PAGEPAGE3任務(wù)型閱讀(三)種子地窖+諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)A[2019·內(nèi)江]TheSeedVault(種子地窖)Alotofcountriesneeddifferentkindsofseedssothattheycanplantthemagain.Thereisanimportantreasonforthis.Sometimesplantscan'tgrowinacountrybecauseofbadweatherordisease,sofarmersneednewseeds.Youcankeepseedsina“seedvault”.It'saplaceataspecialtemperature.Theseedsdon'tgrow,buttheycanliveforalongtime.Norwayhasthebiggestseedvaultintheworld—theSvalbardGlobalSeedVault—andithasseedsfromalotofdifferentcountries.ThevaultisontheislandofSpitsbergen.TheislandisaboutonethousandkilometersfromtheNorthPole.It'saverycoldplacesoit'sgoodforseeds.Abovetheground,thedoorwayissmall,butinside,thebuildingishuge.Youwalkdownalongcorridor(走廊),whichisonehundredandthirtymetersinsideamountain.Attheendofit,therearethreelargeareaswithseeds.Thereareabouthalfamillionkindsofseedsinsidethevault.Forexample,therearekindsofseedsforricefromAsiaandAfrica,32kindsofseedsforpotatoesfromIrelandandseedsfordifferenttomatoesfromtheUSA.Theseedvaulthasspaceforalotmoreseeds.Youcanputabout2.2billion(十億)seedsinside.Theseedscanlivehereforthousandsofyearsbecauseofthecoldtemperatureof-18℃.So,inthefuture,humanscangrowanyseedtheywant.Inotherwords,theseedvaultisthedifferencebetweenlifeanddeath.1.Whycan'tplantsgrowinacountry?2.Whereisthebiggestseedvaultintheworld?3.HowfaristheSvalbardGlobalSeedVaultfromtheNorthPole?4.Howmanyseedscanbeputintheseedvault?5.Whatplaceisaseedvault?(within12words)B[2019·泰州模擬改編]TheNobelPrizesareamongthemostimportantandinternationalprizesintheworld.Theprizesaregiventoencouragegreatdiscoveriesorspecialachievements.Thefieldscoverphysics,chemistry,medicineorphysiology(醫(yī)學(xué)或生理學(xué)),literature,worldpeaceandeconomics(經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)).Theprizeswerefirstgivenoutin1901.Andsincethenithasbeenpresentedalmosteveryyear.Theeconomicsprizesbeganonlyin1969.Thewinnersreceivealargesumofmoney,amedalandacertificate(證書).Theyareadmiredandrespectedfortheirhardworkandtheachievementstheyhavemade.TheprizeswerecreatedbyaSwedishchemistcalledAlfredNobel.Nobeldevotedmuchofhislifetoworkingwithexplosives(炸藥).In1864,hisyoungerbrotherandseveralotherpeoplewerekilledinanexperiment.Afterhisbrother'sdeath,Nobeldecidedtodiscoverawayofmakingexplosivessafertouse.Whenhediedin1896,heleftaboutUS$9million.Inhiswill(遺囑),Nobelsaidthemoneyandtheprizeshouldbegiventopeoplewhohadcontributedalotformankindeachyear,nomatterwhichcountrytheywerefrom.MarieCuriewontheprizetwice.Itmakesherstilloneofthemostfamouswinnerstoday.Shewasalsothefirstwomanwinner.Oneoftheotherwomentowinaprizewasherdaughter,whowontheprizeforchemistryin1935.1.HowmanyNobelPrizesaregivenouteachyear?2.WhocanwinaNobelPrize?3.WhichNobelPrizewasnotgivenoutin1901?4.HowdidNobel'sbrotherdie?5.WhyisMarieCuriestilloneofthemostfamouswinners?【參考答案】A1.Becauseofbadweatherordisease.2.InNorway.3.Aboutonethousandkilometers.4.About2.2billion.5.Aplacewhereseedsdon'tgrow,butcan