2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点29 抽烟的危害及控制方法(学生版+解析版).pdfVIP

2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点29抽烟的危害及控制方法 、 阅读理解 ’ ’ ’ We always think that it s OK for us to leave our plants alone d!uring our vacation. Tbat s because plants won t scream （大OLI) like pe岭， so they must be okay, right? A r巳cent study done by a group of scientists at the Tel Aviv University has found that some plants will scream in a high frequency （频率） when they are having stress. The research was carried out on tomato plants and tobacco （烟草） plants by cutting th巳 ir stems and taking water away from th巳m. When they started cutting the stems, they found out that the plants started “screaming” between 20 and I 00 kHz and th巳 y believe that this scream is meant to warn other plants ne，町by. When the tomato pla附 ’ stems were cut, 25 ultrasonic distress sounds （超声求救信号） were recorded during an hour, and on the other hand, 11 ultrasonic distress sounds were recorded from the tobacco plants. When they took water away from th巳 plants, th巳 tomato plant川·ecorded even more distress sounds with 35 distress sounds in an hour while the tobacco plants recorded 15 distress sounds. The group of scientists then said that 血监changes the way we think of plants as we had always made sure that they are silent, but the thing is that their voices are too high to be heard. 1. Why do the plants scream according to the passage? A. To take water away from them. B. To help other plants feel better. C. To tell other plants to be careful. D. To record other plants’ scream. 2. What do we know about the tomato plants and the tobacco plants.? A. Tomatoes and tob