New studies show how food and its production affect the globe and its climate. The process of making a hamburger, for example, requires loss of energy. A cow has to be fed and raised on farmland. And cow waste is a major source of methane（沼氣）— 1　 especially powerful greenhouse gas. The cow has to be killed. The meat has to be processed and shipped, 　2　 takes fuel. Most of the cow won’t even be used for meat people eat. By the time a hamburger finally lands o a dinner plate, 　3 has made bad effect on the environment.

We can reduce the production of global warming gases by eating less beef. Other kinds of meat like pork and chicken do 　4　 harm to the environment ―at least 　5　 terms of the amount of greenhouse gases released. 　6　 , all kinds of meat are harder on the planet that vegetables. 　7　 changing our diet to less meat and more vegetables, as it turns 　8　 , may do the world some good.

 

1. an 　 2. Which 3. it　 4. less　 5. in 6. However 7. So 8. out

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A．Few students can afford to go to school in large cities.
B．A large number of the 9th graders can graduate now.
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C．working in a store doesn’t require a high school diploma
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A．show the author’s concern about food safety
B．express the author’s puzzlement at what to eat
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A．explain the importance of eating meatB．a(chǎn)dvise people to keep a balanced diet
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