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【题目】 Most people may not think that them am any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. Them 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 squaw 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 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 the study finds no problems with the tomatoes, then patients can begin to use this easy and delicious new treatment.

【1】____________ find a way to make blue roses.

A.Chinese scientistsB.Australian scientists

C.American scientistsD.Japanese farmers

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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 square watermelons cost less than ordinary ones.

【3】The main idea of this passage is __________________________.

A.how scientists discover new plants

B.how science makes plants produce more

C.how science has changed plants and people's life

D.how technology makes our world more beautiful

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文是一篇科普知识类阅读，介绍了人们利用科学取得的几项成果。日本的瓜农把西瓜变成了方形的；澳大利亚的科学家培育出了蓝玫瑰；中国的科学家研制出了新的超级水稻；美国的科学家利用西红柿抗癌。

【1】细节理解题，根据Australian scientists have just recently discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue flower into a rose, they can create nearly 100% blue rose. 澳大利亚科学家最近发现，当他们把一朵蓝色的花中的一种化学物质放入玫瑰中，他们可以创造出几乎100%的蓝色玫瑰。由此可知澳大利亚科学家找到了制作蓝色玫瑰的方法，故答案选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据Super rice not only can protect itself against insects and diseases,可知，超级稻可以保护自己免受病虫害，故答案选A。

【3】主旨大意题。根据原文主要介绍了随着科技的发展，西瓜因为需要可以做成方形，大米也可以开发出可以防虫和疾病的超级大米，医生用蔬菜（西红柿）来对抗癌症等等。可知文章在讲科技是如何改变植物进而改变了人们的生活，故答案选C。