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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has remained unsolved for hundreds of years, yet soon it might not be a problem anymore — the egg of the future may not involve a chicken at all.
    But if not from a chicken, where will the egg come from? Apparently, a plant is one of the possibilities, as Hampton Creek, a food technology company in San Francisco, US, has found. They created a substitute for eggs, called Beyond Eggs, using a mixture of 11 plants, including sunflowers and a variety of beans, reported the NPR.
    Unlike the image you might now have in your mind, Beyond Eggs look nothing like regular eggs. They are sold as gray powder that you mix with water before cooking. But the final product tastes just like the real thing. The two main investors in the research, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and former UK prime minister Tony Blair said they “couldn’t tell the difference”.
    But the question is, why bother with “plant eggs”? What’s the problem with ordinary eggs?
    The truth is that 99 percent of our eggs come from industrial warehouses (养鸡场仓库) where chickens are crammed (塞满) into cages too small for them to even spread their wings. This cruelty is what inspired Hampton Creek to carry out the Beyond Eggs project in the first place.
    In addition, the cages where chickens are kept so close together are a hotbed for viruses. To help the chickens stay healthy, farmers feed them antibiotics (抗生素), which may cause dangerous bacteria to grow resistant to the drugs and eventually spread to humans through eggs and meat.
    In fact, replacing the egg is not a new idea, but Beyond Eggs seems to be the most successful attempt so far.
    Besides their great taste and eco-friendliness, Beyond Eggs provide the same nutritional value as real eggs, and they’re even healthier since they don’t contain cholesterol (胆固醇). The company also estimates that the cost of their products is around 19 percent less than real eggs, which makes them more affordable.
    The team started selling their “plant egg” in California on Sept 11. It could soon be available in supermarkets worldwide.

60. The main point of the article is ______.
A. to inform us about problems with normal eggs
B. to introduce a successful attempt at making chickenless eggs
C. to explain how plants work as a substitute for eggs
D. to solve the mystery “which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

61. What inspired Hampton Creek to invent Beyond Eggs?
A. His desire to make eggs safer to eat.
B. His wish to make eggs more nutritional.
C. The growing demand for eggs worldwide.
D. Bad conditions for chickens in industrial warehouses.

62. According to the article, Beyond Eggs ______ ordinary eggs.
A. look exactly like               B. are healthier than
C. are not as delicious as           D. are more expensive than

63. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Beyond Eggs are a mixture of 11 plants that don’t need to be cooked to eat.
B. People can buy Beyond Eggs in supermarkets worldwide now.
C. There are still a lot of concerns about the safety of eating Beyond Eggs.
D. Beyond Eggs are the most successful try so far at replacing eggs with plants.

Answer 1

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