2023年湖北省黄石市英语中考真题（图片版，无答案，无听力原文及音频）

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Imagine this:you sit down and begin to eat a tasty tomato when,suddenly,it starts to scream(
l叫)！This thing will never really happen.26,r
Researchers did the study..They used ultrasonic microphones(超声波麦克风)to record the
sounds of tomato plants in boxes.
27:one group wasn't watered for five days,another group had the stems()cut off,
and the third group was untouched.It turned out that the first two groups made sounds 30 to 50 times
per hour at a frequency()of 40 to 80 kilohertz,while the untouched group only made the sound
once per hour.When tomatoes are not stressed at all,they are very quiet.
28,but they believe the noise comes from the breaking of air bubbles()in the plants.
This means the noise produced by the plants is not intentional(or a form of active
communication.
There is no evidence()that plants can intentionally communicate.29.For example,
the sound can tell a moth()that the plant is under stress and not suitable to lay eggs on.An
animal that wants to eat a plant could also use the sounds to make decisions,according to Science
Focus.
After the experiment,the researchers listened to other plants such as wheat()and corn,and
found that they also made more sounds when stressed.30,as they can better take care of the
crops(庄稼)by“hearing”how plants feel..
A.Three groups of plants were listened to
B.The researchers don't know how the sounds are made
C.Researchers said the study can benefit farmers in the future
D.But animals and insects may be"listening in'to benefit from the sound
E.But a new study showed that plants can make sounds when they are stressed
C
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Humans share the Earth with all kinds of wildlife and have lived in peace with them for
thousands of years.
Many of our animal friends may not be around for much longer,however,and many of them
are in great danger.According to a study,the populations of animals including mammals(
)birds and fish have fallen by an average of 60 percent since 1970.What's worse,a study in 2014
found that species()are dying out 1,000 times faster than normal.
Sadly,it is because of humans that animals are in this situation now.By increasing human
development,we may end up seriously harming the environment on which animals live and depend.
Human development has caused pollution in oceans and three quarters of the world's land to be
affected().The balance between animals and their ecosystems has been greatly harmed by
humans.
Luckily,many people have realized that our action in fact does harm to animals,risking our
own lives as a result,so effective steps have been quickly taken to save both these endangered
animals as well as ourselves.The World Wildlife Fund has called on governments and businesses to
protect nature.In China,many natural reserves()have been built up and harmful behavior
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