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Even if families don’t sit down to eat
Even if families don’t sit down to eat
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2022-08-02
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问题
Even if families don’t sit down to eat together as frequently as before, millions of Britons will nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one of that nation’s great traditions: the Sunday roast. (1) _____ a cold winter’s day, few culinary pleasures can (2) _____ it. Yet as we report now, the food police are determined that this (3) _____ should be rendered yet another guilty pleasure (4) _____ to damage our health. The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has (5) _____ a public warning about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked (6) _____ high temperatures. This means that people should (7) _____ crisping their roast potatoes, spurn thin-crust pizzas and only (8) _____ toast their bread. But where is the evidence to support such alarmist advice? (9) _____ studies have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice, there is no (10) _____ evidence that it causes cancer in humans. Scientists say the compound is “(11) _____ to be carcinogenic” but have no hard scientific proof. (12) _____ the precautionary principle, it could be argued that it is (13) _____ to follow the FSA advice. (14) _____, it was rumored that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a (15) _____. Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be (16) _____ up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables, without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine. But would life be worth living? (17) _____, the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods (18) _____, but to reduce their lifetime intake. However, their (19) _____ risks coming across as exhortation and nannying. Constant health scares just (20) _____ with no one listening.A. On the basis ofB. At the cost ofC. In addition toD. In contrast to
选项
A. On the basis of
B. At the cost of
C. In addition to
D. In contrast to
答案
A
解析
根据后文,此处可译为“(根据)预防性原则,可以说采纳FSA的建议是明智的”。on the basis of意为“根据,以……为基础”,符合前后逻辑。故正确答案为A。
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