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  Plants can’t communicate by moving or making sounds,as most animals doInstead,plants produce volatile compounds,chernicals that easily chasse trom a liquid to a gasA flower’s sweet smell,for example,comes from volatile compounas that the plant produces to attract insects such as bugs and bees

  Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other plants,A tree under attack by hungre insects ,for instance, may give off volatile compounds that let other trees know about the attack,In response,the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs away- or even chemicals that attract the bugs'natural enemies

  Now scientists have created a quick way to understand what plants are sayinga chemical sensor(传感器)called an electronise nose,The e-nose can tell compounds that crop plants make when they’re attackedSeientists say the e-nose could help quickly detest whether plants are being eaten by insects,But today the only way to detect such insects is to visually inspect individual plants this is a challenging task for managers of greenhouses,enclosed gardens that can house thousands of plants

  The research team worked with an e-nose that recognizes volatile compoundsInside the device,13 sensors chemically react with volatile compounds,Based on these interactions ,the e-nose gives off electronie signals that the scentists analyze using computer software

  To test the nose,the team presented it with healthy leaves from cueumber,pepper and tomato plants, all common greenhouse cropsThen the scientists colleced samples of air around damaged leaves from each type of cropThese plants had been chaged by insects, or by scientists who made holes in the leaves with a hole punch(打孔器)

  The e-nose,it turns out,could identify healthy cucumber,pepper and tomato plants based on the volatile compounds they produce,It could also identify tomato leaves that had been damagedBut even more impressive,the device could tell which type of damageby insects or with a hole punch – had been done to the tomato leaves

  With some fine tuning,a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greehouses to quickly spot harmful bugs,the researchers say,A device like this could also be used to identify fruits thet are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat,says Natalia Dudareve,a biochemist at Purdue University in West lafayette,Ind,who studies smells of flowers and plantsHopefully,scientists believe,the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future

(1)

We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by ________

[  ]

A.

making some sounds

B.

waving their leaves

C.

producing some chemicals

D.

sending out electronic signals

(2)

What did the scientists do to find out if the e-nose worked?

[  ]

A.

They presented it with all common crops

B.

They fixed 13 sensors inside the device

C.

They collected different damaged leaves

D.

They made tests on damaged and healthy leaves

(3)

According to the writer,the most amazing thing about the e –nose is that it can ________

[  ]

A.

pick out ripe fruits

B.

spot the insects quickly

C.

distiinguish different damages to the leaves

D.

recognize unhealthy tomato leaves

(4)

We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose ________

[  ]

A.

is unable to tell the smell of flowers

B.

is not yet used in greehouses

C.

is designed by scientists at Purdue

D.

is helpful in killing harmful insects

答案:1.C;2.D;3.C;4.B;
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