head. In all, only about 44% of the live animal fits to be eaten as meat.
This means one has to feed approximately 9～10 times as much food value to the animal than one can consume from the carcass. As a system for feeding the hungry, the effects can prove disastrous. At times of crisis, grain is the food of life.
Nevertheless, the huge increase in poultry production throughout Asia and Africa continues. Normally British or US firms are involved. For instance, an American based multinational company has this year announced its involvement in projects in several African countries. Britain's largest suppliers of chickens, Ross Breeder, are also involved in projects all over the world.
Because such trade is good for exports, Western governments encourage it. In 1979, a firm in Bangladesh called Phoenix Poultry received a grant to set up a unit of 6,000 chickens and 18,000 laying hens. This almost doubled the number of poultry kept in the country all at once.
But Bangladesh lacks capital, energy and food and has large numbers of unemployed. Such chicken-raising demands capital for building and machinery, extensive use of energy resources for automation, and involves feeding chickens with potential famine- relief protein food. At present, one of Bangladesh' s main imports is food grains, because the country is unable to grow enough food to feed its population. On what then can they possibly feed the chicken?

单选题 In this passage the author argues that______。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[句义辨析] 原文首段已明确指出In fact，rather than helping the fight against malnutrition in“hungry nations，”the spread Of factory farming has，inevitably aggravated the problem，即工厂农业普及到亚、非国家实际上加剧了营养不良的问题，所以选项C是正确答案。选项D与原文相反，选项A、B与原文不一致，没有足够信息依据。

单选题 According to the author, in factory, vegetable food______。

单选题 Western governments encourage the poultry in Asia because they regard it as au effective way to______。

单选题 It is claimed that the factory farming industry is aimed at______。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[句意剖析] 注意题干问的是the factory farming industry声称…。原文首段已说明argues that hungry nations are benefiting from advances made by the poultry industry，即它自己鼓吹粮食短缺的发展中国家可以从禽类工业取得的进展中获益，事实—亡，作者认为它不仅没解决营养不良问题，而使问题更加恶化，因此符合题干的选项是B。其他选项与原文不符。