2019高考英语阅读理解专题选编（13）
李仕才
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Vinegar makes salad, fries and dumplings taste better, and you can even u it to clean your windows. And now, according to scientists, it may even the planet’s population survive climate change.
Rearchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts. This could mean that in the future, worries about climate change affecting the world’s supply of food will be much lower. The discovery was made after the rearchers studied the Arabidopsis, a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather. It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-like conditions, it produced a chemical called acetate（醋酸盐）—the main component of vinegar.
After discovering this, the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants, before they stopped giving them water completely. After leaving the plants for 14 days, they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived, while the untreated plants had dried up and died.
ladaIt’s hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be ud to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive. "In the experiment, we targeted the staple foods of the world—rice, wheat and maize—and the basic plant of breeding species, rapeed（油菜籽）," Jong Myong Kim, co-author of the study, told Popular Science magazine.
Kim also told the magazine he’s already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themlves from flower growing companies to amateur gardeners. Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isn’t as easy as just pouring vinegar over them, Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible. "Now we are trying to cooperate with some farmers, and also some companies, to make a method to apply this system, "h
e said. And for tho of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we go away, hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died.
1.What is the article mainly about?
5英尺11英寸A. The world’s food supply will be incread.
B. Plants better survive droughts.
C. The Arabidopsis is resistant to droughts.
D. Vinegar could be ud to fight droughts.intensive
高三补习班2.It was discovered that acetate can .
A. be ud by farmers to replace soil B. only be produced by the Arabidopsis
C. help plants survive dry conditions D. be ud to improve poor soil
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3.What are the target plants of the experiment?drill
A. all breeding species. B. wheat and Arabidopisis.
C. rice and maize. D. rapeed and Arabidopisis.
4.Jong Myong Kim’s experiment of trying out the method .
A. can make people’s trips pleasant
B. turned out a worldwide success
C. is as simple as pouring vinegar over the plants
D. appeals to many flower growing companies
【文章大意】 本文属于科普类文章。醋不仅使食物味道更好，还可以用它来清洁你的窗户。研究发现醋中生长的植物，使它们更耐干旱。
1.D 【解析】主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文主要讲述了醋能让植物在干旱的环境中生存，
即能抗击干旱，故选D。
3.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段中的“In the experiment, we targeted the staple foods of the world—rice, wheat and maize—and the basic plant of breeding species, rapeed,”可知在实验中，主要针对大米，小麦和玉米等。故选台风为什么叫山竹Cttlive。
suspension4.D 【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段中的第一句“Kim…he’s already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themlves from flower growing companies to amateur gardeners”分析本句可知Kim已与对此感兴趣的花卉种植公司联系，也就是吸引这些公司。故选D。
B
(2015·洛阳高三统一考试)
All over the world mothers and fathers teach their children manners.Other children may have manners that are not like yours.There are all kinds of manners.
Many years ago，children who had good manners were en and not heard.They kept quite quiet if grownups were talking.Today，wellmannered children have more freedom.
Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.
Suppo you are a visitor in the land of Mongolia.Some friends ask you tpreciso eat with them.What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud “burp (打嗝)” after you finish eating.Burping would show that you like your food.
In some countries，if you give a loud burp，you are told to say，“Excu me，plea.”
In many places people like to eat together.But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be en eating together. People show good manners by turning their backs to others while they eat.
What are manners like in an East African town? People try not to e you.They are being polite.You may e a friend.He may not e you at all.If you are polite，you will sit down beside him.You will wait until he finishes what he is doing.Then he will talk to you.
