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课时微训练7 (时间：45分钟　满分：41分) Ⅰ.阅读理解(共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分) A (2014·辽宁卷) Would it surprise you to learn that，like animals，trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation? UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined.Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest，Simard shows just how wrong he was.In fact，the_opposite_is_true:_trees survive through their co-operation and support，passing around necessary nutrition“depending on who needs it”． Nitrogen(氮)and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi(真菌)networks，making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy.This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons(神经元)in our brains，and when one tree is destroyed，it affects all. Simard talks about“mother trees”，usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend.She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation，transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow.When humans cut down“mother trees”with no awareness of these highly complex“tree societies”or the networks on which they feed，we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest. “We didt take any notice of it，”Simard says sadly.“Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying，but we never give them chance.”If we could put across the message to the forestry industry，we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future. [语篇解读]　树比我们大多数人曾经想象得都要复杂，树彼此合作和支持，通过营养传递来生存。 1．The underlined sentence“the opposite is true”in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees ________. A．compete for survival B．protect their own wealth C．depend on each other D．provide support for dying trees 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段，可知这里提到达尔文的适者生存的理论，则相反的是树是彼此依赖的。 答案：C 2．“Mother trees”are extremely important because they ________. A．lo