Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why there are so many plants around us.

　　There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruits. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You can not see many non-flowering plants around you.

　　If you look carefully at the plants around us, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us we can live on the earth.

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A．we can get what we need from pl ants

B．plants are green

C．plants can grow easily

D．we like all kinds of plants

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(5) The best title（标题）for this passage is_______.

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　　You see,in a plant's stem（茎）there are several hundred “water pipes （管道）”that bring water from soil all the way up to the leaves. When the ground turns dry, it becomes harder and harder for plants to do this.

　　In very hot days, plants have to get any water that it can. Scientist Robert Winter has found out that when plants can get no water, their “water pipes” snap （发出断裂声）. When that happens, the whole plant vibrates （振动） a little.

　　Robert knows that healthy, well-watered plants are quiet. He also knows that many insects （昆虫）prefer attacking dry plants rather than healthy plants. How do the insects know which are healthy plants and which are not? Robert thinks that the insects may hear the plants crying and then they may come to kill it.

(1)There are many “water pipes”_________.

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(2)When plants can, ________, their “water pipes” snap.

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(3)When “water pipes”snap, the whole plant ________.

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阅读理解

阅读下面短文，短文后有五个理解性的题目，在各题所给的(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并把答案涂在答题卡里。

　　We all cry for water when we are thirsty. But do you know, in very hot, dry weather, plants also make very low sounds－as if they are crying out for help?

　　You see, in a plant's stem(茎) there are several hundred “water pipes(管道)” that bring water from soil all the way up to the leaves. When the ground turns dry, it becomes harder and harder for plants to do this.

　　In very hot days, plants have to get any water that it can. Scientist Robert Winter has found out that when plants can get no water, their “water pipes” snap(发出断裂声). When that happens, the whole plant vibrates(振动) a little. The snapping pipes make noises ten thousand times more quiet than a whisper(低语).

　　Robert knows that healthy, well-watered plants are quiet. He also knows that many insects(昆虫) prefer attacking dry plants rather than healthy plants. How do the insects know which are healthy plants and which are not? Robert thinks that the insects may hear the plants crying and then they may come to kill.

1．There are many “water pipes” ________.

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2．When plants can ________, their “water pipes” snap.

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3．When “water pipes” snap, the whole plant ________.

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A．keeps quiet

B．vibrates a little

C．gets well

D．makes very loud sounds

4．The snapping pipes make noises ________ times more quiet than a whisper.

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5．Many insects like to attack ________.

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