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 scientists B.Australian scientists

C.American scientists D.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 the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题)

Kate had to make a decision(决定) because there were different parties on the same day. One was the birthday party of her friend. The other was a party to celebrate her grandparents’ 50thwedding anniversary(结婚纪念). Her grandmother told her, “I will not be unhappy if you go to your friend’s party. You will probably have more fun there.”

But Kate decided that her family was more important. She could talk to her friends every day, but she did not see her relatives very often. In fact, she had never met some of them. For example, she had only seen photos of her mother’s brother Jack and his wife Alice. She even had not seen pictures of their children, her cousins Sam and Sally.

Kate had a wonderful time at the party. She and Sally got on well together. Sally was fifteen, two years older than Kate, but they had a lot in common(共同). Sally told Kate that one of their ancestors(祖先), their great-great-uncle, was a swimming champion(冠军)who had won an Olympic medal(奖牌). At the end of the party they gave e-mail addresses to each other, so they could still chat(聊天)afterwards.

1.How many parties were there on the same day?

_____________________________________________________.

2.Had Kate met her cousins before?

_____________________________________________________.

3.Who was Kate’s aunt?

____________________________________________________.

4.Why did Kate and Sally get on well?

_____________________________________________________.

5.Kate and Sally’s great uncle won an Olympic medal, didn’t he?

_____________________________________________________.

6.If you are Kate, which party will you go? Why?

_______________________________________________________.

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