三年的初中生活让你品味了酸甜苦辣，相信同学们在英语学习的过程中会有不同的经历 和感受。某英语学习报"特别关注"栏目本期开设的话题是"It is…to learn English"。请你以 此为题写一篇英语短文，投稿给该栏目。

要求：

1.条理清楚，语意连贯，表达正确，字迹工整；

2.文章内容中心突出，符合题意；

3.文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名；

4.词数:80个左右。

按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，在答题卷相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一词。(本大题共10分，每格0.5分)

1.随着时间一年一年过去，中国变得越来越富强了。

1 years go by, China is getting 2 and 3 .

2.吃太多的甜食导致了他的健康问题。

4 too much sweet food 5 6 his 7 problems.

3.突如其来的暴风雨使得菜价上涨很多。

The price of the vegetables 8 a lot 9 of the 10 storm.

4.他生活在对失业的恐惧之中。

He lives 11 12 13 14 his jobs.

5.这首诗告诉我们：财富和幸福不是一回事。

The poem tells us that wealth and 15 are not 16 17 .

6.你最好不要再接受其余的任务了，因为我们没有足够的时间。

You’d 18 19 20 other tasks any more, for we don’t have enough time.

Sugar—free beets（甜菜）that still taste sweet, tastier tomatoes and brighter-colored fruits and vegetables that stay ripe（熟的）longer are all foods that are being grown now. How can they
carry traits, such as being tastier, brighter, and riper? They are genetically engineered.
Genetic engineering（基因工程）is like making a change in a recipe. For example, when you make cakes, you mix together all of the usual ingredients. If you add an extra ingredient, like salt, the cakes will taste differently.
Genes are ingredients in the recipe for life. They carry the traits of living things. Your genes dictate what color hair and eyes you’ll have, how tall you’ll be, as well as many other traits. Genes carry traits for plants, too. By adding genes to a plant, you can sometimes create new traits. For example, adding a certain gene to a potato plant can make the potato plant distasteful to bugs（虫子）. This makes some farmers happy because they don’t have to use chemicals to keep bugs away from their plants.
It sounds great, but some people are opposed to the idea of food that is genetically engineered. Ronnie Cummins, from the Campaign for Food Safety, is against it. He says that one of the major concerns is allergies（过敏）. Supermarkets don’t always label foods that are genetically engineered. A customer could unknowingly buy food that has an added gene from another plant that he or she is allergic to. It could be dangerous.
Gary Burton from Monsanto, a seed（种子）company that engineers food, disagrees. He says his company tests for allergies. Burton believes that genetic engineering is a valuable tool for making better food. The technology can help farmers use less insecticide（杀虫剂）and grow healthier crops. Burton thinks there are many advantages.
But Cummins says that we just don’t know what will happen in the future if we keep adding genes to foods. We could mistakenly create a monster.
People have different opinions about genetic engineering. One side supports it and thinks it will only help us. The other side is opposed to playing with nature and fears health risks. Which side do you think is right?
【小题1】What could be a good thing about food that is genetically engineered?