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北师大版英语九年级全册 Unit 8 Discoveries 单元测试卷

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    A fish that lives in America can live out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals got used to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.

    The Mangrove Rivulets, a kind of little fish, lives in small pools of water. When their living place dries up, they live on the land, said Scott Taylor, a researcher in Florida.

    The fish can grow as large as three inches. They group together and breathe air through their skin before they can find water again.

    The new scientific discovery came during a trip.

    "We were travelling for fun. And one day I kicked over a log (圆木) and the fish came out." Taylor told reporters by telephone. He said he would make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year.

    In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating.

    Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish(肺鱼) found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in a not active(活跃的) way. But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulets and keep active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at a Canadian University.

    More studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.

    "These animals live in conditions similar to those millions of years ago, when animals began to move from water onto land." Wright said.

(1)、The Mangrove Rivulets is a type of fish that      .
A、lives on land in Africa B、can stay alive for months out of water C、prefers living in dry places D、is the longest living fish on earth
(2)、Who will write a report on Mangrove Rivulets?
A、Scott Taylor. B、Some reporters. C、Patricia Wright. D、Scientists from Europe.
(3)、According to the passage, lungfish can      .
A、breathe through its skin B、be found in Asia C、keep alive out of water D、keep alive and walk on land
(4)、Which one of the sentences below is not true?
A、The Mangrove Rivulets fish can live out of water as long as other animals if it has something to eat. B、Millions of years ago, animals began to live onto land from water. C、Lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water in a not active way. D、The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time.
(5)、What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulets?
A、It was made by Scott Taylor, a researcher in New York. B、It was helped by an American magazine. C、It was helped by Patricia Wright. D、It was made by a researcher while travelling.
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    We always think that it's OK for us to leave our plants home during our vacation as plants won't scream like pets, right?

    A recent study done by a group of scientists at the Tel Aviv University has discovered that some plants will scream when they are under stress.

    The research was carried out on tomato plants and tobacco plants by cutting their stems (茎) and depriving (剥夺) them of water. A microphone was placed 10cm away from them. When their stems were cut, the plants started "screaming" between 20 and 100 kilohertz, and the scientists guess that this scream is probably meant to warn other plants nearby.

    When the tomato plants' stems were cut, 25 ultrasonic (超声的) pain sounds were recorded in an hour, and at the same time, 15 ultrasonic pain sounds were recorded from the tobacco plants. When they were deprived of water, the tomato plants recorded even more pain sounds with 35 pain sounds in an hour while the tobacco plants recorded about 11 pain sounds.

    The plants also acted differently to different kinds of stresses. For example, the tobacco plants gave out a stronger "scream" when they were deprived of water than when their stems were cut. But plants that were in no immediate (立刻的) danger gave out less than one ultrasonic sound per hour.

    The group of scientists said that plants are not as quiet as we had always thought, but in fact their voices are so high-pitched that we just can't hear them.

    Last year, another study has found out that plants feel pain when they are touched or hurt and they will give off a terrible smell.

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