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【題目】 Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons， but some Japanese sellers do． There is often wasted space when they store watermelons， because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves． So some clever farmers have solved the watermelon problem． They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square． The only problem now is the price． The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each．

Many people know the saying "Roses are red， violets are blue， sugar is sweet and so are you．" Well， today the poem needs to change to "Roses are red， roses are blue"! Australian scientists have just recently discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue flower into a rose， they can create a nearly 100% blue rose． Some of science's inventions are beautiful， not just useful!

Since the mid﹣1990s， many Chinese farmers have had amazing rice harvests． For many years Chinese scientists have been working on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind， called super rice． Super rice not only can protect itself against insects and diseases， but it also produces more than any other kind of rice， Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the past．

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now． US scientists have discovered a way to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing． When cancer patients eat the tomatoes， the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies． These cancer﹣fighting vegetables are not yet for sale， because scientists have not finished testing them． If study finds no problems with the tomatoes， then patients can begin to use this easy and delicious new treatment．

【1】The square watermelons look like ．

A.B.C.D.

【2】 find a way to make blue roses．

A.Chinese scientistsB.English scientists

C.Australian scientistsD.American scientists

【3】Which of the following is TRUE？

A.Super rice can keep itself from insects．

B.Blue roses are more beautiful than red ones．

C.The tomatoes can fight many kinds of diseases．

D.The price of the square watermelons is very low．

【4】The main idea of this passage is ．

A.how scientists discover new plantsB.how science makes plants produce more

C.how science has changed plants and people's livesD.how useful the scientists are

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇科普知識類閱讀，主要介紹了隨著科技的發(fā)展，西瓜因為需要可以做成方形，大米也可以開發(fā)出可以防蟲和疾病的超級大米，醫(yī)生用蔬菜（西紅柿）來對抗癌癥等等．科技是如何改變植物和人們地生活的．

【1】細節(jié)理解題，根據原文They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square，他們讓他們的西瓜生長在方形的玻璃箱子里，因此西瓜就變成了方形．故選C

【2】細節(jié)理解題，根據原文Australian scientists have just recently discovered that when they put a chemical*from a blue flower into a rose， they can create a nearly 100% blue rose．澳大利亞科學家最近發(fā)現了，當他們把一種化學物質從一個藍色的花朵注入到一朵玫瑰花，他們可以創(chuàng)造出接近100%的藍色玫瑰花．故選C．

【3】細節(jié)理解題，根據原文Super rice not only can protect itself against insects*and diseases，超級大米不僅可以保護他們自己對抗昆蟲和疾病，故選A．

【4】主旨大意題，根據原文主要介紹了隨著科技的發(fā)展，西瓜因為需要可以做成方形，大米也可以開發(fā)出可以防蟲和疾病的超級大米，醫(yī)生用蔬菜（西紅柿）來對抗癌癥等等．可知文章在講科技是如何改變植物和人們地生活的．故選C．

考查英語知識的綜合運用，答題前一定要弄懂全文，然后再動手解答問題．答題過程中，注意聯系前后文，結合短文內容，完成各小題的解答．