Plants are very important living things. Life could not go if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. So animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants don’t grow from seeds. They grow from spores. Spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as he seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
小題1:The main idea of the passage is that      .
A．plants are important for lifeB．plants cannot grow without air
C．there are many plants around usD．we cannot live without water
小題2:Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A．Plants can be divided into main types: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
B．All fruits have seeds in them.
C．Seeds are protected by the fruits.
D．Some plants grow from spores.
小題3:The underlined word "non-flowering" means        .
A．開花的B．有花的C．多花的D．不開花的
小題4:In “shady places” there is        .
A．a(chǎn) lot of sunshineB．a(chǎn) lot of waterC．no waterD．little sunshine

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
文章主要講的是植物對生物的重要性。
小題1:主旨大意題。文章第一段第一行“Life could not go if there were no plants.”可知生命要是沒有植物的話就不肯生存下去了。
小題2:事實細節(jié)題。文章最后一段第一行“Most non-flowering plants don’t grow from seeds. ”可知并非所有的植物都有種子。
小題3:猜測詞義題。non為否定前綴，故翻譯為沒有花的，不開花的
小題4:推理判斷題。天很據(jù)最后一句When these spores fall on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants，當孢子落到潮濕的和shady places的地方，他們就會長成植物。因為植物的生長需要水分和陽光，所以我們可以判斷選A
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