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范畴:人与自然 主题:自然奥秘 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价:/10
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
We all know that bees play an important role in pollinating(给……传粉) plants. They fly 1. flower to flower to collect nectar(花蜜) and spread pollen(花粉). Thanks to these tiny 2. (work), many plants can grow fruits and seeds. It seems like bees make all the choices, deciding which flowers to visit. 3. what if flowers can also influence the bees?

According to 4. new study, some flowers may be able to "hear" bees buzzing(嗡嗡响) nearby. Some scientists studied a kind of flower 5. (call) the snapdragon(金鱼草) to see how it responds to small-shell bees. They recorded the bees' buzzing sounds and played the audio back to the flowers. What happened next 6. (surprise) the scientists: The flowers made more nectar, and the nectar became much 7. (sweet). What's more, the flowers even changed their gene activity to attract more bees.
This 8. (show) that flowers and bees may have a "two-way conversation". Flowers don't just wait for bees to visit them; they sense bees and get ready for them.
So, the plant world may not be as 9. ______ (quiet) as we once thought. A bee's buzz is more than just background noise in a garden. It reminds us to listen more 10. ______ (careful): Nature may be "speaking" all around us, but we are only beginning to learn how to listen.
——文章选自 STEMNEWS
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蜜蜂为植物传粉,而研究发现部分花朵能"听见"蜜蜂声音,产生更多更甜的花蜜并改变基因活动来吸引蜜蜂,这充分说明植物界并非寂静,大自然一直在"双向交流"。
1. from 固定搭配"from ... to ..."意为"从……到……"。
2. workers 由 these 可判断后接可数名词复数,work 变为 workers。
3. But 前后句之间表转折,句意:但如果花朵也能影响蜜蜂呢?
4. a 这里 study 是可数名词单数,用 a 表示"一项新研究"。
5. called 过去分词作后置定语,called"被叫作……"。
6. surprised 时态为一般过去时,surprise 为动词,过去式为 surprised。
7. sweeter 由 much 提示用比较级,sweet 的比较级加后缀-er。
8. shows 此处陈述一般事实,用一般现在时,This 作主语,谓语用 shows。
9. quiet 此处为"as + 形容词原级 + as"结构,意为"和……一样……"。
10. carefully 修饰动词 listen,用副词 carefully。