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2022年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语 （一）试题 SectionⅠ UseofEnglish Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10points) The idea that plants have some degree of consciousness first took root in the early 2000s; the term “plant neurobiology” was 1 around the notion that some aspects of plant behavior could be 2 to intelligence in animals. 3 plants lack brains, the firing of electrical signals in their stems and leaves nonetheless triggered responsesthat 4 consciousness,researcherspreviouslyreported. But such an ideaisuntrue,accordingto anew opinion article.Plant biology iscomplex and fascinating,but it 5 sogreatly fromthat ofanimalsthat so-called 6 ofplants’intelligenceisinconclusive,theauthorswrote. Beginning in 2006, some scientists have 7 that plants possess neuron-like cells that interact with hormones and neurotransmitters, 8 “a plant nervous system, 9 to that in animals,” said lead study author Lincoln Taiz,“They 10 claimedthatplantshave ‘brain-likecommand centers’attheirroottips.” This 11 makes sense if you simplify the workings of a complex brain, 12 it to an array of electrical pulses; cells in plants also communicate through electrical signals. 13 , the signaling in a plant is only 14 similar to the firing in a complex animal brain, which is more than “a mass of cells that communicate by electricity,”Taiz said. “For consciousness to evolve, a brain with a threshold 15 of complexity and capacity is required,” he 16 .“Sinceplantsdon’thavenervoussystems,the 17 thattheyhaveconsciousnessareeffectively zero.” Andwhat’s so great about consciousness,anyway?Plants can’t run away from 18 , so investing energy in a body system which 19 a threat and can feel pain wouldbe a very 20 evolutionary strategy, according to thearticle. 1.[A]coined [B]discover