题目内容
2．Without plants，people couldn't live．We eat plants．（36）D．And we need plants for another reason：We need them because they are beautiful．（37）F．Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells，their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes．Imagine，when the wind blows，we are not able to hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side．
（38）E．That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers．That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden．
Do you talk to your plants？（39）GPerter Tompkins and Christopher Bird，writers of a book called The Secret of Plants，tell of an experiment in which two seeds were plants in different places．While the plants were growing，one plant was given love and hopeful ideas．（40）CUnder the earth it had more and longer roots； above the earth，it had a thicker stem and more leaves．
A．Plants get energy from the sun．
B．After six months，the deserted plant faded away．
C．After six months，the beloved plant was bigger
D．We take in oxygen that plants make．
E．Everywhere people need beautiful plants．
F．Imagine a world with no plants．
G．Do you give them love and take good care of them？
分析 本文是关于植物对人类的影响，不仅仅是给我们食物，还给了我们美丽的景色．
解答 DFEGC
36．D 上下文语境．根据前两句的内容Without plants，people couldn't live．We eat plants可知，没有植物我们就不能生存，植物给我们提供食物，我们的呼吸也是植物提供的，都是说植物的作用，故选D．
37．F 上下文语境．根据第二段Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells，their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes．Imagine特别是几个imagine的出现，直接暗示答案为F．
38．E 上下文语境．后面两个句子里的That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers．That is why people．．That is why 直接推出前面陈述一个事实，故选E．
39．G 上下文语境．通过第一个问句Do you talk to your plants？告诉我们此处是反问我们对植物有没有好好照顾过？故选G．
40．C 上下文语境．从文中最后一个 句子Under the earth it had more and longer roots； above the earth，it had a thicker stem and more leaves．得知，在低下，树长出越来越多的根，在地上，树叶越来越多，对应了选项里的the beloved plant was bigger，故选C．
点评 本文介绍了植物对人类的作用，考查的是以细节题为主，要注意文本内容的理解．关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等．带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读．
