2016届高考英语一轮复习(外研版)考点规范训练：必修4 Module 4Great Scientists
<p> 考点规范练22(必修4 <span word="Module">Module</span> 4)</p><p> .阅读理解</p><p> <span word="A">A</span></p><p> <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="begins">begins</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plan">plan</span>.<span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="accident">accident</span>.<span word="Meredith">Meredith</span> <span word="Schafer">Schafer</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Cynthia">Cynthia</span> <span word="Sagers">Sagers</span>.</p><p> <span word="Cynthia">Cynthia</span> <span word="Sagers">Sagers</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="biology">biology</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Arkansas">Arkansas</span>.<span word="Meredith">Meredith</span> <span word="Schafer">Schafer</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="student">student</span>.</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="traveling">traveling</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Dakota">Dakota</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="project">project</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="flowers">flowers</span>.</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="recognized">recognized</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="canola">canola</span>.<span word="Farmers">Farmers</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="canola">canola</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="seeds">seeds</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="cooking">cooking</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="canola">canola</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="farm">farm</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="road">road</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="papers">papers</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weedy">weedy</span> <span word="canola">canola</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="contained">contained</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="changes">changes</span>.<span word="If">If</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="genetically">genetically</span> <span word="modified">modified</span>,<span word="that">that</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="genes">genes</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="desired">desired</span> <span word="qualities">qualities</span>.</p><p> <span word="This">This</span> <span word="summer">summer</span>,<span word="the">the</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Arkansas">Arkansas</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Dakota">Dakota</span>.<span word="This">This</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="canola">canola</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 5 <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span>.</p><p> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="found">found</span>,<span word="they">they</span> <span word="say">say</span>,<span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="canola">canola</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="modified">modified</span> <span word="genes">genes</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="canola">canola</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="investigated">investigated</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 288 <span word="plants">plants</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> 80% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="contained">contained</span> <span word="genes">genes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="genetically">genetically</span> <span word="engineered">engineered</span> <span word="canola">canola</span>.</p>
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