高考A taste for meat is actually behind the change: an important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle.
这种变化的背后其实是对肉类的品味：玉米的一个重要部分被用来喂养鸡、猪和牛。
2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
四级The boat, traveling between Nicaragua’s Big Corn Island and LittleCorn Island turned over Saturday near the larger island.
这艘船在尼加拉瓜的大玉米岛和小玉米岛之间行驶，周六在大岛附近翻船。
2017年6月听力原文
六级But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corn subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human heath and animal welfare, grass-fed is the more cost-effective model.
但史密斯反驳说，如果考虑到政府玉米补贴、环境恶化以及人类健康和动物福利下降的隐性成本，草饲料是更具成本效益的模式。
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
高考Another reason for corn's rise: the government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.
玉米价格上涨的另一个原因是：政府鼓励农民种植玉米而不是大米，以改善水质。
2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
四级As a result, wheat prices elsewhere more than doubled, pulling rice and corn prices up with them.
结果，其他地方的小麦价格翻了一番多，大米和玉米价格也随之上涨。
2016年6月阅读原文
四级The boat, traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island turned over Saturday near the larger island.
这艘船在尼加拉瓜的大玉米岛和小玉米岛之间行驶，周六在大岛附近翻船。
2017年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
高考In the southern United States, pieces of corn bread represent blocks of gold for prosperity in the new year.
在美国南部，玉米面包片代表着在新的一年里繁荣的黄金块。
2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
高考Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over the past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
在过去的25年里，玉米产量增长了近125%，而大米仅增长了7%。
2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
高考Corn uses less water than rice and creates less fertilizer (化肥) runoff.
玉米比水稻耗水量少，产生的肥料也少(化肥) 径流。
2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
高考Since 2011, the country has grown more corn than rice.
自2011年以来，该国的玉米种植量超过了水稻。
2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
六级In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.
简言之，储蓄是经济丰收的种子。
2012年12月阅读原文
六级What does the author mean by saying "savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest" (Lines 3-4, Para
作者所说的“储蓄是经济丰收的种子”是什么意思（第3-4行，第2段）
2012年12月阅读原文
六级The rest is feed-lot confined and fed grain and corn.
其余为限制饲养场，饲养谷物和玉米。
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
考研Production of corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, and wheat has been largely mechanized, but many high-value, labor-intensive corps, such as strawberries, need labor.
玉米、棉花、水稻、大豆和小麦的生产基本上是机械化的，但许多高价值、劳动密集型的作物，如草莓，需要劳动力。
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
六级Moreover, Krugman overlooks inflation: Prices have increased, six-fold since 1969, so, while corn futures（期货）did set a record of about $8 per bushel（蒲式耳）in late July, the inflation-adjusted price of corn was higher throughout most of the 1970s, reaching $16 in 19
Finally, Krugman conveniently forgets that concerns about global warming are the main reason that corn prices have skyrocketed since 200 Nowadays 40 percent of corn grown in the United States is used to produce ethanol (乙醇), which does absolutely nothing for the climate, but certainly distorts the price of corn — at the expense of many of the worlds poorest people.
此外，克鲁格曼忽略了通货膨胀：自1969年以来，价格上涨了六倍，而玉米期货(期货）确实创下了每蒲式耳8美元左右的纪录(蒲式耳）7月下旬，在20世纪70年代的大部分时间里，经通胀调整后的玉米价格都更高，19年达到16美元
2013年6月六级考试真题（一）
六级corn bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, conventional retailers’ confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales.
玉米破产使大多数此类预测都不可信，在接下来的几年里，随着人口普查局继续报告网上销售疲软，传统零售商对未来的信心增强。
2019.6六级真题第一套
六级But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corn subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human heath and animal welfare, grass?
但史密斯反驳说，如果你考虑到政府玉米补贴、环境退化、人类健康和动物福利下降的隐性成本，草呢？
2019年12月六级真题（第3套）
六级The Price of Oil and the Price of Carbon
A group of corn farmers stands huddled around an agronomist (农学家)and his computer on the side of an irrigation machine in central South Africa.
石油价格和碳价格
2020年12月六级真题（第1套）
四级But this and other price shocks were event-driven——drought in the Soviet Union, crop-shrinking heat in the U. S. Corn Belt.
但这次和其他价格冲击是由事件驱动的——苏联的干旱，美国玉米带的作物减产。
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)
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