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4.What could be the best title for the text?
高三一轮复习40分钟单元检测卷/英语
A.Always Follow Your Hunch
(八)必修三Unit5-必修四Unit1
B.Be Ready to Help Save the Elderly
C.An Unknown Hero Brings Love and Hope
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D.A 10-year-old Boy Saved His Elderly Neighbor's Life
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一、阅读理解(共8小题:每小题4分,满分32分)》
Even though they're not the most exciting things in the world,plants have attracted us ever since
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
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the days of early humans.They may not do any tricks or greet us when we come home at night like a
dog would,but that doesn't mean they're any less interesting than animals.
A 10-year-old boy from Howell,Michigan is being praised as a hero thanks to his persistence
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However,just when we thought we knew everything we could about them,a recent study found
that led to saving the life of an elderly neighbor.The event happened late in an evening when
that plants may have a secret ability that has gone unnoticed all the time.
Danny DiPietro was being driven home from hockey practice by his mom.
According to the study by Australian biologist Monica Gagliano,published in the journal Oecolo-
That was when the young boy noticed an open garage (and a figure that he believed was a
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dog outside an apartment building near his house.Given the freezing weather,the young boy got a
gia,plants may be able to"hear"sounds.To come to this conclusion,Gagliano and her team plan-
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feeling that something was not right.But instead of dismissing it like most kids at his age,he insisted
ted pea seedlings (in a pair of different Y-shaped pots with two arms.The first pot's arms led
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that his mother,Dawn,find out what was going on.Dawn tried to make Danny believe that no one
to fresh water,while the other's led to either dry soil or a sealed (plastic tube containing
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flowing water.Naturally,the first pot's seedlings grew towards the water.What was surprising,
would leave a dog out in such cold weather,but he refused to take no for an answer
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Dawn finally gave in and decided to