“Tomato plants at the Royal Horticultural Society’s(英國皇家園藝學會) gardens will listen to voices through MP3 earphones for 30 days,” a reporter told people in a newspaper. At a time, many English people couldn’t believe in such a thing and some people even laughed at it.
Gardeners did the experiment by themselves. They wrote down how the tomato plants grew before, during and after the experiment. And then they compared the results with other tomato plants.
“We are taking it very seriously even though a lot of people may think it is a joke. However, studies show that certain sounds do help plants grow better,” the gardeners told a reporter.
“We want to get different kinds of voices. Through this experiment, we hope to find the most plant-friendly human sound for plants to grow,” said the gardeners.
“The plants will listen to poems, stories and songs,” the gardeners added.
Now, let our plants enjoy beautiful music.
小題1:How did the Royal gardens prove （證明）themselves?
A．Through the reporter himself.
B．By the experiment done by gardeners.
C．Through the gardeners and reporter.
D．By the results from common gardens.
小題2:By the experiment, we can learn that             .
A．stories especially suit green plants
B．many plants prefer the same voices
C．some plants prefer to talk to people
D．some sounds help plants grow better
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．People weren’t sure of the report at first.
B．The gardeners themselves did the study.
C．The gardeners hope to find the best voices.
D．Plants love to listen to all kinds of sounds.

小題1:B
小題2:D                 
小題3:D                                              
  
試題分析：本文主要講訴了園丁們給植物播放音樂，能夠促進植物生長。剛開始聽到這個消息的時候很多人都不相信，甚至嘲笑他們。但是園丁們一直做實驗，尋找最適合植物的聲音。 
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。句意：皇家園藝如何證明他們自己？結合文中：Gardeners did the experiment by themselves. 園丁們自己做實驗，可知答案選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。句意：通過實驗，我們能夠知道什么？結合第三段中. However, studies show that certain sounds do help plants grow better,然而，研究顯示，一定的聲音確實能夠幫助植物長得更好。故選D。                
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。句意：根據(jù)文章，下列那種說法不正確？結合文中 , let our plants enjoy beautiful music.讓我們的植物欣賞優(yōu)美的音樂�？芍鸢高xD。                        
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