Our marine life now is being 【C1】______ by a gathering minefield of plastic in our oceans, and the images in the following make

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问题    Our marine life now is being 【C1】______ by a gathering minefield of plastic in our oceans, and the images in the following make for 【C2】______ viewing. A rainbow runner fish with a(n) 【C3】______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, 【C4】______ to our naked eye.
   Our first reaction to the above scene is often disgust.【C5】______this reflex quickly【C6】______to a more sobering thought: the【C7】______impact of the eight million metric tons of plastic pollution that enter our ocean every year. Not just【C8】______of our mounting ecological misdeeds, this【C9】______also directly【C10】______to poison us where we are truly vulnerable: our plates.
   The【C11】______of such a future impact how we shop for food. Last year, a European shopper survey【C12】______by the research firm McKinsey & Company,【C13】______a long-known trend: quality food continues to be more important than price. In other words, shoppers【C14】______care about consuming safe food, and willingly【C15】______it with their wallets.
   That is all about to【C16】______. New technology is now【C17】______this information gap and【C18】______the power of knowledge to consumers. By cataloging the long trail of supply chain data on encrypted ledgers, the【C19】______world of the global food network will be exposed. Shoppers will soon be able to follow the "story of the fish"—a report card【C20】______the product’s original photo, place of catch, initial weight, species type, vessel and crew details, RFID tag number, catch water details and more.
【C10】

选项 A、inclines
B、prefers
C、adds
D、threatens

答案D

解析 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。
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