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In what way does the Continental system seem better？

A. The Continent maintains a higher growth rate and levels of investment.
B. It has less proportions of savings in the form. of liquid assets.
C. It attracts intelligent young men.
D. It functions properly despite the fact that the British discount it.

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In fact, genetically modified foods are already very much apart of out lives. A third of corn and more than half the soybeans and cotton grown in the U. S. last year were the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million a-cres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the U. S. this year. The genetic genie(妖怪) is out of the bottle.
Yet there are clearly some very real issues that need to be resolved. Like any new prod-uct entering the food chain, genetically modified foods must be subjected to rigorous testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is tempered by the fact that we have a rich array of foods to choose from and a supply that far exceeds our needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fast-growing and underfed populations, the issue is simpler and much more urgent: Do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks？
The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year the world's population reached 6 billion. The U. N. estimates that nearly 800 million people around the world are undernourished. The effects are devastating. About 400 million women of child-bearing age are iron deficient, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defects. As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.
How can biotech help？ Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice that is fortified with beta-carotene—which the body converts into vitamin A—and additional iron, and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops. Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to pests, drought, poor soil and crop viruses, bacteria or fungi.
What's the passage mainly about？

A. The world's food problems.
B. The new advancement in biotech.
C. The characteristics of genetically modified foods.
D. How biotech can help solve the world's food problems.

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According to the passage, biotech can help solve the problem by

A. producing foods that contain more nutrients needed by human beings
B. creating more varieties of foods
C. producing beta-carotene and vitamin A more efficiently
D. producing anti-virus crops

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What seems to be the most fundamental reason for this difference？

A. The British tend to regard money as an end, whereas Continental European consider it a means to an end.
B. The British invest only 10% of their savings in pension funds.
C. On the Continent you can't do anything unless you have been told you can.
D. Intelligent young men. Who want a career tend to go to civil service on the Continent.

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The author's attitude toward genetically modified foods is

A. enthusiastic
B. cautious
C. disapproving
D. optimistic

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In what way does the Continental system seem better？

A. The Continent maintains a higher growth rate and levels of investment. B. It has less proportions of savings in the form. of liquid assets. C. It attracts intelligent young men. D. It functions properly despite the fact that the British discount it.

According to the passage, biotech can help solve the problem by

What seems to be the most fundamental reason for this difference？

The author's attitude toward genetically modified foods is

A. The Continent maintains a higher growth rate and levels of investment.
B. It has less proportions of savings in the form. of liquid assets.
C. It attracts intelligent young men.
D. It functions properly despite the fact that the British discount it.