White rice is the world’s most popular form office. But it goes through a milling process that removes many nutrients (营养成分). As a result, people who eat a poor diet based on white rice may not get enough vitamin A.
Each year about 250,000 to 500,000 children go blind from vitamin A deficiency. The World Health Organization (WHO) says haft of them die within a year of losing their sight. Vitamin A deficiency is a problem especially in Africa and Southeast Asia.
So scientists thought of an answer. They combined white rice with plant compounds that the body can change into vitamin A. These plant colorings give the rice a golden color.
The scientists also thought of a plan to give away this Golden Rice for free to poor farmers. But the rice cannot be made using traditional methods. The scientists worked for ten years, until 1990, to develop the technology to add genes to rice. Then it took nine more years to get the genes they wanted into the see
A. Because they are short of food
B. Because they feed on white rice
C. Because white rice contains no vitamin
D. Because white rice has no nutrients
White rice is the world’s most popular form office. But it goes through a milling process that removes many nutrients (营养成分). As a result, people who eat a poor diet based on white rice may not get enough vitamin A.
Each year about 250,000 to 500,000 children go blind from vitamin A deficiency. The World Health Organization (WHO) says haft of them die within a year of losing their sight. Vitamin A deficiency is a problem especially in Africa and Southeast Asia.
So scientists thought of an answer. They combined white rice with plant compounds that the body can change into vitamin A. These plant colorings give the rice a golden color.
The scientists also thought of a plan to give away this Golden Rice for free to poor farmers. But the rice cannot be made using traditional methods. The scientists worked for ten years, until 1990, to develop the technology to add genes to rice. Then it took nine more years to get the genes they wanted into the see
A. addition
B. average
C. increase
D. shortage
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