With the global population predicted to

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问题 With the global population predicted to hit close to 10 billion by 2050, and forecasts that agricultural production in some regions will need to nearly double to keep pace, food security is increasingly making headlines. In the UK, it has become a big talking point recently too, for a rather particular reason: Brexit. Brexit is seen by some as an opportunity to reverse a recent trend towards the UK importing food.The country produces only about 60 percent of the food it eats, down from almost three-quarters in the late 1980s. A move back to self-sufficiency, the argument goes, would boost the farming industry, political sovereignty and even the nation's health. Sounds great--but how feasible is this vision? According to a report on UK food production from the University of Leeds, UK,85 percent of the country's total land area is associated with meat and dairy production. That supplies 80 percent of what is consumed, so even covering the whole country in livestock farms wouldn't allow us to cover all our meat and dairy needs. There are many caveats to those figures, but they are still grave. To become much more self-sufficient,the UK would need to drastically reduce its consumption of animal foods, and probably also farm more intensively--meaning fewer green fields, and more factory-style production. But switching to a mainly plant-based diet wouldn't help. There is a good reason why the UK is dominated by animal husbandry: most of its terrain doesn't have the right soil or climate to grow crops on a commercial basis. Just 25 percent of the county's land is suitable for crop-growing, most of which is already occupied by arable fields. Even if we converted all the suitable land to fields of fruit and vegetable--which would involve taking out all the nature reserves and removing thousands of people from their homes--we would achieve only a 30 percent boost in crop production. Just 23 percent of the fruit and vegetables consumed in the UK are currently home-grown, so even with the most extreme measures we could meet only 30 percent of our fresh produce needs. That is before we look for the space to grow the grains, sugars, seeds and oils that provide us with the vast bulk of our current calorie intake. The report by the University of Leeds shows that in the UK_______.A.farmland has been inefficiently utilizedB.factory-style production needs reformingC.most land is used for meat and dairy productionD.more green fields will be converted for farming

选项 A.farmland has been inefficiently utilized
B.factory-style production needs reforming
C.most land is used for meat and dairy production
D.more green fields will be converted for farming

答案 C

解析根据题干关键词University of Leeds定位到第三段第一句“According to a report on UK food production from the University of Leeds，UK，85 percent of the country’s?total landarea is associated with meat and dairy production”，根据英国利兹大学的一份有关英国食品生产的报告，英国85％的土地面积与肉类和奶制品生产有关。C项“大部分土地被用来生产肉制品和奶制品”与文章表述一致，故选C。A项“耕地未被有效利用”，B项“工厂式生产需要改革”、D项“更多的绿地将被改造用于耕种”在原文均未提及，故均排除。

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