1．Would it surprise you to learn that，like animals，trees communicate with each 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 trees are competing for survival of the fittest，Simard shows just how wrong he was．In fact，the opposite is true：trees survive through their co-operation and support，passing around necessary nutrition"depending on who needs it"．
Nitrogen（氮） and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi（真菌）networks，making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy．This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons（神經元）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 explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation，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 a chance．"If we could put across the message to the forestry industry，we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future．
9．What would be the best title for the passage？C
A．Old Trees Communicate Like Humans
B．Young Trees Are In Need Of Protection
C．Trees Are More Complex Than You Think
D．Trees Contribute To Our Society
10．In Simard's opinion，treesA．
A．depend on each other
B．protect their own wealth
C．compete for survival
D．provide support for dying trees
11．We can learn from the passage thatD
A．"mother trees"are usually of no use to other trees．
B．Charles Darwin had the same thought as Simard．
C．people know much about the complex"tree societies"．
D．if"mother trees"are cut down，the survival for the entire forest will be affected．
12．The underlined word"it"in the last paragraph refers toB．
A．how trees grow old
B．how"tree societies"work
C．how forestry industry develops
D．how young trees survive．
分析 文章介紹樹和樹之間不是你死我活的競爭關系，它們之間是相互依賴的，快要死的樹會將自己的營養傳給小樹讓它們更好的成長，人們如果知道這些現象，就可以更好的保護這些樹．
解答 9．C，標題歸納題，根據全文內容，可知文章介紹樹和樹之間不是你死我活的競爭關系，它們之間是相互依賴的，快要死的樹會將自己的營養傳給小樹讓它們更好的成長，從第一段的句子：Would it surprise you to learn that，like animals，trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation？可知作者想要表達的是樹要比我們想象的要更加復雜，所以選C．
10．A，推理判斷題，根據句子trees survive through their co-operation and support"樹的生存是通過它們的合作和支持"，可以推測樹是彼此依賴的，故答案為A．
11．D，細節理解題，根據句子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．可知，如果"母親樹"被砍下的話，就會影響到整個森林，故答案為D．
12．B，詞義猜測題，it出現在文章最后一段：實際上it指代的是第四段提到的內容，人們砍倒快死的mother trees是不知道樹的社會的依存關系，可知it指的是"樹的社會"是怎么運作的，所以選B．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩、準．
