A certain cultivated herb is one of a group of closely related plants that thrive in soil with high concentrations of metals that are toxic to most other plants. Agronomists studying the herb have discovered that it produces large amounts of histidine, an amino acid that, in test-tube solutions, renders these metals chemically inert. Possibly, therefore, the herb’s high histidine production is what allows it to grow in metal-rich soils, a hypothesis that would gain support if ______.

A: histidine is found in all parts of the plant – roots, stem, leaves, and flowers

B: the herb’s high level of histidine production is found to be associated with an unusually low level of production of other amino acids

C: others of the closely related group of plants are also found to produce histidine in large quantities

D: cultivation of the herb in soil with high concentrations of the metals will, over an extended period, make the soil suitable for plants to which the metals are toxic

E: the concentration of histidine in the growing herb declines as the plant approaches maturit

答案是E，但是我觉得D很有道理，哪位NN 帮忙解释一下

我选C.

只有在其它同类植物里也发现H(histidine),才能证明:H的存在使这类植物可以在毒金属里生长.

A: 不能支持假设.

B: 无关.

D: 长期种这种植物可以改良土壤,并不能说明H从中起了作用.

E: 错. 将GROW理解为"成长(成熟前的生长)",过于片面. 这里GROW应理解为"

生长"=LIVE=thrive. 所以maturity为无关干扰项.