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模拟练习：雅思阅读练习题-18

　　He is leading the Paraguayan Governments efforts to stop farmers spraying within fifty metres of peoples homes, in a strong wind or in high temperatures.

　　The picnic is over, he says. Farmers should start being serious and professional, and comply with the law.

　　British consumers have a role to play, too, according to Oskar Rivas, the Environment Minister in Paraguays new socialist government. GM soy might not be grown in the UK but it is part of our daily diet. A recent investigation by The Daily Telegraph found that every supermarket in Britain stocks meat and dairy from animals that could have been fed GM soy, as well as possibly being used in brands including Cadbury and Unilever.

　　You have the right to demand cheap milk and meat but you also have the right to demand milk and meat from environmentally sound sources, says Se or Rivas.

　　While Sr Rivas accepts it is too late to stop GM being grown in Paraguay, he insists that more non-GM could also be grown. He points to the lead taken by Paran state in Brazil, where the local government is promoting non-GM soy as a premium crop.

　　New initiatives, such as the Round Table on Responsible Soy, backed by the World Wildlife Fund, will encourage this sort of production by issuing a new label for soy including GM in a sustainable way. Some British supermarkets are already signing up. In addition, Friends of the Earth International is working with a local charity, Sobrevivncia, to teach communities environmental law and organic farming techniques.