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五、阅读理解。
①In many people's eyes, plants are quiet and passive(被动的). They can't talk. They can't walk. And they can't think like us. Or can they?
②The BBC documentary series, The Green Planet, gives us a new look at plants. It finds the wonderful and dramatic ways that plants behave. “The Green Planet shows the secret lives of plants on the earth,” editor Elle Hunt wrote in New Scientist.
③Plants compete(竞争) against each other to live. Each species(物种) has its own ways of defence(防御). In tropical(热带的) rainforests, different kinds of plants compete for sunlight. The forest floor is described as a “battlefield(战场)” in the documentary.
④Plants also help each other and even communicate. In deserts, the roots of Euphrates poplar trees are connected. If a tree finds water, it will share it with others through the roots. Studies also show that plants use fungi(真菌) in the soil as a way to “talk” to each other. It's kind of like how Wi-Fi works. If a tomato plant gets a leaf disease, it can tell nearby plants about it.
⑤The documentary not only lets us feel amazed at the plant world but also pushes us to understand that plants are important. “Plants are the basis of all life, including ourselves. We depend on them for every mouth of food that we eat and every lungful of air that we breathe,” said David Attenborough, the presenter of the series. It's time to look after wild plants just as carefully as our house plants.
( )1. What is The Green Planet?
A. A drama.
B. Science fiction.
C. A short video.
D. A documentary.
( )2. 创新考法—篇章结构 What is the structure(结构) of the passage?

( )3. 创新考法—行文方式题 Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 tell us how wonderful and dramatic plants are by ______.
A. asking questions
B. giving examples
C. giving reasons
D. presenting numbers

答案： 1. D 【点拨】根据“The BBC documentary series，The Green Planet，gives us a new look at plants.”可知，《绿色星球》是一部纪录片。故选 D。2. A 【点拨】第一段以提问题的形式开篇，引出下文；第二段引出《绿色星球》这部纪录片；第三、四段举例介绍植物之间的相互竞争和相互帮忙；第五段总结这部纪录片的意义。故选 A。3. B 【点拨】根据“In tropical(热带的) rainforests，different kinds of plants compete for sunlight.”和“In deserts，the roots of Euphrates poplar trees are connected. If a tree finds water，it will share it with others through the roots.”可知，第三、四段通过具体的例子来论述观点。故选 B。