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32、Cantreestalk?
Yes,butnotinwords.Scientistshavereasontobelievethattreesdocommunicatewitheachother.Notlongago,researcherslearnedsomesurprisingthings.Firstawillowtreeattackedinthewoodsbycaterpillars（毛虫）changedthechemistryofitsleavesandmadethemtastesoterriblethattheygottiredoftheleavesandstoppedeatingthem.Thenevenmoreastonishing,thetreesentoutaspecialsmell--asignalcausingitsneighborstochangethechemistryoftheirownleavesandmakethemlesstasty.
Communication,ofcourse,doesn'tneedtobeinwords.Wecantalktoeachotherbysmiling,raisingourshouldersandmovingourhands.Weknowthatbirdsandanimalsuseawholevocabularyofsongs,sounds,andmovements.Beesdancetheirsignals,flyingincertainpatternsthattellotherbeeswheretofindnectar（花蜜）forhoney.Sowhyshouldn'ttreeshavewaysofsendingmessage?
（1）、It'simpliedthatcaterpillarsdonotfeedonleavesthathaveanunpleasanttaste.
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A
（2）、Thewillowtreedescribedinthepassageprotectsitselfbygrowingmorebranches.
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B
（3）、Thewillowtreewasabletocommunicatewithothertreesbygivingoffaspecialsmell.
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A
（4）、Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatbeescommunicatebymakingspecialmovements.
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A
（5）、Theauthorholdsthattheincidentdescribedinthepassagemustbecheckedmorethoroughly.
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B
33、Theyearwas1932.AmeliaEarhartwasflyingalonefromNorthAmericatoEnglandinasmallsingle-enginedaeroplane.Atmidnight,severalhoursaftershehadleftNewfoundland,sheranintobadweather.Tomakethingsworse,heraltimeter（高度表）failedandshedidn'tknowhowhighshewasflying.Atnight,andinastorm,apilotisingreatdifficultywithoutanaltimeter.Attimes,herplanenearlyplungedintothesea.
Justbeforedawn,therewasfurthertrouble.Amelianoticedflames（火焰）comingfromtheengine.Wouldshebeabletoreachland?
Therewasnothingtodoexcepttokeepgoingandtohope.
Intheend,AmeliaEarhartdidreachIreland,andforthecourageshehadshown,shewaswarmlywelcomedinEnglandandEurope.WhenshereturnedtotheUnitedStates,shewashonoredbyPresidentHooverataspecialdinnerintheWhiteHouse.Fromthattimeon,AmeliaEarhartwasfamous.
Whatwassoimportantaboutherflight?
AmeliaEarhartwasthefirstwomantoflytheAtlanticOceanalone,andshehadsetarecordoffourteenhoursandfifty-sixminutes.
Intheyearsthatfollowed,AmeliaEarhartmadeseveralflightsacrosstheUnitedStates,andoneachoccasionshesetanewrecordforflyingtime.AmeliaEarhartmadetheseflightstoshowthatwomenhadaplaceinaviationandthatairtravelwasuseful.
（1）、HerenginewentwrongwhenAmeliaEarhartwasflyingalonefromNorthAmericatoEngland.
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A
（2）、WhenAmeliaEarhartsawflamescomingfromtheengine,shechangedherdirectionandlandedinIreland.
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B
（3）、Accordingtothepassage,AmeliaEarhart'sreasonformakingherflightswastoshowthataviationwasnotjustformen.
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A
（4）、AmeliaEarhartwasthefirstwomanwhosucceededinflyingacrosstheAtlanticOceanalone.
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A
（5）、"ADangerousFlightfromNorthAmericatoEngland"wouldbethebesttitleforthepassage.
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B
34、MarkTwainwasafamouswriter.Hewrotemanyfamousstorieswhicharestillpopularinmanycountriestoday.MarkTwainwasalsofamousinhisdayasapublicspeaker.InhispublicspeechesTwainlikedtotellstories.Healsolikedtolistentofunnystoriesandtoplayjokesonhisfriends.Oneday,onefriend,John,losthiswalletandaskedMarkTwaintopayhistrainfareforhim.
"ButIdon'thaveenoughmoneytopaybothyourfareandmyfare,"MarkTwainsaid.
Johndidn'tknowwhattodo.Hewasworried.
"Wecandothis,"saidMarkTwain."Wecangetonthetrainandwhentheconductorcomestotakethetickets,youcanhideundermyseat."
Later,however,onthetrain,whentheconductorcame,MarkTwaingavehimtwotickets-oneforhimselfandoneforJohn.Theninaloudvoice,MarkTwainexplained:
"Myfriendhereisastrangeman.Whenhetravelsonatrain,hepreferstolieonthefloorundertheseat.Hedoesn'tliketositontheseat."
Ofcourse,everyoneinthetrainthenlookedatthepoorfriendundertheseatandlaughedathim.
（1）、ThepassagestatesthatMarkTwainisfamousnotonlyforhiswritingbutalsoforhispublicspeeches.
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A
（2）、Accordingtothepassage,MarkTwaindidn'tbuytrainticketsforhisfriends.
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B
（3）、MarkTwaindidn'thaveenoughmoneytobuyaticketforJohn.
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B
（4）、MarkTwaingavetheconductorsomemoneyinordertohelpJohn.
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B
（5）、Johnlied
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