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托福【阅读背景】机经：害虫们的留学梦 小马过河为大家准备了“【托福阅读】背景机经：害虫们的留学梦”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267。 　　More than one trillion dollars’ worth of agricultural products aretraded internationally every year. But countries may put their own plants at risk when they importfruits, vegetables, timber and other products. 　　As products are unloaded from ships and planes, some unwelcome visitors may find a new home.Take the stink bug, this pest which eats fruit crops is believed to have arrived in the United Statesfrom China. Other pests include African army worms, Cassava Bacterial Blight and the EuropeanGrapevine Moth. 　　To fight the problem, there are new standards under the International Plant ProtectionConvention. Craig Fedchock is the coordinator of the treaty. 　　The convention originated back in 1952. It’s been revised a couple of times – 1979 and 1997.The purpose of the convention is to develop standards for trade and plants and plant products.And it’s recognized as one of the three standard setting bodies under the World TradeOrganization. 　　New standards for pests risk and analysis were issued that conventions annual meeting in Rome.These give greater guidance for deciding whether an imported plant might be a threat tocultivated or wild plants. Craig Fedchock says changes were also made in a standard for woodpackaging material. 　　Everybody in the world has probably seen a wood pallet at some time or other. Well, that pallet ismade generally from wood that’s not the best quality wood. Maybe the trees are dead when beingmade into pallets and beetles will bore into that wood and then they’ll emerge. And they can be adevastating forest pest. 　　He says the risk of pest is growing because of the increasing global trade. 　　More and more things are being traded. More and more people are traveling. The risks associatedwith people bringing a piece of fruit or some fruit from a backyard tree to a relative in anothercountry – that’s happening more frequently. Or new and exotic fru