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1、2013高考英语热门考点强化专练：阅读理解（十九）（含解析）(一)BDU www. chinadaily. corn. cn / bdu CHINA DAILY LANGUAGEBDUBUSINESS DAILY UPDATEWant to keep well informed about the dynamic (充满活力的) pulse of Chinas economy?Get a glimpse of the most important business activities taking place here every day through Business Daily Upd
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5、stand newspapers B. recognize the mouseC. know how to operate a computer D. buy a fax machine(二)British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow. in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive farms once more.Tim Flo
6、wers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences,. have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty. The pairs have recently begun a three-year programme, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Res
7、earch Council, to establish which genes enable some plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops, starting with rice.It is estimated that each year more than 10 million hectares (公顷) of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts(防碍生长)
8、plants. The problem is caused by several factors. In the tropics, mangroves that create swamps (沼泽) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down. In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop, allowing sea water to seep (渗透) in. In Latin America,
9、 irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated by the heat, leaving, salt deposits behind.Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive.To overcome these proble
10、ms. Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, but it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are read
11、y to be considered for commercial use.Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants. Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again, providing much needed food for the
12、 poorer countries of the world.4. Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true?A. They are students at Sussex University. B. They are rice breeders.5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage?A. Natural barriers to sea water have b
13、een destroyed.B. The water table has gone down after droughts.C. Sea level has been continuously rising.D. Evaporation of water leaves salt behind.6. The word affect in Paragraph 5 could be best replaced by_.A. influence B. effect C. stop D. present7. The attitude of the author towards the research
14、project is_.A. positive B. negative C. suspicious D. indifferent（三）A Chilean(智利) soap-opera star, a beauty from Ancient Pompeii and a freckled (雀斑的)boyish girl hardly make an average beauty show line-up. The first world-wide digital beauty contest to the surprise of many online fans was won by a wom
15、an who is virtually(虚拟) real flesh and bones. “Virtual models are not the anti-real, they are a different representation of reality,” said Franz Cerami, the organiser of Miss Digital World (数字世界小姐). Each of the contestants had to provide the charming photo of high degrees, with date of birth and body measurements. Chilean Rodolfo Perez Ayala decided that no figure of his imagination could beat the beauty of his wife, Katty Kowaleczko, so he hired artist Flavio Parra to recreate her. Kowaleczko, who plays Paula Sandoval in the popular Latin Ame
