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上海市松江区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编
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2023年上海市松江区中考一模英语试题
VII. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成 短文)(12分)
The world’s population has been growing quickly. The environment is becoming worse andworse. Food prices, meanwhile, have kept rising. These 65 have made us worry aboutwhether we will have enough food for everyone in the future. What will we be eating 20 years fromnow?
Thankfully, there are so-called food futurologists (未来学家). These people have been lookingfor new ways to produce food.
In the future, meat will be able to be produced not only on the farm but also in the lab.Growing meat in the lab is good for the environment since 66 greenhouse gases are produced.It also requires less water. But many people still find it hard to accept lab-grown meat. Theywonder whether it will be good for their health.
Insects may be the last thing you would consider eating. The idea of eating insects sounds 67 . However, insects are expected to become one of our basic types of food in the future.Worldwide, there are 1,400 different kinds of insects that we can safely eat. Researchers say insectscan provide as much nutrition as traditional meat. It costs less to raise insects than farm animals.68, in some places, insects have already become a popular food. Wasps (黄蜂) are considereddelicious in Japan. And eating crickets is widely accepted in Thailand.
Another possible solution for our future dinner table is sonic-enhanced food (声音增强性食物). Believe it or not, sound can 69 the taste of food. Scientists have found certain soundscan make things taste sweeter or more bitter. In this way, we can use some music to make the foodtaste sweet.
These are just some of the possible foods that we may see in the future. 70 can say forsure what exactly it is we will be eating 20 years from now. You can use your imagination to thinkabout some other possible foods we might see in the future.
( ) 65. A) excuses B) problems C) accidents D) emergencies