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Can trees talk? Yes-but not in words.Scientist have reason to believe that trees do ______with each other.Not long ago,researchers learned some ______things.First,a willow tree____in the woods by caterpillars changed to chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so awful that the caterpillars got disgusted and (54) eating them.Then,even more astonishing, the tree sent out special vapors-an (55)signal stimulating its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them (56) tasty.
Communication,of course,doesn't need to be in (57).We can talk to each other by a smile frown,a shrug og out shoulders, a(n) (58) with our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals,(59) in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar for honey. So why shouldn't (60) have ways of sending message?
51. A move B touch C grow D communicate
52.A surprising B anxious C upsetting D pleasant
53.a eaten B attacked C consumed D protected
54.A paused B delayed C stopped D began
55A false B alarm C traffic D air
56.A less B more C even D much
57.A time B action C vocabulary D words
58.A act B wave C gesture D movement
59.A telling B running C flying D flowing
60.A animals B trees C bees D birds
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