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sellers do. There is often wasted space when they store (贮存) 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 (昆虫) 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.
B. Australian scientists
C. American scientists
D. Japanese farmers
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.
B. how science makes plants produce more
C. how science has changed plants and people"s lives
D. how technology makes our world more beautiful
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试题【阅读理解。 Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons】;主要考察你对日常生活类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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My name is Wang Kun and my sister is Wang Wei. Since middle school, we have dreamed about taking agreat trip by 1 . When we graduated from college,we finally got the 2 to do it. We started our long bike ride 3 the Mekong River (循公河) in October. 4 it was autumn, thesnow had already started to fall in Tibet. Our legs felt so heavy and 5 that we thought they were ice. Have you ever seen 6 ride bicycles? Wang Wei was in front of me as usual. I knew I didn"t need toencourage 7 . To climb up the mountain road was hard work but to go 8 the hills was great fun. When we reached a valley (山谷), it became much warmer. We had to 9 our clothes. In the early evening, we stopped to 10 our tents and then we ate. After supper, Wang Wei went to 11 but I stayed awake. At midnight, the sky became clear and the stars were 12 . There was almost no 13 only the sound of the fire. What a 14 night! We have already traveled so far. We are reaching Dali in Yunnan Province. There our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will 15 us in the ride trip. I"m sure we"ll have a greater time together. | ||||||||||||||||||
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