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It is a dream world, where chemists can turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse, where bioengineers can put a little hit of a sheep i
It is a dream world, where chemists can turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse, where bioengineers can put a little hit of a sheep i
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2012-05-18
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It is a dream world, where chemists can turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse, where bioengineers can put a little hit of a sheep into a wolf—or vice versa—and whete the life-styles of the rich are beamed by satellite_____【C1】every upwardly mobile village on the planet. Thanks to science and technology, more people are consuming a more amazing array of worldly goods than at any time in history.
But beneath the surface all is not well. Like Oscar Wilde’si fictional creation Dorian Gray, who stayed forever____【C2】while a portrait of him in the attic aged horribly, the modern economy masks a disfigured planet. The engine of consumption has scarred the land and stained the sea,_____【C3】away at the foundations of nature and threatening to destroy humanity’s only means of survival. Today’s elderly, bern at the beginning of last century, started life in a world____【C4】about 50% of its ancient forests still standing. Though far from pristine, it was a world of oceans and land masses teeming with all kinds of life. But those who will be born after the turn of the millennium will_____【C5】of age to find that previous generations have squandered and defiled their inheritance, foreclosing some potions even as new ones were created. Our grandchildren may have____【C6】to conveniences that further reduce the drudgery of everyday life, but they will also inherit a planet with less than 20% of its original forests_____【C7】, with most of the readily available freshwater already spoken fori and much of the amble_____【C8】under plough. They will inherit a stressed atmosphere and an unwanted legacy of toxic waste in the soil and water. Missing from the estate will be coantless species, most____【C9】out before even_____【C10】catalogued by scientist.
【C2】
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young
解析
该空应填young,一是因为此处是转折语气,二是依据while后面的语义,即然而从他的一幅画像上看来,他已经老得不像样了。
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