6.grow
7.survival
8.Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains
of rice that better resist cold and pests
9.The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops
10.While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of the human genes
is also making headway
Task 3
C B
D A D
Let's talk > Task 1
1.kitchens
2.opposed
3.labeled
4.completely
5.law
6.no way
7.GM ingredients
8.choice
9.Tougher
10.any content
11.the public
12.fear
13.safer
14.naturally
15.cheap
16.decide
Further listening and speaking > Further listening > Task 1
1.biotechnology
2.rejected
3.special labels
4.73 percent to 27 percent / 73% to 27%
5. a new type of tomato
6.against
7.save lives
8.improve the human condition
9.medicines
10.conventional foods
Task 2
A A
B B A
Task 3
D B A C C
Further listening and speaking > Viewing and speaking > Task 1
1.trees
2.native genes
3.black
4.onion
5.taste
6.poisonous
7.tested
8.toxic
9.fish
10.popular
11.bigger
12.food
13.normally
14.larger
15.threefold
16.genes
17.originally
18.different
19.risks
20.laboratory
21.environment
Unit 8 test