【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 D We tend to think of plants as the furniture of the natural world. They don’t move, they don’t make sounds, they don’t seem to respond to anything –at least not very quickly. But as is often the case, our human’s view of the world misses quite a lot. Plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is chemical. Over the years scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, release pounds(化合物 )into the air to help neighboring plants. These chemical warnings all have the same purpose – to spread information about one plant’s disease or infestation so other plants can defend themselves. But exactly how plants receive and act on many of these signals is still mysterious. In this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers in Japan offered some explanations. They had identified one chemical message and traced it all the way from release to action. The scientists looked at tomato plants infested by a mon pest, the cutworm. The researchers studied leaves from exposed and unexposed plants. They found one pound showed up more often in the exposed plants. The substance is called Hex Vic. When the scientists fed Hex Vic to cutworms, it knocked down their survival rate by 17%. The scientists identified the source of Hex Vic, and sprayed it lightly over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to start producing the cutwormkilling Hex Vic. Researchers confirmed that uninfested plants have to build their own weapon to fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to play defense? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbors. It is a plex tale, and it may be happening in more plant species than tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that are still unknown to us. For now though, we know that plants not only municate, they look out for one another. 32. What does the author try to emphasize in Paragraph 1? A. How plants municate is still a mystery. B. Enough attention has been paid to plant talk. C. Plants are the furniture of the natural world. D. Plants can municate with each other. 33. According to Paragraph 2, what remains unknown is ______. A. how plants receive and handle the signals from their neighbors B. why plants spread chemical information to their neighbor C. how many types of plants release pounds into the air D. whether plants send chemical warnings to their neighbors 34. The experiment shows that the infested plant helps its neighbors by ______. A. making more Hex Vic to attract the pest B. releasing Hex Vic into the air to warn them C. letting them know how to produce Hex Vic D. producing enough Hex Vic to kill the pest 35. What may be the best title for the passage? A. Survival of Plants B. Plant World C. Talking Plants D. Plant Bug Killer 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題 分，滿分 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收銀臺） in her general store. 36 I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying ―thank you.‖ At first I was paid in candy. 37 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 . to 7 . My father helped me set up a bank account. 38 By the time I was 12, My grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妝品） . I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as ―What color do you think I should wear?‖ I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妝） ideas. 39 The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. 40 Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me。 instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed. A. Later I received 50 cents an hour. B. Before long, she let me sit there by myself. C. I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics. D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers. E. My grandmother’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility. F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before. G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought. 第三部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空 （共 20小題；每小題 ，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left 41 .Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other 42 ？ I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, 43 children from different races and religions played and studied 44 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s 45 from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just 46 our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well 47 or otherwise. We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d 48 the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to 49 the unexpected. At times Ismail would acpany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his 50 . When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail s family later returned to their village, and I 51 touch with him. One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I 52 my destination. The driver acknowledged my 53 but did not move off. Instead, he looked 54 at me. ―Radd