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Our marine life now is being 1 by a gathering minefield of plastic in our oceans, and the images in the following make for 2 viewing. A rainbow runner fish with a(n) 3 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, 4 to our naked eye. Our first reaction to the above scene is often disgust. 5 this reflex quickly 6 to a more sobering thought: the 7 impact of the eight million metric tons of plastic pollution that enter our ocean every year. Not just 8 of our mounting ecological misdeeds, this 9 also directly 10 to poison us where we are truly vulnerable: our plates. The 11 of such a future impact how we shop for food. Last year, a European shopper survey 12 by the research firm McKinsey & Company, 13 a long-known trend: quality food continues to be more important than price. In other words, shoppers 14 care about consuming safe food, and willingly 15 it with their wallets. That is all about to 16 . New technology is now 17 this information gap and 18 the power of knowledge to consumers. By cataloging the long trail of supply chain data on encrypted ledgers, the 19 world of the global food network will be exposed. Shoppers will soon be able to follow the 'story of the fish'—a report card 20 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】[考点] 名词辨析+上下文语义 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。
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【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析+上下文语义 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。
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析 本句意为“研究公司麦肯锡______的一项欧洲购物者调查”。浏览四个选项,A项意为“指导,指挥”,B项意为“组织,实施,进行”,C项意为“建议”,D项意为“推论,推断”,且空格处所填动词应与research构成动宾关系,符合题意的只有B项,即conduct a survey。故本题选B。