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Sugar cane was once a wild grass that grew in New Guinea and was used by local people for roofing their houses and fencing their
Sugar cane was once a wild grass that grew in New Guinea and was used by local people for roofing their houses and fencing their
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2022-06-05
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Sugar cane was once a wild grass that grew in New Guinea and was used by local people for roofing their houses and fencing their gardens. Gradually a different variety evolved which contained sucrose (蔗糖)and was chewed on for its sweet taste. Over time, sugar cane became a highly valuable commercial plant, grown throughout the world.【C1】________.
Sugar became a vital ingredient in all kinds of things, from confectionery (糖果点心)to medicine , and, as the demand for sugar grew, the industry became larger and more profitable.【C2】________ Many crops withered (枯萎)and died, despite growers, attempts to save them, and there were fears that the health of the plant would continue to deteriorate.
In the 1960s, scientists working in Barbados looked for ways to make the commercial species stronger and more able to resist disease. They experimented with breeding programmes, mixing genes from the wild species of sugar cane, which tends to be tougher, with genes from the more delicate, commercial type.【C3】________This sugar cane is not yet ready to be sold commercially, but when this happens, it is expected to be incredibly profitable for the industry.
【C4】________Brazil, which produces one quarter of the world’s sugar, has coordinated an international project under Professor Paulo Arrudo of the Universidade Estaudual de Campinas in Sao Paulo. Teams of experts have worked with him to discover more about which parts of the genetic structure of the plant are important for the production of sugar and its overall health.
Despite all the research, however, we still do not fully understand how the genes function in sugar cane.【C5】________This gene is particularly exciting because it makes the plant resistant to rust, a disease which probably originated in India, but is now capable of infecting sugar cane across the world. Scientists believe they will eventually be able to grow a plant which cannot be destroyed by rust.
[A] Unfortunately, however, the plant started to become weaker and more prone to disease.
[B] Sugar cane was now much vigorous and the supply of sugar is therefore more guaranteed.
[C] One major gene has been identified by Dr Angelique D’Hont and her team in Montpelier, France.
[D] The majority of the world’s sugar now comes from this particular commercial species.
[E] Since the 1960s, scientists have been analysing the mysteries of the sugar cane’s genetic code.
[F] The sugar cane’s genetic code has been found by a farmer in 1950.
[G] Eventually, a commercial plant was developed which was 5 percent sweeter than before, but also much stronger and less likely to die from disease.
【C3】
选项
答案
G
解析
上一句说到“科学家尝试不同的育种, 用更微妙的商业型甘蔗基因进行混合”, 下一句说到“这种甘蔗还没有准备好进行商业销售”。由此可知, 空格处应是科学家培养出了一个新品种的甘蔗, 选项F与上下文联系最紧密, 故选G。
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