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I believe that animals possess greater intelligence than most people think. But plants? I've never considered the possibility of plant intelligence. The idea seems absurd .

Yet I've had friends argue that plant intelligence might exist. "What are the differences between plants and animals?" they ask, and then they argue about certain species that seem to share the intelligence of both plants and animals.

New research suggests that plants communicate via “networks". Plant communication is not idea, and cannot indicate that it is a kind of intelligence, but it is still interesting.

Recent research from Vidi researcher Josef Stuefer at the Radboud University Nijmegen shows that plants have their own chat systems that they can use to warn each other. Therefore plants are not boring and passive organisms that just stand there waiting to be cut down or eaten up. Many plants form internal communication networks and are able to exchange information networks and are able to exchange information efficiently.

Many herbal plants such as strawberries and clovers(兰叶草) naturally form networks. Individual plants remain connected with each other for a certain period of time by means of runners (plant stems that grow along the ground and put down roots to form new plants). These connections enable the plants to share information with each other via internal channels. They are therefore very similar to computer networks. But what do plants chat to each other about?

Recently Stuefer and his colleagues were the first to prove that clover plants warn each other via the network links if danger is nearby. If one of the plants is attacked by caterpillars(毛虫) , the other members of the network are warned via an internal signal. Once warned the intact(完好无损的) plants strengthen their chemical and mechanicaicl（机体的）resistance so that they are less attractive to advancing caterpillars. Thanks to this early warning system, the plants can stay one step ahead of their attackers. The research has shown that this significantly limits the damage to the plants.

Again, I don't believe this reflects intelligence,

56. The author thinks that the plant communication__________

A. is absolutely a new idea B. is a sign of plant intelligence

C. is related to animal communication D. is interesting and fascinating

57. Clever plants warn each other when danger is nearby by____________

A. making sounds B. releasing chemicals

C. strengthening mechanical resistance D. sending internal signals

58. The author's attitude towards plant intelligence is___________

A. unconcerned B. doubtful C. positive D. hopeful.

59. What's the best title for the passage?

A. Does Plant Communication Really Exist?

B. Some Discoveries About Clover Plant

C. Does Plant Communication Imply Intelligence?

D. A New Study on Plant Communication

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[写作内容]

1）概括短文的内容要点，该部分的字数大约30词左右；

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[写作要求]

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The other day at the supermarket, I saw a naughty child of about six crying loudly, falling to the floor and refusing to move. All the while the troubled mother was trying to persuade him to behave well but failed. A little smack (掴打) on his bottom would have done the job, I thought.

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My palms were itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her, hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders. It did not. The last I heard, she had run away from home again.

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My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary. Later when they went abroad, they related to their British university friends on how they were disciplined. Their friends abroad were filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged for child abuse (虐待). However, my daughter paid me the greatest compliment when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline.

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