GRE阅读无忧系列之练习(一)-智课教育旗下智课教育.pdf

智 课 网 G R E 备 考 资 料 GRE阅读无忧系列之练习(一)-智课教育旗下智课教育 对于GRE阅读，想要取得高分的唯一捷径就是多做练习题，熟能生 巧，在考场上才能得心应手。尽于此，智课教育推出GRE阅读无忧系列 之练习，帮助大家更好地备考。 以下是GRE阅读无忧系列之练习(一)，里面是智课教育小编精心整 理的两篇文章及其练习题，每个练习题有答案和解析，希望能够助考生 取得GRE阅读高分。 文章一： The whole biosphere, like the individual organisms that live inside it, exists in a chemically dynamic state. In this homeostatic system, a great number of organic compounds are synthesized, transformed, and decomposed continuously; together, these processes constitute the major parts of the carbon cycle. For the smooth operation of this cycle, degradationis just as important as synthesis: the green plants produce great quantities of polymers, such as cellulose, and innumerable other compounds like alkaloids, terpenes, and flavonoids, that green plants cannot use as sources of energyduring respiration. The release of the carbon in these compounds for recycling depends almost entirely on the action of both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and certain types of fungi. Some bacteria and fungi possess the unique and extremely important biochemical asset of being able to catalyze the oxidation of numerous inert products, thereby initiating reaction sequences that produce carbon dioxide and so return much carbon to a form that actively enters into life cycles once again. The author implies that which of the following is the primary reason that degradation is as important as synthesis to the smooth operation of the carbon cycle? (A) Most of the polymers and organic compounds found in the plant kingdom are chemically unstable. (B) The synthesis of someorganic material deprives life processes of an energy source. (C) Decompositionpermits the recycling of carbon that wouldotherwise be fixed in certain substances. (D) Many organisms cannot use plants as a source of food, but canfeed on bacteria and fungi. (E) Bacteria and fungi could not survive if some carbon compounds were not degraded