阅读理解专项训练（02） 高考英语二轮复习.docVIP

阅读理解专项训练（02）2022届高考英语复习 0 高考英语阅读训练.第PAGE 1页(共7页) ★A 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案. ?Lethal mushrooms picked in the California wilderness poisoned 14 people late last year, with three requiring liver transplants, including an 18-month-old girl. The cases were reported to the California Poison Control System over a two-week period in December, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) didnt announce the incidents until Friday.?? ? ? ?The mushroom was known as the death cap or Amanita phalloides, a fungus responsible for more than 90% of the worlds mushroom-related deaths. The CDC said they pose serious public health concerns and urge the people who want to find food in the forest to have an expert inspect their harvest before eating.?? ? ? The death cap contains a toxic agent and as few as one mushroom can carry a fatal dosage. In many of the incidents in California, patients reported eating multiple mushrooms. In 2016, the state noticed a wild mushroom poisonings as well as an abundance of wild mushroom growth brought on by rain and very warm temperatures.? ? ? The cases involved patients picking the mushrooms for themselves while others received the mushrooms from another person. It typically took several hours for the patients to develop the health problems beginning with the ache in the stomach.? ? ? Those affected ranged in age from 18 months to 93 years old. A 37-year-old man picked and ate one mushroom in Santa Rosa, north of San Francisco, and felt symptoms 10 hours later. A group of five people all got sick, including the 18-month-old girl, after all ate wild mushrooms picked by a stranger in the mountains.? ? ? Eleven of the patients recovered and three required liver transplants. In 2012, four people died at a Northern California hospital after all ate a soup made from poisonous mushrooms. The CDC asks people to be careful when picking and eating mushrooms. Before eating, mushrooms should first be examined, identified and re