高一英语百日训练之 阅读理解(7)含答案详解.pdf

高一英语百日训练之 阅读理解（7）含答案详解 【题文】 Seeds on Ice Close to the North Pole，remote and rocky Plateau Mountain in the Norwegian archipelago o Svalbard seems an unlikely spot for any global e ort to safeguard agriculture. In this cold and deserted environment ， no grains ，no gardens ，no trees can grow. Yet at the end of a 130-meter-long tunnel cut out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s most precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection—more than a half-billion seeds. A quiet rescue mission is under way. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change-will seriously a ect food production and threaten the diversity （多样性）of crops around the world ，the Svalbard Global Seed Vault （地窖） represents a major step towards ensuring the preservation （贮藏）of hundreds of thousands of crop varieties. This is a seed collection, but more importantly, it is a collection o the traits found within the seeds ：the genes that give one variety resistance to a particular pest and another variety tolerance for hot，dry weather. Few people will ever see or come into contact with the contents of this vault. In sealed boxes ，behind multiple locked doors，monitored by electronic security systems, enveloped in below —zero temperatures, and surrounded by tons of rock, hundreds of millions of seeds are protected in their mountain fortress. Frozen in such conditions inside the mountain, seeds of most major crops will remain viable for hundreds of years, or longer. Seeds of some are capable of retaining （保留） their ability to grow for thousands of years. Everyone can look back now and say that the Seed Vault was a good and obvious idea, and that o course the Norwegian government should have approved and funded it. But back in 2004, when the Seed Vault was proposed, it was viewed as a crazy，impractical, and expensive