英语高三英语阅读理解试题经典及解析.doc

（英语）高三英语阅读理解试题经典及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 阅读理解1．unpleasant out an unusual smelliest fruit in the world, letting is Durian(榴莲) probably the smell which would make anyone bring up. However, nobody was aware of what gave this fruit its 基因unique smell, so a team of researchers from Singapore decided to take a look at its genome ( ) and find out,组its mostly because of as the king of fruits, Durian is well-known throughout Southeast Asia so was unknown, origin of this unpleasant smell awful appearance and smell. However, the researchers decided to map the genome of the fruit, and find the gene that controlled it. A group ), became very active in the fruit, and they were of genes, volatile sulfur compounds (含硫化合物 found responsible for resulting in the unpleasant smell. The fruit confuses everyone with a sulfuric smell, like rotten onions and ingredients. The smell species Other volatile contains more sulfur compounds. lasts long, mostly because the fruit usually benefit from two gene copies at most, but durian has four, leading to the striking smell.it find wild. Although we durian might be an advantage for in the However, this smell easily then they can If by it. they eat the fruit, unpleasant, many animals might be attracted spread its seeds everywhere, thus contributing to the distribution of the species. The mapping of the durian genome also showed some other information on the species. First of all, the fruit has an impressive number of genes, namely 46,000. Also, with the help of these genes, they saw how it evolved, and discovered it was related to the cacao tree. All the other Nature Genetics.discoveries have been published in the journal Despite the striking smell, many people actually enjoy eating the fruit. However, not all durian species are edible, and some of them may even cause damage to our health, Even so, the fruit is often imported, significantly contributing to the economy. What give durian its unique smell?