第一次月考检测卷-【赢在课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中同步练测卷英语选择性必修4（人教版）

第二部分月考滚动检测卷 第一次月考检测卷[Unit1一Unit3] (时间：120分钟满分：120分) 第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最住选项。 A Would it surprisc you to lcarn that,like animals,trees communicate with cach other and pass on their wealth to the next generation? UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trecs arc compcting for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was.In fact,the opposite is true:trees survive through their cooperation and support,passing around necessary nutrition"depending on who needs it". Nitrogen (and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi )networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and reccive just the right amount to keep them all healthy.This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons (in our brains,and when one tree is destroyed,it affects all. Simard talks about"mother trees,usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend.She cxplains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next gencration, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow.When humans cut down"mother trees"with no awareness of these highly complex "tree societies"or the networks on which they feed,we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest. "We didn't take any notice of it,"Simard says sadly."Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying,but we never give them the chance.If we could put across the message to the forestry industry,we could make a huge difference towards our environmenial protection efforts for the future..” 1.The underlined words "the opposite is true"in Paragraph 3 probably mean that trees A.compete for survival B.protect their own wealth C.depend on each other D.provide support for dying trees 2."Mother trees"are extremely important because they A.pass on nutrition to young trees B.seem more likel