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对应app-长篇阅读第二讲
2018 年 6 月（第二套）
PassageOne
Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
TheEbroDelta，inSpain，famousasabattlegroundduringtheSpanishCivilWar，isnow
thesettingforadifferentcontest， onethatispittingricefarmersagainsttwoenemies： the
rice-eatinggiantapplesnail， andrisingsealevels.Whathappensherewillhaveabearingonthe
futureofEuropeanriceproductionandtheoverallhealthofsouthernEuropeanwetlands.
LocatedontheMediterraneanjusttwohourssouthofBarcelona， theEbroDeltaproduces
120 million kilograms of rice a year ， making it one of the continent‘s most important
rice-growingareas.Astheseacreepsintothesefresh-watermarshes， however， risingsalinity
（盐分）ishamperingriceproduction.Atthesametime， thissea-wateralsokillsoffthegreedy
giantapplesnail，anintroducedpestthatfeedsonyoungriceplants.Themostpromisingstrategy
hasbecometoharnessonefoeagainsttheother.
Thebattleiscurrentlybeingwagedonland， ingreenhousesattheUniversityofBarcelona.
Scientists working under the banner “Project Neurice” are seeking varieties of rice that can
withstandtheincreasingsalinitywithoutlosingtheabsorbencythatmakesEuropeanriceidealfor
traditionalSpanishandItaliandishes.
“Theprojecthastwosides，”saysXavierSerrat，Neuriceprojectmanagerandresearcherat
theUniversityofBarcelona.“theshort-termfightagainstthesnail， andamid-tolong-termfight
againstclimatechange.Butthesnailhasgiventheprojectgreaterurgency.”
OriginallyfromSouthAmerica， thesnailswereaccidentallyintroducedintotheEbroDelta
byGlobalAquaticTecnologies， acompanythatraisedthesnailsforfresh-wateraquariums （水
族馆）， butfailedtopreventtheirescape.Fornow， thegiantapplesnail‘spresenceinEurope
islimitedtotheEbroDelta.Butthesnailcontinuesitsmarchtonewterritory， saysSerrat.“The
questionisnotifitwillreachotherrice-growingareasofEurope， butwhen.”
Overthenextyearandahalfinvestigatorswilltestthevariousstrainsofsalt-tolerantrice
they‘vebred.In201
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