[求助]对一段文字的理解？？

remona9t

The fecundity effects described here are

likely to have the most profound impact on plant species

with all four of the following characteristics: a short life

span, a narrow geographic range, an incapacity for vege-

(50) tative propagation, and a dependence on a small number

      of insect-pollinator species.

6. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the

  following plant species would be LEAST likely to

  experience a decrease in fecundity as a result of the

  spraying of a pesticide not directly toxic to plants? C?

  (A) A flowering tree pollinated by only a few insect

     species

  (B) A kind of insect-pollinated vine producing few

     flowers

  (C) A wind-pollinated flowering tree that is short-lived

  (D) A flowering shrub pollinated by a large number of

     insect species

  (E) A type of wildflower typically pollinated by larger

     insects.

觉得有几个混淆答案，如D E, 大家是怎么看的？

而今迈步从头越

请贴出全文，并注明出处。

serena2002

我觉的E的选项中的larger 并不是修饰数量的,应该是描述INSECTS的SIZE.所以E不是干扰项吧!

hitler999

我知道这是新东方补充材料上的一篇文章，为了回答你的问题，还请把全文贴出。

hitler999

刚刚查了新东方补充材料，这篇文章应该是第11篇。

其实MM贴出的文字与第6题无关。

让我们先回顾一下文章的主要内容：洒杀虫剂导致insect-pollinator减少，而insect-pollinator的减少又导致依靠insect pollination的植物的fecundity下降，但是，并不清楚fecundity的下降是否必然导致plant species的减少。

你贴出的文字讲的是fecundity effect，即fecundity的下降导致plant species的减少,而第6题并没有问到fecundity effect，它仅仅是问杀虫剂和fecundity的关系。由文章的内容可以知道，如果植物是依靠的insect pollination，那么，杀虫剂的使用可能导致fecundity的下降，而如果植物靠其他途径pollination，比如wind，则不会受杀虫剂的影响，所以答案选C。