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  3. Spring is arriving earlier in cities. Why is this? A recent study proposed a

Spring is arriving earlier in cities. Why is this? A recent study proposed a

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问题     Spring is arriving earlier in cities. Why is this? A recent study proposed a culprit (元凶) : light pollution, a key【C1】________between a city center and the surrounding area. To test if this could cause【C2】________blooms, researchers exposed plants to long periods of artificial light and found that, as predicted, exposed plants started blooming earlier than those that grew in【C3】________light.
    Unsurprisingly, plants are【C4】________assessing the available daylight to understand if it’s time for them to bloom. When the days become long enough, they know to start making leaves. But city lights make it harder for plants to assess when spring has actually sprung. Heavy exposure seems to trick plants into【C5】________it’s later in the year and that conditions are better than they actually are.
    Whatever the reason, or combination of reasons, when plants bloom earlier than usual, it can spell disaster for ecological systems—in which【C6】________is key. Take for example, the relationship between oak trees and winter moths. When the moths hatch each spring, the larvae (幼虫) feed on the oak leaves. If they hatch too early, there’s no food. If they hatch too late, the【C7】________leaves are too hard for the larvae to eat. Then, if the larvae die, the things that feed on moths die, like bats. Fewer bats mean mosquitoes can【C8】________, having lost one of their major predators (捕食者). More mosquitoes can mean more vectors for disease and more chances of human exposure.
    Unlike climate change, however, light pollution is a problem with readily apparent【C9】________ One report from Italy suggests using fixtures that cast light downward instead of upward and outward, or switching to high-efficiency bulbs that emit narrower wavelengths of light, which researchers have found don’t【C10】________plants quite so strongly.
    A) affect      E) instantly  I) prosperous  M) thinking
    B) constantly  F) mature     J) rarely      N) thrive
    C) difference  G) normal     K) regard      O) timing
    D) early       H) numerous   L) solutions [br] 【C4】
选项
答案 B
解析 副词辨义题。空格所在的句子主干完整，不缺少任何成分，而此处空格位于系动词ale和现在分词assessing之间，因而可以判断此处可以填入一个副词。该句意为“植物通过________评估其所接受到的日光而判断是否到了开花的时间”，由常识可知，assessing the available daylight是一个长期持续的过程，因而此处应填入表示“持续不断地”的词，备选词汇中constantly意为“持续地，不断地”，符合语境，故选B。
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