Don’t let the soil in your garden dry out. If it ________ for a few days, the soil will be dry. Then you should water your garden. ________ don’t water too much. Tall plants, like tomato plants need sticks (棍) to ________ them up. Without sticks, they will fall. When your tomato plants get to be about two feet tall, put a long stick into the ground next to each plant. Tie the plant to the stick ________ strings (绳子). As each plant grows taller, you’ll have to tie it up again. If you’ve planted seeds, you can expect (盼望) many ________ to start to grow. You have to clear (清除) some away when they begin to grow, so that the plants left will have room to ________.

Now you’ve done all the ________ in your garden, and it’s time to ________ what you’ve finished. Pick a red tomato. Cut it up and put it in a salad. If you have ________ vegetables in your garden than your family can eat, give them to your friends and neighbours. It is ________ to have the vegetables you get from your garden together with others.

We talk every day. When we have good news, we like to share it with our good friends and when something terrible happens, we will let others know soon. But do you know that a tree can talk and share news？It sounds strange, but it’s true that some trees can also communicate with each other. Of course, no tree moves lips and says words just as people do.

Willow trees (柳树) are the best­-known of these trees. When insects (昆虫) begin eating a willow tree, the tree gives out a special smell at once. This smell tells the other willow trees that insects are coming near. All of them quickly make a chemical (化学物质) in their leaves. This chemical is bad for the insects. The insects do not like it and they fly away soon. In this way, the willow trees keep themselves away from the insects.

Next time when you take a walk near the trees, maybe the trees are “talking” to each other quietly. And when someone says that trees cannot “talk”, please tell them that even trees can “talk” to each other, too.

Without plants people could not live. Imagine a world     41     plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet     42     (smell), their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes (形状). Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to     43     (hear) the leaves rustle (发出沙沙声) on the trees or watch the branches swing from side to     44    .

    45     people need the beauty of plants. That is why we have parks     46     of trees and flowers and people always try to build houses with room for some grass and a garden. Do you talk to your     47     (plant)? Do you give them love and care? Two scientists said they once planted two     48     (seed) in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and     49     (hope) ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth, it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more     50     (leaf).