专题03 阅读理解（说明文）12篇（名校模拟+地区真题）-冲刺2023年中考英语必考题型终极预测（北京专用）

冲刺2023年中考英语必考题型终极预测（北京专用） 专题03 阅读理解（说明文） （2023·北京燕山·二模） Humans are getting away from the nature gradually because of the developing technology. But now Digital (数字的) Technology is offering us an opportunity to listen to the sounds in the nature in powerful ways, making us get closer to the worlds of animals and plants. All around the nature, there are sounds that we struggle to pick up and understand. Elephants, for example, communicate with each other using infrasound, a sound far below our human hearing range. Coral (珊瑚) in the ocean also communicates with each other through sound waves, with one purpose of attracting baby coral to areas where it can successfully grow. This is a shocking fact as coral doesn’t have any ears! To pick up sounds humans are normally unable to hear, scientists have placed listening devices (装置) in these environments. Researchers have attached (连接) tiny microphones to honeybees (蜜蜂) and turtles, and stuck listening posts that can receive different sound waves from coral reefs (礁) and trees. These devices are controlled by computers and networked with digital sensors and satellites. When interconnected, these digital devices work like a hearing aid (助听器): enabling humans to observe and record nature’s sounds beyond the limits of our own listening ability. After the sounds are recorded, AI is then able to determine their meanings. With this technology, humans can not only understand the animals, but also communicate back to them. For example, a team of researchers in Germany decoded the honeybees’ behavior with AI. Then they taught tiny robots how to do the honeybee dance. Using these dancing machines, the scientists were able to order the honeybees to stop moving, and to communicate where to fly to collect a specific nectar. In addition to the possibility of speaking with animals, the research could also be used to create a form of healing for animals and plants. That’s to say, in the near future, scientists might be able to get coral t