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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Wheredopesticides(杀虫剂)fitintothepictureofenvironmentaldisease?Wehaveseenthattheynow(36)soil,water,andfood,thattheyhavethepowertomakeourstreamsfishlessandourgardensandwoodlands(37)andbirdless.Man,howevermuchhemayliketopretendthecontrary,ispartofnature.Canheescapeapollutionthatisnowsothoroughly(38)throughoutourworld?
Weknowthatevensingle(39)tothesechemicals,iftheamountislargeenough,cancauseextremelyseverepoisoning.Butthisisnotthemajorproblem.Thesuddenillnessordeathoffarmers,farmworkersandothersexposedto(40)quantitiesofpesticidesisverysadandshouldnotoccur.Forthepopulationasawhole,wemustbemoreconcernedwiththedelayedeffectsofabsorbingsmallamountsofthepesticidesthat(41)polluteourworld.
Responsiblepublichealthofficialshavepointedoutthatthebiologicaleffectsof(42)arecumulative(累积的)overlongperiodsoftime,andthatthedangertotheindividualmaydependonthesumoftheexposuresreceivedthroughouthislifetime.Fortheseveryreasonsthedangeriseasily(43).Itishumannaturetoshakeoffwhatmayseemtousa(44)offuturedisaster."Menarenaturallymostimpressedbydiseaseswhichhaveobvioussigns,"saysawisephysician,DrReneDubos,"yetsomeoftheirworstenemiesslowlyapproachthem(45)".
A.chemicals
B.obviously
C.threat
D.pollute
E.found
F.invisibly
G.touch
H.distributed
I.sufficient
J.avoided
K.exposure
L.ignored
M.silent
N.unnoticed
O.Small
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