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牛津版（深圳•广州）初中英语七年级下册Module 2 Unit 4单元测试
Can trees talk? Yes — but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree (柳树) attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them tasteless so that the caterpillars got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. The even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special vapor— a signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make themselves taste also terrible, too.
Talking, of course, doesn't need to be always in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn't trees have ways of sending messages?
Are you wondering what future life will be like? Let's check out the news from the 2042.
TODAY'S WORLD FASTER TO MARS 22nd July 2042 Tomorrow will be another great day in the history of space flight when the SS Marstrek makes its first journey to Mars. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The spacecraft takes_off at 10 o'clock in the morning and arrives the next day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (Mars time). To begin with, there will only be one flight a week. WILL MEAT BE HISTORY SOON? Government officials from the whole world are meeting on Monday next week to discuss stopping all meat production. One official who will be at the meeting said yesterday, "We know how much people like eating meat. But the fact is that more and more people are becoming vegetarian. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}" SLEEP TO BECOME"A THING OF THE PAST" Sleep will become unnecessary by 2050, say scientists. They are working on a device which will make sleep a thing of the past. Instead of going to bed, all a person will have to do is put their hands against a charger and rest for about half an hour. After that, they will not feel tired any more. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They are going to start tests next month to make sure that there are no side_effects. SENDING MESSAGES BY THINKING Thought messaging! {#blank#}4{#/blank#} So, instead of writing a message, all you do is pick up your mobile phone, think "message Jim" and then you think the content of your message ("Hi Jim, how about coffee tomorrow morning?"). You don't need to do anything, and the message goes automatically to your mobile phone, which writes it and sends it to Jim! Scientists say that this will be possible in two years' time. |
请将以下的句子分别填入文中的横线里。有一个多余选项。
A. You just need to tell your mobile phone what you want.
B. Imagine that you want to send a message to your friend.
C. The spaceship will reach the red planet in just 28 hours!
D. We also know that meat production is bad for the environment.
E. Doing this once a day will be enough for people to stay awake for 24 hours.
请选择文中划线的黑体单词或短语补全以下句子。有一个多余选项。
This lady says NO to any meat, because she is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
If we take too much medicine, there may be some {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.
The door closes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} after the boy walks through the door.
I forget to bring my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, so my computer won't work for a long time.
My friend and I are on the same {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, because we plan to visit Hong Kong together.
The plane is going to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in three minutes, so please turn off your mobile phone.
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