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读下面短文,从短文后所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项)
Plants come in all shapes and sizes. Many plants are pretty, but others are a little strange.
Fig trees' seeds种子 stay in a nearby tree. Then they begin to grow. They make "air roots气根". 56. ______ Over time, the roots grow and get bigger. They also go into the ground. After a while, the fig will cover the parent tree. The parent tree will die, but the fig tree will keep growing. Fig trees seem strange. 57. ______ They give them fruit to eat and a place to live in.
Some plants provide提供 food for animals. 58. Some of these carnivorous食肉的 plants are in the shape of cups. Why do these plants look like cups? Special juices form inside them. Because the juices smell sweet, bugs小昆虫 like them and go close to them. 59. Plants like these look very strange. However, they are also very useful. 60.
A. The animals eat these plants.
B. But other plants use animals as food!
C. These bugs fall inside, and they die quickly.
D. But they are important for many animals.
E. These roots take food from the parent tree.
F. Gardeners like these plants because they keep bugs off fruit and flowers.

C【文章大意】本文主要介绍了多种形态各异的植物及其与动物的关联。
56.E [解析]考查上下文的衔接。根据上句"They make 'air roots'.(它们成了'气根'。)"可知,此处应介绍气根的功能。E项"这些根从母树上汲取食物"符合语境。故选E。
57.D [解析]考查上下文的衔接。上句说"无花果树似乎很奇怪",D项"但它们对很多动物来说很重要"与上句构成转折关系,符合语境。故选D。
58.B [解析]考查上下文的衔接。上句说"一些植物为动物提供食物",B项"但是其他植物用动物作为食物"与其构成转折关系,对比不同动植物的习性,符合语境。故选B。
59.C [解析]考查上下文的衔接。上句说"因为这些汁水闻起来是甜的,小昆虫非常喜欢,就会靠近它们",本处根据重复的词定位到C项"这些小昆虫掉入里面,很快就会死掉",承接上文,符合语境。故选C。
60.F [解析]考查上下文的衔接。上文说"像这样的植物看起来非常奇怪。然而,它们非常有用",F项"园丁们喜欢这些植物,因为它们能防止虫子靠近果实和花朵"承接上文,符合语境。故选F。