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erialstomakeiteasierforthevehicletofly.TheTransitionisnowgoingthroughcrashteststomakesureitmeetsfederalsafetysiandards.
MannsaidTerrafugiawashelpedbytheFederalAviationAdministration’sdecisionfiveyearsagotocreateaseparatesetofstandardsforlightsportaircraft,whicharelowerthanthoseforpilotsoflargerplanes.Terrafugiasaysanownerwouldneedtopassatestandcomplete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition,a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.
28.Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?
A.ThebasicdataoftheTransition.B.Theadvantagesofflyingcars. C.Thepotentialmarketforflyingcars.C.ThedesignersoftheTransition. 29.WhyistheTransitionunlikelytoshowupintoomanydriveways?
A.Itcauserstrafficjams.B.Itisdifficulttooperate. C.Itisveryexpensive.D.Itbumstoomuchfuel.
30.Whatisthegovemment’sattitudetothedevelopmentoftheflyingcar?
A.CautiousB.Favorable. C.Ambiguous.D.Disapproving. 31.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?
A.FlyingCaratAutoShowB.TheTransition’sFistFlight C.Pilots’DreamComingTrueD.FlyingCarClosertoReality 7页
Whenaleafyplantisunderattack
，
itdoesn’tsitquietly.Backin1983,twoscientists,JackSchultzandIanBaldwin,reportedthatyoungmapletreesgettingbittenbyinsectssendoutaparticularsmellthatneighboringplantscanget.Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredpartsoftheplantandseemtobeanalarm.Whattheplantspumpthroughtheairisamixtureofchemicalsknownasvolatileorganiccompounds,VOCsforshort.
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ScientistshavefoundthatallkindsofplantsgiveoutVOCswhenbeingattacked.It’saplant’swayofcryingout.Butisanyonelistening?Apparently.Becausewecanwatchtheneighboursreact.
Someplantspumpoutsmellychemicalstokeepinsectsaway.Butothersdodoubleduty.Theypumpoutperfumesdesignedtoattractdifferentinsectswhoarenaturalenemiestotheattackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturned.Theattackerwhoarenaturalenemiestotheattackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturned.Theattackerwhowaslunchingnowbecomeslunch. Instudyafterstudy,itappearsthatthesechemicalconversationshelptheneighbors.Thedamageisusuallymoreseriousonthefirstplant,buttheneighbors,relativelyspeaking,staysaferbecausetheyheardthealarmandknewwhattodo.
Does this mean that plants talk to each other? Scientists don’t know. Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches, and so, in effect, was talking to itself. Perhaps the neighbors just happened to “overhear” the cry. So information was exchanged, but it wasn’t a true, intentional back and forth. Charles Darwin, over 150 years ago, imagined a world far busier, noisier and more intimate(
亲
密
的) than the world we can see and hear. Our senses are weak. There’s a whole lot going on.
32. What does a plant do when it is under attack? A. It makes noises. B. It gets help from other plants. C. It stands quietly D. It sends out certain chemicals.
33. What does the author mean by “the tables are turned” in paragraph 3? A. The attackers get attacked. B. The insects gather under the table. C. The plants get ready to fight back. D. The perfumes attract natural enemies.
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34.Scientistsfindfromtheirstudiesthatplantscan.
A.predictnaturaldisastersB.protectthemselvesagainstinsects C.talktooneanotherintentionallyD.helptheirneighborswhennecessary 35.whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph? A.Thewordischangingfasterthanever. B.Peoplehavestrongersensesthanbefore C.Theworldismorecomplexthanitseems D.PeopleinDarwin’stimewereimaginative. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Interruptionsareoneoftheworstthingstodealwithwhileyou’retryingtogetworkdone.36,thereareseveralwaystohandlethings.Let’stakealookatthemnow.
37.Tellthepersonyou’resorryandexplainthatyouhaveamillionthingstodoandthenaskiftheofyoucantalkatadifferenttime.
Whenpeopletrytointerruptyou,havesethoursplannedandletthemknowtocomebackduringthattimeorthatyou’llfindthemthen.38.Itcanhelptoeliminate(除)futureinterruptions.
Whenyouneedtosomeone,don’tdoitinyourownoffice.39.it’smucheaseiertoexcuseyourselftogetbacktoyourworkthanifyoutrytogetsomeoneoutofyourspaceevenafterexplaininghowbusyyouare
Ifyouhaveadoortoyouroffice,makegooduseofit.40.Ifsomeoneknocksandit’snotanimportantmatter.Excuseyourselfandletthepersonknowyou’rebusysotheycangetthehint(示)thanwhenthedoorisclosed,you’renottobedisturbed. A.Ifyou’rebusy,don’tfeelbadaboutsayingno
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B.Whenyouwanttoavoidinterruptionsatwork C.Setboundariesforyourself asyourtimegoes D.Ifyou’reintheotherperson’sofficeorinapublicarcea E.It’simportantthatyouletthemknowwhenyou’llbeavailable F.Itmightseemunkindtocutpeopleshirtwhentheyinterruptyou G.Leaveitopenwhenyou’reavailabletotalkandcloseitwhenyou’renot 第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In1973,Iwasteachingelementaryschool.Eachday,27kids41“TheThinkingLaboratory.”Thatwasthe42studentsvotedforafterdecidingthat“Room104”wastoo43. Freddywasanaverage44,butnotanaverageperson.Hehadtherarebalanceoffunandcompassion（同情）.Hewould45theloudestoverfunandbethesaddestoveranyone’s46. Beforetheschoolyear47,Igavethekidsaspecial48,T-shertswiththewords“VerbsAreYour49onthem.Ihadadvisedthekidsthatwhileverbs（动词）mayseemdull,mostofthe50thingstheydothroughouttheirliveswillbeverbs. Throughtheyears,I’drunintoformerstudentswhowouldprovide51onoldclassmates.IlearnedthatFreddydidseveraljobsafterhis52fromhighschoolandremainedthesame53personImetfortyyearsbefore.Once,whileworkingovernightatastore,heletahomelessman54inhistruck.Anothertime,he55afriendmoneytobuyahouse. Justlastyear,Iwas56aworkshopwhensomeoneknockedattheclassroomdoor.Awoman57theinterruptionandhandedmeanenvelope.Istoppedteachingand58itup.Insidewerethe“Verbs”shertanda59fromFreddy’smonther.“FreddypassedawayonThanksgiving.Hewantedyoutohavethis.”
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