标题: OGCR 13 47 [打印本页] 作者: abc791201064 时间: 2013-5-29 20:09 标题: OGCR 13 47 47. Certain genetically modified strains of maize produce a powerful natural insecticide. The insecticide occurs
throughout the plant, including its pollen. Maize pollen is dispersed bythe wind and frequently blows onto
milkweed plants that grow near maize fields. Caterpillars of monarch butterfliesfeed exclusively on milkweed
leaves. When these caterpillars are fed milkweed leaves dusted with pollen from modified maize plants, they die.
Therefore, by using genetically modified maize, farmers put monarch butterflies at risk.
Which of the following would it be most useful to determine in order to evaluate the argument?
(A) Whether the natural insecticide is as effective against maize-eating insects as commercial insecticides
typically used on maize are
(B) Whether the pollen of genetically modified maize contains as much insecticide as other parts of these plants
(C) Whether monarch butterfly caterpillars are activelyfeeding during the part of the growing season when
maize is releasing pollen
(D) Whether insects that feed on genetically modified maize plants are likely to be killed by insecticide from
the plant's pollen
(E) Whether any maize-eating insects compete with monarch caterpillars for the leaves of milkweed plants
growing near maize fields