阅读理解。
We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and when
something terrible happens, we make it known to others soon. But can you imagine that a tree can talk and
share hews too? Of course, no tree moves lips and says words just as people do. Strange as it may sound,
though, some trees do manage to communicate with each other.
Willow (柳树) trees are the best-known of these trees. When insects (昆虫) begin nibbling (叮咬) a
willow tree, the tree sends out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willows that harmful insects
are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical (化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad to the
insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees protect themselves
from the insects.
The next time when you take a walk in the woods, maybe the trees are "talking" to each other quietly. And
when someone says that trees cannot "talk", please tell them that even trees give messages to each other, too.
1. Willow trees send messages with _________.
A. words
B. movements
C. smells
D. sounds
2. The underlined word "lips" in the first paragraph means ________.
A. 树干
B. 嘴唇
C. 枝条
D. 手势
3. The passage tells us that some of the trees can ________.
A. speak just as people do
B. tell stories to others
C. communicate with each other
D. kill insects in the woods
4. According to the passage, the right order of the following is ________.
a. The willow tree gives out a smell.
b. The willow trees make a chemical in their leaves.
c. Insects fly away because of the chemical.
d. Insects begin nibbling a willow tree.
A. d-a-b-c
B. d-b-a-c
C. a-b-c-d
D. d-c-b-a
