2022年考研英语一真题及答案
the term “plant neurobiology”was _1_ around the notion that some aspects of plant behavior could be _2_ to intelligence in animals._3_ plants lack brains, the firing of electrical signals in their stems and leaves nonetheless triggered responses that _4_ consciousness, researchers previously reported.But such an idea is untrue, according to the authors of the new article.Plant biology is complex and fascinating, but it _5_ so greatly from that of animals that so-called _6_ of plants' intelligence is intriguing but inconclusive, the scientists wrote.Beginning in 2006, some scientists have _7_ that plants possess neuron-like cells that interact with hormones and neurotransmitters, _8_ “a plant nervous system, _9_ to that in animals,”said Lincoln Taiz.“They _10_ claimed that plants have 'brain-like command centers' at their root tips,”Taiz told Live Science in an email.This _11_ makes sense if you simplify the workings of a complex brain, _12_ it to an array of electrical pulses;cells in plants also communicate through electrical signals, according to the article._13_, the signaling in a plant is only _14_ similar to the billions of signals firing in a complex animal brain