C
句意:第二段中划线的句子“the opposite is true”可能意味着________。
A. 树为生存而竞争。
B. 保护自己的财富
C. 相互依赖
D. 为垂死的树木提供支持
根据画线部分的前后文:
Although Charles Darwin thought that trees were 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". (尽管查尔斯·达尔文认为树木是在竞争适者生存,但西马德证明了他是多么错误。事实上,事实恰恰相反:树木通过合作和支持生存下来,“根据需要”传递必要的营养。)
可知,真实的情况是树木不是竞争的关系,而是相互合作、相互依赖、相互支持的关系。
故选C