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Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants. ____56____ And we need plants for another reason: we need them because they are beautiful.
___57____ Imagine no flowers with their sweet smell, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we’re not able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.
___58____ That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always like houses with room for some grass or a garden.
Do you talk to your plants? ___59____ Peter Tompking and Christopher Bird wrote a book called The Secret Life Of Plants, telling of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. ___60____ Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves. While the other one nearly stopped growing.
A．Plants get energy from the sun.
B．Do you give them love and attention?
C．After six months, the deserted plant faded away.
D．After six months, the beloved plant was bigger.E. We take in oxygen that plants make.
F. Everywhere people need beautiful plants.
G. Imagine a world with no plants.
小题1:E
小题2:G
小题3:F
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题1:E 本段讲述的是植物的作用，我们可以吃，我们要呼吸植物生产的氧气等，故E句正是植物的作用，与第一段相符。
小题2:G 根据下一句Imagine no flowers说明是想象没有植物的世界的情况。故G与本段内容相符。
小题3:F 根据下一句That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers.说明我们处处需要植物。故F句与本段相符。
小题4:B 本段通过The Secret Life Of Plants这本书讲述的是我们要关爱植物。故B句与断意相符。
小题5:D 本句一最后一句the other one nearly stopped growing.形成呼应，指收到关爱的那颗植物长的更好。故D符合上下文。
点评：本文内容比较简单易懂，完成本类文章时要注意归纳上下文的段落大意，同时注意与选项的匹配。