1. There has been much opposition from some social groups, ______ from the farming community.
A. straightforwardly
B. notably
C. virtually
D. exceptionally
2. Even if the genes themselves are not initially hazardous, you do not know how they are going to evolve.(划线词：initially)
A. partially
B. originally
C. ultimately
D. fundamentally
【长难句英译汉】
1. But even more important, it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past, for what they are seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago.
1.B
【句意】一些社会群体，尤其是农耕社区，已表达了很多反对意见。
【解析】副词词义辨析。straightforwardly“直截了当地;正直地”;notably“显著地;尤其”;virtually“事实上;实际上”;exceptionally“特殊地;例外地”。由句中关键词“some social groups一些社会群体”与“the farming community农耕社区”的对应知“尤其”符合语境，故B项正确。
2.B
【句意】虽然基因本身最初是没有危害的，但是你却不知道它们将如何进化。
【解析】副词词义辨析。initially“最初，首先;开头”;partially“部分地;不完全地”;originally“最初，起初;本来”;ultimately“最后;根本;基本上”;fundamentally“根本地，从根本上;基础地”。由关键词“you do not know how they are going to evolve你不知道它们将如何进化”的对应可推知“initially”在这里有“最初”的意思，故B项“最初”正确。
【长难句英译汉参考答案】
1、【参考译文】但更重要的是，这是科学家们所能观测到的最遥远的过去的情况，因为他们看到的东西是150亿年前所存在的形状和结构。