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2013高考英语（完形填空）倒计时冲刺50天（8）及答案 We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day.This is so __1__ that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it.Yet no one __2__ understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times.The process is not as __3__ as we might think，as recent experiments have shown.In one study，flowers were kept in constant __4__.We might expect that the flowers，without any information about the time of day，did not open as they __5__ do.As a matter of fact，they __6__ to open at their usual time.This suggests that they have some mysterious（神秘的）way of knowing the __7__.Their sense of time does not __8__ information from the outside world；it is，so to speak，inside them，a kind of “inner clock”. This __9__ may not seem to be very important.However，it was later found that not just plants but also __10__，including man，have this “inner clock” which __11__ the working of their bodies and influences their activities.Men，then，are also influenced by this mysterious __12__.Whether we wish it or not，it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep，our need for food. In the past，this did not really __13__ because people lived in natural condition.In the __14__ world，things are different；now there are spacemen，airplane pilots and，in ordinary life，a lot of people who have to work at night.It would be very __15__，then，to know more about the “inner clock”.Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves. 1．A．familiar B．strange C．similar D．special 2．A．partly B．personally C．really D．willingly 3．A．complex B．simple C．mature D．meaningful 4．A．quietness B．darkness C．loneliness D．sadness 5．A．finally B．completely C．physically D．normally 6．A．refused B．decided C．continued D．failed 7．A．time B．secret C．process D．study 8．A．deal wi