His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might expect.They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British（1）told a TV reporter that he talked to hisplants at his country house, Highgrove,.to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous--"Mysense of humor will get me into trouble one day," he said to his aids (随从)--but listening to CharlesWindsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal （2）has been promoting radical ideas for most ofhis adult life. Some of his（3）, which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead oftheir time.their time.Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him.
　　Take his views on farming. Prince Charles' Duchy Home Farm went（4）back in 1986, whenmost shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free (无瑕疵的) vegetables and（5）large chickens piled high in supermarkets.
　　His warnings on climate change proved farsighted, too. Charles began（6）action on globalwarming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the（7）of man on the environment since hewas a teenager.
　　Although he has gradually gained international（8）as one of the world's leadingconservationists, many British people still think of him as an（9）person who talks to plants. Thisyear, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do （10）to sound. So Charleswas ahead of the game there, too.

A．conform  
B．eccentric 
C．environmentalist
D．expeditions
E．impact
F．notions
G．organic
H．originally
I．recognition
J．respond 
K．subordinate
L．suppressing
M．throne
N．unnaturally
O．urging