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阅读理解 “If you talk to the plants, they will grow faster and the effect is even better if you’re a woman.” Researchers at Royal Horticultural Society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener makes plants grow faster.
The experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato plants grew up two inches taller when women gardeners talked to them instead of male.
Sarah Darwin was the one making the plants registered the best growth. Her voice was the most “inspiring” for plants than those of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from The Origin of Species. The great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist(植物学家) Charles Darwin found that her plant grew about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener.
Colin Crosbie, Garden Superintendent at RHS, said that the finding cannot yet be explained. He assumes that women have a greater range of pitch（音高） and tone（音调） which might have a certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant. “Sound waves are an environmental effect just like rain or light ,”said Mr Grosbie.
The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Survey. Scientists started with open auditions(听力) for the people who were asked to record passages from John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer's Night Dream and Darwin's The Origin of Species.
Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. Each plant had headphones（耳机） connected to it. Through the headphones the sound waves could hit the plants. It was discovered that plants that “listened” to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in comparison to plants that heard male voices.
Miss Darwin said, “I think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially fitting because for a number of years I have been studying wild tomatoes from the Galapagos Island at the Natural History Museum in London.”1.What does the passage talk about?A.Plants enjoy men’s voices than women’sB.A botanical experiment in a museumC.Voice’s influence on plant growingD.Strange phenomenon（现象） at Royal Horticultural Society2.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?A.Plants need sound as well as rain and lightB.Sound is basic for the plant to growC.Sound has a good effect as rain or light doesD.Plants can’t live without sound, rain or light3.Sarah Darwin is most likely a (an)_____A.botanistB.gardenerC.astronomerD.environmentalist4.What can we learn from the passage?A.The experiment ended in MayB.Scientist can explain the findings clearlyC.Plants enjoy listening to the passages from masterpiecesD.The findings are of great importance to human beings

CCAA解析试题分析：本文是一个调查报告叙述了植物在听了妇女的声音比男士的声音后，结果发现听了女士的声音的植物比听男士的声音的植物要长得比较高，正如声音和光一样妇女的声音对植物也有影响。
1.细节理解题。根据纵观全文及短文的开头可知这篇文章主要叙述了妇女的声音对植物的生长是有利的，故选C。
2.句意理解题。根据He assumes that women have a greater range of pitch（音高） and tone（音调） which might have a certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant.可推出正如声音和光一样妇女的声音对植物也有的影响，故选C。
3.细节理解题。根据Sarah Darwin was the one making the plants registered the best growth 可以推出他可能是一个植物学家，故选A。
4.细节理解题。根据The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Survey.及Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. 可知实验四月开始的经过一个月的时间所以应该到五月就结束了，故选A。
考点：考查调查报告类。

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