【问题】 We'veknownforyearsthatplantscansee,hear,smellandcommunicatewithchemicals.Now,reportedNewScientist,theyhavebeenrecordedmakingsoundswhenstressed. Inayet-to-be-publishedstudy,ItzhakKhaitandhisteamatTelAvivUniversity,inIsrael,foundthattomatoandtobaccoplantsca
We'veknownforyearsthatplantscansee,hear,smellandcommunicatewithchemicals.Now,reportedNewScientist,theyhavebeenrecordedmakingsoundswhenstressed. Inayet-to-be-publishedstudy,ItzhakKhaitandhisteamatTelAvivUniversity,inIsrael,foundthattomatoandtobaccoplantscanmakeultrasonic(超声的)noises.Theplants"cryout"duetolackofwater,orwhentheirstems(茎)arecut.It'sjusttoohigh-pitchedforhumanstohear. Microphonesplaced10centimetersawayfromtheplantspickedupsoundsintheultrasonicrangeof20to100kilohertz.Humanhearingusuallyrangesfrom20hertzto20kilohertz."Thesefindingscanchangethewaywethinkabouttheplantkingdom,"theywrote. Onaverage,"thirsty"tomatoplantsmade35soundsanhour,whiletobaccoplantsmade11.Whenplantstemswerecut,tomatoplantsmadeanaverageof25soundsinthefollowinghour,andtobaccoplants15.Unstressedplantsproducedfewerthanonesoundperhour,onaverage. Perhapsmostinterestingly,differenttypesofstressledtodifferentsounds.Theresearcherstrainedamachine-learningmodeltoseparatetheplants'soundsfromthoseofthewind,rainandothernoisesofthegreenhouse.Inmostcases,itcorrectlyidentifiedwhetherthestresswascausedbydrynessoracut,basedonasound'sintensityandfrequency.Water-hungrytobaccoappearstomakeloudersoundsthancuttobacco,forexample.AlthoughKhaitandhiscolleaguesonlylookedattomatoandtobaccoplants,theythinkotherplantsalsomakesoundswhenstressed. Iffarmerscouldhearthesesounds,saidtheteam,theycouldgivewatertotheplantsthatneeditmost.Asclimatechangecausesmoredroughts,theysaidthiswouldbeimportantinformationforfarmers."Thesoundsthatdrought-stressedplantsmakecouldbeusedinprecisionagriculture,"saidAnneVisscherattheRoyalBotanicGardens,Kew,intheUK. Khait'sreportalsosuggeststhatinsectsandmammalscanhearthesoundsupto5metersawayandrespond.Forexample,amoth(蛾子)maydecidenottolayeggsonawater-stressedplant.EdwardFarmer,attheUniversityofLausanne,Switzerland,isdoubtful.Hesaidthattheideaofmothslisteningtoplantsis"alittletoospeculative". Ifplantsarescreamingforfearoftheirsurvival,maybeweshouldbegladwecan'thearthem.(1)WhatdidKhaitandhisteamfindfromtheirresearch?______A.Plantsmadelow-pitchedsoundswhenindanger.B.Plantspickedupawiderrangeofsoundswhenstressed.C.Plantswereabletoproducesoundsinresponsetostresses.D.Plantsmadeultrasonicnoisestocommunicatewitheachother.(2)Howdidtomatoandtobaccoplantsreacttodifferentstresses?______A.Aplantreactedtodifferentstresseswiththesamesound.B.Cuttomatoplantsproducedmoresoundsperhourthanwater-hungryones.C.Cuttobaccoplantsseemedtomakeweakersoundsthandrought-stressedones.D.Tobaccoplantsmightmakeloudersoundsthantomatoplantswhenshortofwater.(3)What'sthemainideaofParagraph6?______A.Thepotentialapplicationsoftheresearch.B.Challengesfacingfarmersinthefuture.C.Farmers'contributionstotheresearch.D.Whatthefutureagriculturewillbelike.(4)Whatdoestheunderlinedword"speculative"inthelastbutoneparagraphprobablymean?______A.Practical.B.Unconfirmed.C.Surprising.D.Complicated.
正确答案:(1)C.细节理解题。根据第一段" In a yet-to-be-published study, Itzhak Khait and his team at Tel Aviv University,in Israel,found that tomato and tobacco plants can make ultrasonic(超声的)noises.The plants "cry out" due to lack of water,or when their stems(茎)are cut. It's
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