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简答题 It appears on most lists of hard—to-spell words，but the beautiful flowering plant known as the fuchsia is actually named for Leonhart Fuchs，chair of medicine at the University of Tfibingen in Germany from l535 until l566．He did not naine Line the plant；an admirer of his work with medicinal plants did SO in l703．French(5)botanist Charles Plumier had taken a long trip through the Americas and was in the process of producing a significant volume of new plant species．He brought back fuchsia seeds from Hispaniola，and the plant quickly became popular in France and England．Today,about 100 species of fuchsia have been identified． Once you know the origin of the plant’s name，of course，it should be simple to(1 0)spell that name correctly．
Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply．
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Which of the following inferences Can be made from the information given in the passage?

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A．C．It is highly unlikely that Fuchs would have traveled to the newly settled Caribbean in his lifetime，and he lived over a century before fuchsia plants arrived on the Continent(choice A)．Because he lived so much earlier than Plumier ,he could not have taught him，making choice B incorrect．Since Hispaniola is part of the Caribbean，choice C makes sense．

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