4. Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions. Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth monsters here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They have thin black strings on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters have a hole in their face. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water into the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to pace in tin boxes. At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it. The earth monsters don’t put ________ on their holes.

1、Many people believe that animals have feelings, but did you know that plants may have feelings, too Some people talk to their plants and that may not be such a bad idea at all. The research of at least one scientist gives strong evidence (证据)hat plants do have feelings of a sort and are able to react to things in ways that seem to reflect these feelings. The scientist attached(系上;贴上) a machine similar to a lie detector to a number of plants to record their reactions(反应 ) to being stimulated (刺激) in different ways. This po1ygraph (波动记录器) kept track of each plant＇s responses. A plant which was being watered demonstrated(证明,演示) a reaction similar to that of a person who is relaxing. Six student assistants aided the scientist with the plant research. One of the six was instructed to be nasty to the plants. This same student was then ordered to destroy one of two plants that were growing side by side. As the nasty student approached the plant, the plant reacted violently before being destroyed. All of the students then marched by the remaining plant. It reacted only when the destructive(破坏性的) student passed by. In still another experiment, plants were monitored(监测 )while live shrimp in another room were tossed(投) into boiling water. The plants did show measurable (可测量的) reactions when the shrimp were boi1e D Do plants really have feelings Try talking nicely to your plants and see if that makes a difference.Reactions of the plants were recorded ______ .

5、China could save 10 million tons of grain a year if more attention was paid to the control of pests(害虫) , an agricultural scientist said. He also warned that plant diseases and pests are on the increase. Many kinds of pests, such as Asian locusts, which had been controlled for years, are spreading again. He said China loses about 15 million tons of grain a year as a result of damage done by plant diseases and pests. If crops were better protected, at least half of the lost grain could be save D He called for setting up a national office in charge of biological control using pests＇ natural enemies to kill them. Biological control is now used on slightly more than 10 percent of farmland of the country. Which of the following could be used as the title for the passage

4、China could save 10 million tons of grain a year if more attention was paid to the control of pests(害虫) , an agricultural scientist said. He also warned that plant diseases and pests are on the increase. Many kinds of pests, such as Asian locusts, which had been controlled for years, are spreading again. He said China loses about 15 million tons of grain a year as a result of damage done by plant diseases and pests. If crops were better protected, at least half of the lost grain could be save D He called for setting up a national office in charge of biological control using pests＇ natural enemies to kill them. Biological control is now used on slightly more than 10 percent of farmland of the country. Biological control is ____ .

3、China could save 10 million tons of grain a year if more attention was paid to the control of pests(害虫) , an agricultural scientist said. He also warned that plant diseases and pests are on the increase. Many kinds of pests, such as Asian locusts, which had been controlled for years, are spreading again. He said China loses about 15 million tons of grain a year as a result of damage done by plant diseases and pests. If crops were better protected, at least half of the lost grain could be save D He called for setting up a national office in charge of biological control using pests＇ natural enemies to kill them. Biological control is now used on slightly more than 10 percent of farmland of the country. The scientist＇s warning is that ____ .

2、China could save 10 million tons of grain a year if more attention was paid to the control of pests(害虫) , an agricultural scientist said. He also warned that plant diseases and pests are on the increase. Many kinds of pests, such as Asian locusts, which had been controlled for years, are spreading again. He said China loses about 15 million tons of grain a year as a result of damage done by plant diseases and pests. If crops were better protected, at least half of the lost grain could be save D He called for setting up a national office in charge of biological control using pests＇ natural enemies to kill them. Biological control is now used on slightly more than 10 percent of farmland of the country. How can China save 10 million tons of grain?

1、China could save 10 million tons of grain a year if more attention was paid to the control of pests(害虫) , an agricultural scientist said. He also warned that plant diseases and pests are on the increase. Many kinds of pests, such as Asian locusts, which had been controlled for years, are spreading again. He said China loses about 15 million tons of grain a year as a result of damage done by plant diseases and pests. If crops were better protected, at least half of the lost grain could be save D He called for setting up a national office in charge of biological control using pests＇ natural enemies to kill them. Biological control is now used on slightly more than 10 percent of farmland of the country. What makes China lose about 15 million tons of grain every year?

5. The first people to drink tea were the Chinese because the bush grew wild all over south of their country. They liked the taste, and found that the drink refreshed (使振作) them. People living in Europe first learned about tea growing and drinking from a book printed in Italy in 1599. The writer claimed (声称) that tea was a wonderful medicine! Although people in Europe knew about tea in 1599, it was another fifty years before the first cargo (货物) of tea from China reached Holland. A few years later, tea was brought overland from China to Russia. The long difficult journey had to be made over mountains and across deserts. The new drink reached England in 1657. It was sold at one of the coffee houses. Only the very people rich could afford to drink it.____ used to drink tea when it reached England.

4. The first people to drink tea were the Chinese because the bush grew wild all over south of their country. They liked the taste, and found that the drink refreshed (使振作) them. People living in Europe first learned about tea growing and drinking from a book printed in Italy in 1599. The writer claimed (声称) that tea was a wonderful medicine! Although people in Europe knew about tea in 1599, it was another fifty years before the first cargo (货物) of tea from China reached Holland. A few years later, tea was brought overland from China to Russia. The long difficult journey had to be made over mountains and across deserts. The new drink reached England in 1657. It was sold at one of the coffee houses. Only the very people rich could afford to drink it.It was in ____ that the first cargo of tea from China reached Holland.

3. The first people to drink tea were the Chinese because the bush grew wild all over south of their country. They liked the taste, and found that the drink refreshed (使振作) them. People living in Europe first learned about tea growing and drinking from a book printed in Italy in 1599. The writer claimed (声称) that tea was a wonderful medicine! Although people in Europe knew about tea in 1599, it was another fifty years before the first cargo (货物) of tea from China reached Holland. A few years later, tea was brought overland from China to Russia. The long difficult journey had to be made over mountains and across deserts. The new drink reached England in 1657. It was sold at one of the coffee houses. Only the very people rich could afford to drink it. People in Europe first learned that tea was _____ .

2. The first people to drink tea were the Chinese because the bush grew wild all over south of their country. They liked the taste, and found that the drink refreshed (使振作) them. People living in Europe first learned about tea growing and drinking from a book printed in Italy in 1599. The writer claimed (声称) that tea was a wonderful medicine! Although people in Europe knew about tea in 1599, it was another fifty years before the first cargo (货物) of tea from China reached Holland. A few years later, tea was brought overland from China to Russia. The long difficult journey had to be made over mountains and across deserts. The new drink reached England in 1657. It was sold at one of the coffee houses. Only the very people rich could afford to drink it.The Chinese liked the taste of tea because ____ .