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Can trees talk Yes—but not in words

时间:2022-10-13 03:04:42 作者:豆瓣评书 字数:4549字

Can trees talk?Yes—but not in words.Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate with each other.Not long ago,researchers learned some surprising things.First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars(毛毛虫)changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them.Then even more astonishing,the tree sent out a special vapor—a signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.

Communication,of course,does not need to be in words.We can talk each other by smiling,raising our shoulders and moving our hands.We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs,sounds,and movements.Bees dance their signals,flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar for honey.So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending messages?

1.It can be inferred from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that.

A.have an unpleasant taste

B.are lying on the ground

C.have an unfamiliar shape

D.bees don’t like

2.According to the passage,the willow tree was able to communicate with each other by.

A.waving its branches B.giving off a special vapor

C.dropping its leaves D.changing the color of its trunk

3.According to the passage,bees communicate by.

A.touching one another B.smiling one another

C.making special movement D.making unusual sound

4.The author believes that the incident described in the passage.

A.cannot be taken seriously B.seems completely reasonable

C.should no longer be permitted D.must be checked more thorough

答案

1-4 ABCB

解析

本篇科普文章讲述了柳树通过发出一种特别水蒸汽来同临居进行交流。作者认为象人类微笑,鸟儿唱歌,蜜蜂跳舞一样,树也有传送信息的方式。

1.A细节理解题。答案从第一段第五句中查找。

2.B细节理解题。从第一段最后一句得出。

3.C细节理解题。从第二段倒数第二句得出。

4.B观点说明题。作者通过列举人、鸟、蜜蜂的非语言性的交流,认为树发出蒸汽的方式也是一种交流是合乎情理的。

考点名称:科教类阅读

科教类阅读的概念:

科教类阅读主要考查考生对书面语篇的整体领悟能力和接受及处理具体信息的能力。试题的取材,密切联系当前我国和世界经济、科技等方面的变化,有关数据的来源真实可信。

科教类文章阅读技巧:

一、材料特点:

这类文章的总体特点是:科技词汇多,句子结构复杂,理论性强,逻辑严谨。具体说来它有以下几个特点:

1、文章中词汇的意义比较单一、稳定、简明,不带感情色彩,具有单一性和准确性的特点。这类文章通常不会出现文学英语中采用的排比、比喻、夸张等修辞手法,一词多义的现象也不多见。

2、句子结构较复杂,语法分析较困难。为了描述一个客观事物,严密地表达自己的思想,作者经常会使用集多种语法现象于一体的长句。

3、常使用被动语态,尤其是一些惯用被动句式。

二、命题特点:

科普类阅读的主要命题形式有事实细节题、词义猜测题、推理判断题以及主旨概括题等,其中推理判断题居多。

三、应对策略:

1、要想做好科普英语阅读理解题,同学们就要注意平时多读科普知识类文章,学习科普知识,积累常见的科普词汇,从根本上提高科普英语的阅读能力。

2、要熟悉科普类文章的结构特点。科普类文章一般由标题(Head line),导语(Introduction),背景(Back ground),主体(Main body)和结尾(End)五部分构成。标题是文章中心思想高度而又精辟的概括,但根据历年的高考情况来看,这类阅读理解材料一般不给标题,而要同学们选择标题。导语一般位于整篇文章的首段。背景交待一个事实的起因。主体则对导语概括的事实进行详细叙述,这一部分命题往往最多,因此,阅读时,同学们要把这部分作为重点。结尾往往也是中心思想的概括,并与导语相呼应,命题者常在此要设计一道推理判断题。

3、在进行推理判断时,同学们一定要以阅读材料所提供的科学事实为依据,同时所得出的结论还应符合基本的科普常识。