Question

【題目】

A. seriously B. through C. sure D. hard E. perfect

Do you think that talking to plants could help them grow? If so what kind of music do you think plants would like?

Tomato plants at a garden in Britain will "listen" to sounds 【1】 MP3 headphones for 30 days.

Gardeners will write down how the tomato plants grow before, during and after the experiment, and then they will compare the results with other tomato plants.

"We're taking it very 【2】 even though a lot of people may think it is a joke. Studies show that some kinds of sounds help plants grow better," gardener Colin Crosbie told a reporter.

"We want to get different kinds of sounds. There are great differences between voices, and there might just be the 【3】 sound for talking to plants. We hope this experiment can help us to find the best sound for plants to grow," he also said.

The plants will listen to poems, stories and songs. Mr. Crosbie said, "If this experiment succeed, we will not only tell people it's good to talk to their plants, but also how it should be done. For those people who are not 【4】 about talking to their plants, we may even be able to tell them what kind of sound is good for their plants.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】through

【2】seriously

【3】perfect

【4】sure

【解析】

文章大意：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。

【1】句意：英國一個花園里的番茄植株將通過MP3耳機“聽”聲音30天。

根據(jù)空后“MP3 headphones for 30 days.”可知，此空應(yīng)填介詞，此空是“通過”的意思，結(jié)合句意和所給英語單詞提示可知，故答案為through。

【2】句意：盡管很多人可能認為這是一個玩笑，但我們對此非常認真。

根據(jù)空前We're taking it very 可知，此空應(yīng)填副詞修飾動詞，結(jié)合句意和所給英語單詞提示可知，故答案為seriously。

【3】句意：不同的聲音有很大的不同，也許只有完美的聲音可以和植物說話。

根據(jù)空后名詞sound可知，此空應(yīng)填形容詞，根據(jù)下句“We hope this experiment can help us to find the best sound for plants to grow," he also said. ”結(jié)合句意和所給英語單詞提示可知，此空是“完美的”意思，故答案為perfect。

【4】句意：對于那些不確定是否與植物對話的人，我們甚至可以告訴他們什么樣的聲音對植物有益。

根據(jù)空前are not 可知，此空應(yīng)填形容詞，根據(jù)后半句“we may even be able to tell them what kind of sound is good for their plants. ”結(jié)合句意和所給英語單詞提示可知，此空是“確定”的意思，故答案為sure。