2.       Science fiction television has done a lot to shape how we view the meals of thefuture, from an evening dinner in pill form to machines giving us any meal we desire,on demand. ___36___ However, while these ideas for food creation are more thanfifty years old, the way we produce and consume food has not changed very much.Even though there is enough food available today to feed the world, more than 870million people do not have enough to eat. ___37_____       With the global population expected to grow to more than nine billion by 2050,demand for food will only increase. No pills or machines have solved our foodproblems yet. Nonetheless, agricultural science has been responsible for saving hugenumbers of lives. Science and technology helps us out of starvation during the 1960sand 70s when the world’s population exploded.       _____38____ The result of this panic was the “green revolution”, which saw theintroduction to framing of high production grains, improved irrigation systems andhybrid seeds, saving over one billion people from starvation. ___39_____ Havingenough food is only the first step. There are complications with natural disasters,conflict, poverty and environmental problems. All these can mean that the food supplyis put at risk. ___40_____ Many people are concerned about “playing around withnature”, adjusting how food looks and tastes and smells, and other human interference,all of which are widespread. (AB)Agricultural science was quite a success.(AC) There are many complexities when dealing food.(AD) Modern science and technology of food contributes a lot.(AE)Nobody would ever starve if food were this easy to obtain.(BC) And it is unbelievable that hunger kills more people than disease does.(BD) Then there are the issues we face when it comes to food experimentation.(BE) At that time scientists were genuinely worried that we would run out of food.
【題組】36.(AB)Agricultural science was quite a success. (AC) There are many complexities when dealing food. (AD) Modern science and technology of food contributes a lot. (AE)Nobody would ever starve if food were this easy to obtain. (BC) And it is unbelievable that hunger kills more people than disease does. (BD) Then there are the issues we face when it comes to food experimentation. (BE) At that time scientists were genuinely worried that we would run out of food.