Finnish researchers say they have produced coffee in a laboratory that smells and tastes very similar to the real thing. The team reports that lab-grown coffee could be important as climate change continues to threaten traditional coffee farming.

Scientists at Finland’s VTT Technical Research Center created cell cultures(培养物) from the leaves of coffee plants. The process involves floating the cell cultures in bioreactors(生物反应器) filled with nutrients. The same method is used to make other kinds of animal- and plant-based products.

Heikki Aisala is a VTT researcher who oversaw the process. Aisala said that cups of the cellular(细胞的) coffee probably would not pass taste tests comparing it to traditional coffee. “Not like, of course, 100 percent. It tastes like a combination of different types of coffees,” Aisala said. The researcher added that while the cellular coffee is not ready for the market just yet, “it certainly does resemble coffee at the moment.” Aisala added it is possible that the lab-grown version could one day develop into a multi-billion-dollar industry.

VTT Research team leader Heiko Rischer said cell cultures offer a more sustainable way to make coffee. This is because coffee is in high demand. This has led to countries opening up more land to grow coffee beans, which causes increased deforestation(滥伐森林). Rischer said the environmental benefits of lab-grown coffee include reduced use of pesticides(农药) and fertilizer and less need to ship coffee beans long distances to markets.

In Europe, lab-grown coffee would need to be approved before it could be marketed. But an important question remains: Will coffee lovers actually drink the lab-grown creation? A Reuters reporter put that question to Satu, a server in a Helsinki coffee shop.

“I think someday we’re going that way because all the natural coffee sources are disappearing,” she said. “So, we have to move along... if it tastes good and the aroma(香味) is coffee based, so why not? I think it’s possible.”

1.What can we know from Paragraphs 1 and 2?

A There’s no difference between lab-grown coffee and traditional coffee.

B Researchers think lab-grown coffee is beneficial to people’s health.

C Traditional coffee farming are being affected by the climate change.

D The new method can be only used to grow lab-grown coffee.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第一段The team reports that lab-grown coffee could be important as climate change continues to threaten traditional coffee farming.可知，随着气候变化继续威胁传统咖啡种植，实验室种植的咖啡可能很重要。由此推断，目前传统的咖啡种植正受到气候变化的影响。故选C。

2.Compared to traditional coffee, the lab-grown coffee_____.

A has a lower cost and more production

B hardly meets people’s taste need

C can’t be accepted because of its looks

D is unable to be produced in a large scale

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第三段Aisala said that cups of the cellular coffee probably would not pass taste tests comparing it to traditional coffee.可知，和传统咖啡相比，实验室种植的咖啡可能无法通过口味测试，由此说明该咖啡不能满足人们的口味需求，故选B。

3.Cell cultures provide a better way to make coffee because_____.

A it doesn’t need pesticides and fertilizer

B it’s extremely friendly to the environment

C it will increase the forest coverage

D it reduces the fuel consumption of ships

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第四段可知, 实验室种植的咖啡对环境的好处包括减少杀虫剂和肥料的使用以及降低长途运送咖啡豆到市场的需要，即对环境非常友好。故选B。

4.Reseachers seem doubtful whether_____.

A the taste of the lab-grown coffee can be improved

B the lab-grown coffee will be approved in Europe

C the customers will accept the lab-grown coffee

D natural coffee sources will disappear in the future

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据最后一段But an important question remains: Will coffee lovers actually drink the lab-grown creation?可知一个重要的问题仍然存在：咖啡爱好者真的会喝实验室生产的咖啡吗？也就是说顾客是否会接受实验室生产的咖啡仍然是个疑问，故选C。