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islanguage?Activity1FreeTalkOtherwaysofanimalcommunicationsoundtouchexpressionbodymovementvisionsoundwaveflytrap捕蠅草Thecan_______insects.Itsleavescan_______whentouched.mimosa含羞草foldupcatchpea豌豆、豆角Thecansow(播種)itsown________.seedsattackbreatheeatsleepmovespeakstealthink2.Whatelsecanplantsdo?Activity2

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passage.Wherecanwefindthispassage?A.InaneconomicbookB.InahistorybookC.OnascientificmagazineD.InanovelWhile-readingFastreadingActivity1.Readforstructureandgenre.The

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Plantscancommunicate.Scientistsarelearningmoreaboutplants’language.Para1~2Para3Para4Para5Para6UsingchemicalsUsingsoundUsingWWWNarration(記敘文)Exposition（說明文）Argumentation（議論文）IntroductionBodyConclusionStructureGenre(文體)Read

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1：talkingplantsinmythsandlegendsAlexandertheGreatMarcopoloAvatarweresaidtohavevisitedatalkingtreeinIndia.treescancommunicatewithanimalsandpeople.

Withuslongbelievingthattalkingplantsarefantasy,newresearchhasrevealedsomethingamazing:itappearsthatplantscancommunicateafterall.Whichofthefollowingisnotthefunctionsofparagraph2?ToleadtothefollowingcontextToarousereaders’interestsTosummarizetheaboveTofurtherexplainRead

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information(para2)chemicalsabeanplantinsectsanotherbeanplantdifferentchemicalswaspattackreleasedetectreleasekilldriveawayattractkillReadparagraph3carefullyandfillinthemindmapAccordingtopara.4,whichofthefollowingisnotthethingplantsusesoundtodo?ListenwhethertheirneighborsarehelpfulornotB.IndicatethearrivalofdroughtC.IdentifytheunfriendlyplantsD.HelpeachothergetwaterMoresurprisingly,plantsalsousesoundtocommunicate.Peoplecan’thearthesesounds,butplantsaremakingthem.Someplantsmakenoiseswiththeirroots.Cornandchilliplantsdothis.Theyalso“listen”tothenoisefromotherplants.CornandAchilliplantcantellifaneighboringplantishelpful,orunfriendlySometreesmakeclickingnoiseswhenthereisnotenoughwater,indicatingdroughtisarriving.TypeLinkeverypersononearthevery_____________intheforestLinkedby_____________and_________________underground___________whichlinksthe___________ofdifferentplantstoeachotherUseittoshare_____________________and___________witheachotherCybercrimespreadcomputervirustoattackothers'___________steal______________fromeachotherandspread_____________to_____________otherplantsReadpara.5carefullyandfindthedifferencesbetween"WorldWideWeb"and"WoodWideWeb".WorldWideWebWoodWideWebplantcablessatellitesfungirootscommunicate,entertain,shopandstudyinformationfoodcomputersfoodpoisonsattackHelptopreventattacks.WoodwidewebAccordingtopara6,whatisthewriter’sattitudetowardsthescientificresearchonthesecretlanguageofplants?A.PositiveB.NegativeC.NeutralD.Indifferent

Scientistsarelearningmoreeverydayaboutthesecretwayinwhichplantstalktoeachother.Whoknows?Maybeonedaywewillknowenoughaboutplantcommunicationtobeableto“talk”withthemourselves.Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.Usingchemicals*

Theplantreleaseschemicals____________thatarebeingeaten.*Whenanotherplantdetectsthechemicals,itstartsto__________________________________.fromtheleavesreleaseitsown,differentchemicalsUsingsound*

Someplantsmakenoises_____________________.*Achilliplantcan______________________________________________________________.*Sometreesmake_____________________________________.withtheirrootstellifaneighbouringplantishelpful,orunfriendly

clickingnoisestoindicatedrought’scomingUsingthe“woodwideweb”*

Thisfungalnetworklinks_________________________________.*Plantscan_______________________________witheachother.*Plantscan_______________________________________toattackotherplants.therootsofdifferentplantstoeachothershareinformationstealfoodfromeachotherModernresearchisshowingthatplantscan__________________________.Maybeonedaywewillbeableto“talk”withplants.communicatewitheachotherandevenfoodorspreadpoisons組長（groupleader）記錄員（recorder）時間管理員（Timekeeper）發言人（spokesperson）信息提供者（InformationProvider）(1-2)Isitbeneficial(有益處的)toexplorenature?Why?（Giveatalk）Think&ShareAsfarasI'mconcerned,exploringnatureisbeneficial.Firstofall,itcanhelpuslivebetterlivesandmakeourworldmoreamazingwhenwelearnhownatureworks.Inaddition,ithelpsuswithenvironmentalmanagement.Bylearningthesecretsofnature,wecanmanageourplanetandensureahealthyenvironmentforthefuture.Lastbutnotleast,wecanimprovepublichealthbyunderstandingnature.Allinall,exploringthesecretsofnatureisnotjustaboutsatisfyingourcuriosity;itisaboutimprovingourlives.Smartexpressions微量的呼救(名詞短語)趕走植物報警系統發出咔噠的聲音最令人驚訝得在某些方面通過……連接起來把不同植物的根聯結起來植物之間相互交談的秘密方式tinyamountsofacallforhelpdrive…awaytheplantwarningsystemmakeclickingnoisesmostsurprisinglyofallinsomewaysbelinkedby…linktherootsofdifferentplantstoeachotherthesecretwayinwhichplantstalktoeachotherthat/不填Fillingintheblankswithcorrectformsofthegivenwords.直擊高考

Scientistsarelearningthesecretwaysinwhichplants“talk”toeachother.Ithasbeenknownforsometimethatplantsusechemicals1______________(communicate)witheachother.When2________(attack)byinsects,theplantreleaseschemicalsfromtheleavesthat3______________(eat).Thisislike4___warning.Whenanotherplantdetectsthechemicals,itstartstorelease5___(it)own,differentchemicals.Somechemicalsdriveinsect