Reading Comprebension: Read the following article and select the best answer for each question. (10%)
The first edible lab-grown sample -a fish fillet grown from goldfish cells - was produced in 2000. The following year, Nasa beganfunding research into growing meat from turkey cells so its astronauts could enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner in space. Theseexperimental attempts soon gave way to a culinary race, with companies ________ to be the first to bring "clean meat" to the massmarket. That race is now entering its final lap, with the front runners predicting they could have cultured meat on restaurant menus bythe end of this year, once a regulatory framework is agreed upon. "Step one is producing products like nuggets, ground chicken andground beef, that's the way to think about the path of cultured meats," explains Joshua Tetrick, chief executive of San Francisco'sJust, Inc. After successfully finding a plant-based alternative to the conventional egg in the form of a scrambled mung bean, Justturned its attention to cultured meats, and is now one of the companies leading the way. "The next stage will be the more structuredproducts - such as steaks and chicken breasts. Products like that require a lot more development； they are a little bit further out." But just how far out are we talking? In June, global consultancy AT Kearney predicted that by the year 2040, 60 percent of all meatconsumed globally would not come from slaughtered animals. Rather, the bulk of our diets will be made up of a mix of cultured andplant-based meat substitutes. This timeframe was reached through a series of interviews with industry experts, as well as by lookingat the amount of recent investment from around the globe in sustainable meat alternatives - $1 billion in the last year. "The large-scale Iivestock industry is viewed by many as an unnecessary evil," the report says. "With the advantages of novel vegan meatreplacements and cultured meat over conventionally produced meat, it is only a matter of time before they capture a substantialmarket share."But will that "substantial market share" ever be enough to topple the 2.4-million-year-old human habit of eating slaughtered animals,an industry that last year alone turned over $1 trillion worldwide? "The problem with cultured meat is it's just hypothetical for themost part right now," says Tetrick. And the concept of eating flesh grown by scientists in a lab is, understandably, acutely alien in theminds of many. "There have been a lot of surveys done, and people are seemingly becoming more accepting," he adds, "but_________."
【題組】46. Which of the following could be the title for this article?
(A) Is lab-grown meat part of our future diet?
(B) Lab-grown meat will replace slaughtered animals in 2040.
(C) Problems with lab-grown meat.
(D) People's reaction to lab-grown meat today.