填空题 His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might expect. They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British 21 told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous—"My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day," he said to his aides(随从)—but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal 22 has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life. Some of his 23 , which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him.
Take his views on farming. Prince Charles"Duchy Home Farm went 24 back in 1986, when most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free(无瑕疵的)vegetables and 25 large chickens piled high in supermarkets.
His warnings on climate change proved farsighted, too. Charles began 26 action on global warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the 27 of man on the environment since he was a teenager.
Although he has gradually gained international 28 as one of the world"s leading conservationists, many British people still think of him as an 29 person who talks to plants. This year, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do 30 to sound. So Charles was ahead of the game there, too.
A．conform B．eccentric C．environmentalist D．expeditions
E．impact F．notions G．organic H．originally
I．recognition J．respond K．subordinate L．suppressing
M．throne N．unnaturally O．urging