湖北省枣阳市20xx-20xx学年高二英语上学期第三次月考试题

湖北省枣阳市20xx-20xx学年高二英语上学期第三次月考试题内容摘要：

ing at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood(情绪 ) had changed. I was laughing. How would I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly. 24． Why did the author shout at the telephone? A. He was mad at the telephone. B. He was angry with his agent. C. He was anxious about his wife D. He was impatient with the secretary. 25． What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting? A. She said nothing B. She shouted at him. C. She called the agent D. She threw the phone away 26． What made the author laugh? A. His own behavior. B. His wife’s suggestion C. His changeable feelings D. His wife’s sweet kiss. 27． What does the underlined word “antics” refer to? A. Smart words B. Unusual actions C. Surprising Looks D. Anxious feelings Talking plants might sound like characters in a fairy tale. But recent scientific studies have shown that plants municate with each other and with other living things in a surprising number of ways. To understand them, scientists say, we just have to learn their language. Farmers are especially interested in what plants have to say. “Plants are able to municate wi th all sorts of anisms (有机体 ). They can municate with giant bacteria, with other plants and with insects. They do this chemically， ” said Cahill, an Ecology Professor of the University of Alberta in Canada. Plant scientists are just beginning to understand this chemical “language”. Cahill says studies have shown, for example, that plants can evaluate (评估 ) conditions in their immediate environment and take appropriate actions. Plants have an ability, for example, to signal pain or disfort caused by anything from temperature extremes to an insect attack. Jack Schultz, a professor of chemical ecology at the University of Missouri, says when a plant senses that it39。 s being eaten, it cannot walk away from trouble。 on the contrary, it will release a chemical vapor(蒸汽 ) that alerts other plants nearby. “Their language is a chemical language, and it involves chemicals that move through the air that are easy to be changeable, and most of all are smells that we are familiar with， ” Schultz explained. “All plants responded to the attack by changing their chemistry to defend themselves， ” Schultz recalled. “But we were quite surprised to find that nearby plants also changed their chemistry to defend themselves, even though they were not part of the experiment.” Studies have also shown that plants under attack release pleasant chemicals. Those chemicals attract friendly insects that attack the pests eating the plant. In the end, plants39。 ability to municate their needs— and our ability to understand them— could help farmers reduce the use of poisonous chemicals, cut operating costs and limit damage to the environment. 28． The recent scientific studies have shown that plants can ______. A． municate with other living things in a chemical way B． hardly react to any sudden change in temperature C． use a very special chemica1 language which is familiar to us D． respond to the attack by giving off poisonous chemicals 29． When being eaten by an insect, the plant will ________. A． walk away from trouble B． change its chemistry to kill the insect C． release a chemical vapor to “ask” other plants for help D． give off nice chemicals to attract friendly insects killing the pest 30． The underlined word “alert” most probably means “______” ． A． warn B． protect C． threaten D． allow 31． Which wo。