Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage、

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• 1Flowers and Yeo have started a programme

  A.to find ways to prevent water pollution.

  B.to identify genes that promote growth in salty soil.

  C.to breed rice plants that taste salty.

  D.to find ways to remove excessive salt from soil.

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• 2Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true、

  A.They are students at Sussex University.

  B.They are rice breeders.

  C.They are husband and wife

  D.They are colleagues at an institution of higher learning.

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• 3The last paragraph tells us, among other things, that

  A.the lidar detector needs improvement.

  B.many airlines are interested in the system.

  C.passengers often forget to fasten their seatbelts.

  D.the lidar detector can be used in a wide range of areas.

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• 4We can infer from the fifth paragraph that

  A.the lidar detector can successfully forecast turbulence.

  B.researchers are not sure about the effectiveness of the lidar detector.

  C.passenger planes will be used in further experiments.

  D.no more test flights are needed.

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• 5The turbulence detector can tell the severity of the turbulence by measuring

  A.the speed of the plane.

  B.the speed of the light.

  C.the number of particles in the air.

  D.the changes of the particles’ speed.

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• 6The word “affect” in Paragraph 6 could be best replaced by

  A.“influence”

  B.“effect”

  C.“stop”

  D.“present”

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• 7The attitude of the author towards the research project is

  A.positive

  B.negative.

  C.suspicious

  D.indifferent.

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