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1、2019高考英语阅读理解专题选编（13）李仕才AVinegarmakessalad,friesanddumplingstastebetter,andyoucanevenuseittocleanyourwindows.Andnow,accordingtoscientists,itmayeventheplanet’spopulationsurviveclimatechange.ResearchersfromtheRIKENCenterforSustainableResourceScience(CSRS)inJapanfoundthatgrowi
2、ngplantsinvinegarmakesthemmoreresistanttodroughts.Thiscouldmeanthatinthefuture,worriesaboutclimatechangeaffectingtheworld’ssupplyoffoodwillbemuchlower.ThediscoverywasmadeaftertheresearchersstudiedtheArabidopsis,aplantknownforitsabilitytosurviveindryweather.Itwasfoundthatwh
3、entheplantwasplacedindrought-likeconditions,itproducedachemicalcalledacetate（醋酸盐）—themaincomponentofvinegar.Afterdiscoveringthis,thescientistsexperimentedfurtherbyaddingacetatetothesoilofotherplants,beforetheystoppedgivingthemwatercompletely.Afterleavingtheplantsfor14days,
4、theyfoundthattheonestreatedwithacetatehadsurvived,whiletheuntreatedplantshaddriedupanddied.It’shopedthatthissimplemethodofsurvivalcouldsoonbeusedtohelpfarmersindrycountrieskeeptheircropsalive."Intheexperiment,wetargetedthestaplefoodsoftheworld—rice,wheatandmaize—andthebasi
5、cplantofbreedingspecies,rapeseed（油菜籽）,"JongMyongKim,co-authorofthestudy,toldPopularSciencemagazine.Kimalsotoldthemagazinehe’salreadybeenintouchwithpeopleallovertheworldwhoareinterestedintryingthissimpleandcost-effectivemethodoutforthemselvesfromflowergrowingcompaniestoamat
6、eurgardeners.Althoughatthispointkeepingthirstyplantsaliveisn’taseasyasjustpouringvinegaroverthem,Kimsaidheandhisteamareworkingonmakingtheprocessassimpleaspossible."Nowwearetryingtocooperatewithsomefarmers,andalsosomecompanies,tomakeamethodtoapplythissystem,"hesaid.Andforth
7、oseofuswhoalwaysforgettoaskourneighborstowaterourplantswhenwegoaway,hopefullythismeanstheendofreturning12homefromatriptofindourfavoriteflowershavedied.1.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?A.Theworld’sfoodsupplywillbeincreased.B.Plantsbettersurvivedroughts.C.TheArabidopsisisresist
8、anttodroughts.D.Vinegarcouldbeusedtofightdroughts.2.Itwasdiscoveredthatacetatecan.A.beuse
