【C】Throughout Europe, one kind of chicken reigns supreme. The “Ross 308” is a breed developedspecifically to grow rapidly -- in just 35 days, it can be    26    and packaged for sale. No otherbreed on the market is as quick to reach its ideal weight, but many come close.
        Animal welfare activists take issue with the cruelty inherent in this factory-farming process,though, and have taken steps to change it. Their efforts in the UK    27    a measure of success,with big names like KFC agreeing to abide by the Better Chicken Commitment.
        Entities that have signed the Better Chicken Commitment, an international initiative aimed ateliminating the use of fast-growing breeds like the Ross 308, agree to switch to slower-growingbreeds by 2026. They will also monitor the welfare of the chickens they are responsible for andprovide them with lower-density enclosures. Most chickens that people eat today    28    incramped, inhumane conditions. When these circumstances combined with generations of breedingfor rapid growth, the result is great suffering for the chickens involved. The Royal Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals found that these chickens are more    29    diseases and that theyhave much higher    30    rates when compared with slower-growing breeds.
【題組】26.
(A) collapsed
(B) corrupted
(C) slaughtered
(D) deprecated