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大学英语六级考试巅峰训练一本通 Model test 1
2014-08-14来源:和谐英语
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[15:45.21]You see, in a plant’s stem there are hundreds of
[15:47.54]“water pipes” that bring water and minerals
[15:49.61]from the soil all the way up to the leaves.
[15:53.00]As the ground turns dry,
[15:54.44]it becomes harder and harder for the plants to do this.
[15:58.07]In severe droughts, plants have to fight to pull out
[16:00.69]any water available.
[16:02.61]Scientist Robert Winter has found out that
[16:05.05]when it is really bad their water pipes snap
[16:07.45]from the tension like rubber bands.
[16:09.85]When that happens, the whole plant vibrates a little.
[16:12.98]The snapping pipes make noises ten thousand times
[16:15.82]quieter than a whisper.
[16:18.04]Robert knows that healthy, well-watered plants are quiet.
[16:21.46]He also knows that many insects prefer attacking
[16:24.55]dry plants rather than healthy plants.
[16:27.46]How do the insects know which are healthy plants and
[16:29.54]which are not?
[16:30.74]Robert thinks that the insects may listen for the plants
[16:33.11]that cry and then they may buzz in to kill.
[16:36.46]To test his theory,
[16:37.77]Robert is using a device that can imitate plant cries.
[16:40.89]He attaches it to a quiet,
[16:42.16]healthy plant so the plant sounds thirsty.
[16:45.43]Then he watches insects to see if they attack more
[16:47.96]often than usual.
[16:49.89]If he is right, scientists could use
[16:51.71]the insects’ ability against them.
[16:53.93]They could build traps that imitate crying plants.
[16:56.73]So when the insects buzz in to eat, they won’t buzz out.
[17:00.41]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[17:04.73]29. What do plants do when they are thirsty?
[17:23.27]30. What plants do many insects tend to attack?
[17:41.85]31. What could scientists do if Robert’s theory proves
[17:45.85]to be true?
[18:01.53]Passage Three
[18:03.39]What kind of car will we be driving by the year 2010?
[18:07.25]Rather different from the type we know today.
[18:09.61]With the next decade bringing greater change than the
[18:12.15]past 50 years, the people who will be designing the
[18:14.80]models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems
[18:17.42]may well accelerate the pace of the car’s development.
[18:21.53]The vision is that of a machine with 3 wheels instead
[18:23.92]of 4, electrically-powered environmentally clean and