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（英语）英语阅读理解专项习题及答案解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 阅读理解1． Dodder is an unusual and unwanted plant that attacks other plants. Except for its flowers, the plant looks like spaghetti, a kind of noodles in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked. Its almost leafless, thread-like stems hang down on top of other plants that dodder needs to stay alive. Dodder does not produce its own food. Instead, it steals food often is wrapped around, sucking by juices from the plant which from other plants. It feeds making its host very weak or even killing it.it plant starts growing, smell. When a young dodder other Dodder can find plants by their follows the smell of plants it prefers, like tomato plants, potato plants, or other farm crops. Unlike most plants that usually grow in the direction of light or warmth, a dodder plant will grow in the if a tomato happens to be growing nearby.direction of, for example, tomato smell— However, a young dodder plant must find a host plant quickly. It no longer needs its root once smell of a potential host it is attached to the host and wrapped around it. If it cannot catch a within a few days, it will dry up and vanish even if there is plenty of water around. Once it finds a host, the young dodder plant will attach itself to it and start growing faster. At that point the dodder plant will drop its root. Dodder is thus a difficult weed to manage and a real headache for farmers. When it does get out of hand, dodder can greatly reduce a farmers harvest or even destroy crops completely. Before sowing their produce, especially farmers in warm parts of the world often check to make sure no unwanted dodder seeds have mixed with their crop seeds. This is a good way to stop dodder plants from making their way to a crop field secretly. Why does the author mention spaghetti in the first paragraph? ）（1 A. To analyze the content of some food. B. To introduce the topic of this passage. D