高考英语阅读理解训练（二十三）

Babies love chocolate—and sometimes they also eat the paper around it．My cat enjoys a meal of good，thick paper；old letters，for example．She doesn't like newspapers very much．

    Of course，the best paper comes from wood．Wood comes from trees，and trees are plants．Vegetables and fruit are plants too，and we eat a lot of them．So can we also eat wood and paper？

【趣味英语】春节小知 世界节日（1）Spring

    Scientists say，“All food comes in some way from plants．”Well，is that true？Animals eat grass and grow fat．Then we eat their meat．Little fish eat little sea-plants；then bigger fish swim along and eat the．．．Chickens eat bits of grass and give us．．．Think for a minute．What food does not come from plants in some way？

    Scientists can do wonderful things with plants．They can make food just like meat and cheese（乳酪）．And they can make it without the help of animals．It is very good food too．Now they have begun to say，“We make our paper from wood．We can also make food from wood．The next thing is not very difficult．”

    What is the next thing？Perhaps it is—food from paper．Scientists say，“We can turn paper into food．It will be good，cheap food too；cheaper than meat or fish or eggs．”

    So please keep your old books and letters．（Don't feed them to your cat．）One day，soon，they will be on your plate．There is nothing like a good story for breakfast．

    Fill in the blanks with suitable words to complete the sentences．

    1．Little fish eat little sea-plants；then bigger fish swim along and eat __________．

    2．The best paper comes from __________．

    3．A __________ is a person who does work（esp．new work）in a science，esp．PHYSICS，CHEMISTRY，or BIOLOGY．

    4．Chickens eat bits of grass and then give us __________．

    5．Cows eat __________ and then give us __________．

    6．Scientists can make some meaty food without __________．

    7．Animals eat grass and grow fat，then we eat their __________．

    参考答案：1．them 2．wood 3．scientist 4．eggs 5．grass；milk 6．the help of animals 7．meat