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III. 文意選填 10% (可忽略大小寫差異)     The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, __61__ for seeking “happiness” for itscitizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its homegrown foodand farmers 100 organic.      The tiny Buddhist-majority nation wedged between China and India has anunusual and some say __62__ approach to economic development, centered onprotecting the environment and focusing on mental well-being.Its development model measuring “Gross National Happiness” instead of GrossDomestic Product has been discussed at the United Nations and has been publiclybacked by leaders from Britain and France, __63__.    It banned television until 1999, keeps out mass tourism to __64__ its culturefrom foreign influence, and most recently set up a weekly “pedestrians’ day” onTuesdays that __65__ cars banned from town centers.      Its determination to chart a different path can be seen in its new policy to__66__ artificial chemicals in farming in the next 10 years, making its staple foods ofwheat and potatoes, as well as its fruits, 100 percent organic.      Bhutan has a population of just over 700,000, two-thirds of whom depend onfarming in villages dotted around fertile southern plains near India and the soaringHimalayan __67__ and deep valleys to the north.      __68__ forested, no more than 3 percent of the country’s land area is used forgrowing crops, with the majority of farmers already organic and reliant on rottingleaves or compost as a natural __69__.     Because there won’t be pesticides on sale in the kingdom, they would be able tooffer a high level of __70__ that products are organic. It seems that Bhutan’s organicpolicy would start to give the country a market advantage and the possibility of pricespremiums.
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