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2022年广东考研英语一试题真题及答案

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Theideathatplantshavesomedegreeofconsciousnessfirsttookrootintheearly2000s;

theterm“plantneurobiology”was____1____aroundthenotionthatsomeaspectsofplantbehavior

couldbe____2____tointelligenceinanimals.____3____plantslackbrains,thefiringof

electricalsignalsintheirstemsandleavesnonethelesstriggeredresponsesthat____4____

consciousness,researcherspreviouslyreported.

Butsuchanideaisuntrue,accordingtoanewopinionarticle.Plantbiologyiscomplexand

fascinating,butit____5____sogreatlyfromthatofanimalsthatso-called____6____ofplants’

intelligenceisinconclusive,theauthorswrote.

Beginningin2006,somescientistshave____7____thatplantspossessneuron-likecellsthat

interactwithhormonesandneurotransmitters,____8____“aplantnervoussystem,____9____to

thatinanimals,”saidleadstudyauthorLincolnTaiz,“They____10____claimedthatplants

have‘brain-likecommandcenters’attheirroottips.”

This____11____makessenseifyousimplifytheworkingsofacomplexbrain,____12____it

toanarrayofelectricalpulses;cellsinplantsalsocommunicatethroughelectricalsignals.

____13____,thesignalinginaplantisonly____14____similartothefiringinacomplexanimal

brain,whichismorethan“amassofcellsthatcommunicatebyelectricity,”Taizsaid.

“Forconsciousnesstoevolve,abrainwithathreshold____15____ofcomplexityandcapacity

isrequired,”he____16____.”Sinceplantsdon’thavenervoussystems,the____17____that

theyhaveconsciousnessareeffectivelyzero.”

Andwhat’ssogreataboutconsciousness,anyway?Plantscan’trunawayfrom____18____,

soinvestingenergyinabodysystemwhich____19____athreatandcanfeelpainwouldbeavery

____20____evolutionarystrategy,accordingtothearticle.

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