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【C】Throughout Europe, one kind of chicken reigns supreme. The “Ross 308” is a breed developed specifically to grow rapidly -- in just 35 days, it can be 26 and packaged for sale. No other breed on the market is as quick to reach its ideal weight, but many come close. Animal welfare activists take issue with the cruelty inherent in this factory-farming process, though, and have taken steps to change it. Their efforts in the UK 27 a measure of success, with big names like KFC agreeing to abide by the Better Chicken Commitment. Entities that have signed the Better Chicken Commitment, an international initiative aimed at eliminating the use of fast-growing breeds like the Ross 308, agree to switch to slower-growing breeds by 2026. They will also monitor the welfare of the chickens they are responsible for and provide them with lower-density enclosures. Most chickens that people eat today 28 in cramped, inhumane conditions. When these circumstances combined with generations of breeding for rapid growth, the result is great suffering for the chickens involved. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found that these chickens are more 29 diseases and that they have much higher 30 rates when compared with slower-growing breeds.
【C】Throughout Europe, one kind of chicken reigns supreme. The “Ross 308” is a breed developed specifically to grow rapidly -- in just 35 days, it can be 26 and packaged for sale. No other breed on the market is as quick to reach its ideal weight, but many come close. Animal welfare activists take issue with the cruelty inherent in this factory-farming process, though, and have taken steps to change it. Their efforts in the UK 27 a measure of success, with big names like KFC agreeing to abide by the Better Chicken Commitment. Entities that have signed the Better Chicken Commitment, an international initiative aimed at eliminating the use of fast-growing breeds like the Ross 308, agree to switch to slower-growing breeds by 2026. They will also monitor the welfare of the chickens they are responsible for and provide them with lower-density enclosures. Most chickens that people eat today 28 in cramped, inhumane conditions. When these circumstances combined with generations of breeding for rapid growth, the result is great suffering for the chickens involved. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found that these chickens are more 29 diseases and that they have much higher 30 rates when compared with slower-growing breeds.
- A exorcized to
- B susceptible to
- C drown out
- D opposite to
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請思考一下：當文章描述雞隻在擁擠、不人道的環境中成長，且生理機能因快速生長而承受巨大壓力時，這會如何影響牠們對抗病毒或細菌的能力？如果我們要形容一個生命體「缺乏抵抗力、極度容易受外力傷害或感染」的狀態，你會用什麼樣的概念來描述這種脆弱性呢？
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AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到上下文的因果關係並選出正確答案，展現了非常敏銳的閱讀理解力。這題的核心在於理解雞隻因為生長速度過快與環境惡劣，導致生理機能較為脆弱的現狀。
上下文邏輯與慣用語應用
在醫學或生物學的脈絡中，當我們要描述一個個體缺乏免疫力、容易受到外部負面影響時，最道地的表達方式就是 be susceptible to。這個片語後接疾病（diseases），精確地傳達了這些 Ross 308 雞隻「易受感染」或「對疾病抵抗力弱」的生理特徵。相較之下，(A) exorcized（驅逐/驅魔）或 (C) drown out（淹沒/蓋過聲音）在語意上完全無法銜接。
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