“Tomato plants at the Royal Horticultural Society’s(英国皇家园艺学会) gardens will listen to voices through MP3 earphones for 30 days,” a reporter told people in a newspaper. At a time, many English people couldn’t believe in such a thing and some people even laughed at it.

Gardeners did the experiment by themselves. They wrote down how the tomato plants grew before, during and after the experiment. And then they compared the results with other tomato plants.

“We are taking it very seriously even though a lot of people may think it is a joke. However, studies show that certain sounds do help plants grow better,” the gardeners told a reporter.

“We want to get different kinds of voices. Through this experiment, we hope to find the most plant-friendly human sound for plants to grow,” said the gardeners.

“The plants will listen to poems, stories and songs,” the gardeners added.

Now, let our plants enjoy beautiful music.

1.How did the Royal gardens prove （证明）themselves?

A. Through the reporter himself.

B. By the experiment done by gardeners.

C. Through the gardeners and reporter.

D. By the results from common gardens.

2.By the experiment, we can learn that             .

A. stories especially suit green plants

B. many plants prefer the same voices

C. some plants prefer to talk to people

D. some sounds help plants grow better

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People weren’t sure of the report at first.

B. The gardeners themselves did the study.

C. The gardeners hope to find the best voices.

D. Plants love to listen to all kinds of sounds.

I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.

We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.

It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.

1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

    A.  Three          B. Four         C. Five            D. Six

2.My father will not go on the trip because ____.

A . he doesn’t like travels           B. staying at home is more interesting

C. he is too old to travel            D. nobody wants to take him along

3.We’re coming back home by_____ .

A. sea          B. plane          C. bus           D. train

4.In Europe we will _____. 

A. go sight-seeing at the seaside      B. to go to different countries by ship

C. buy a lot of presents             D. go from place to place by train or by bus

5.My brother and my children would like to _____.

A. do some shopping in Europe         B. study the Italian language in Italy

C. enjoy a trip by ship                D. learn French in France

I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
【小题1】How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
【小题1】How many people of the family will go to have a trip?