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Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted s 【小题1】when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some c 【小题2】farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons bee square. The only problem now is the p 【小题3】. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.
Many people know the s 【小题4】“Roses are red, violets(紫罗兰) are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to c 【小题5】“Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue f 【小题6】into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just u 【小题7】!
For many years Chinese scientists have been w 【小题8】on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect i 【小题9】 against insects(昆虫) and diseases(病害), but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the p 【小题10】.
Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a w 【小题11】to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.space
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解析：这篇短文主要描述了科学技术在农业种植方面带来的新变化。
【小题1】联系下文描述，可知此处指的是总是有浪费的空间。结合语境及首字母可知填名词space，空间，太空。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
【小题2】联系下文，可知此处指的是一些聪明的农民们，结合语境及首字母可知填形容词clever，聪明的，作定语。
【小题3】联系下文，可知此处指的是现在唯一的问题是价格。结合语境及首字母可知填名词price，价格。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
【小题4】联系下文，可知此处指的是许多人知道这条谚语，结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词saying，谚语，言论。
【小题5】联系下文，可知此处指的是诗人们需要把玫瑰是红色的改成玫瑰是红色的，玫瑰是蓝色的。To是不定式符号，后面用动词原形。结合语境及首字母可知填原形动词change，改变。
【小题6】联系下文，可知此处指的是一朵蓝色花朵，结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词flower，花朵。
【小题7】联系前文，可知此处指的是不只是有用的。结合语境及首字母可知填形容词useful，有用的。
【小题8】联系上下文，可知句意为：多年以来，中国的科学家们一直在从事发展一种新型的更强壮的水稻。结合前文be动词及首字母可知填现在分词working，工作，经营。
【小题9】联系上下文，可知此处指的是保护它自己免受虫害和病害。结合语境及首字母可知填翻身代词itself。它自己。
【小题10】联系前文描述，可知此处指的是再过去。结合语境及首字母可知填名词past，过去，往事。
【小题11】联系下文，可知美国科学家已经发明了一种方法，结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词way，方法，道路。