Succulents(多肉植物) are booming in popularity for two simple reasons: they are beautiful and easy to grow. You can plant succulents in containers or in the garden, but either way, take care to make sure your plants are healthy. Here are some general rules.

Get the pots ready. Succulents need pots that will house the plant comfortably. The actual pot size will depend on the size of the plant. You need to repot(移盆) them later. If you keep it in a smaller pot, it will generally stick to that size. You’d best choose clay (陶土) pots. There should be 3 or more holes at the bottom of the pot.

Prepare your soil. Don’t use regular potting soil because it will hold onto too much water that may cause your succulents to rot. A well-drained soil is a must. Succulents tolerate dry conditions and poorer soils.

Give them some light. Succulents prefer bright light; therefore, place the pots in an area where there is plenty of sunlight, direct or indirect. Succulents need at least four hours of direct light each day. Don’t expose your succulents to hot summer sun for too long.

Water your plant. One of the common mistakes made with succulents is overwatering. If you overwater your succulents, they aren’t going to survive. It’s the same with simply spraying them lightly. The best way to water succulents is the “soak and dry” method. Basically, you need to give your succulents enough water so that the soil gets completely wet. Then, let it dry out completely before you water again. Once every couple of weeks is generally enough during the warmer months. Over winter they don’t really need water at all.

Feed your succulents during the plants’ active growing season. Some grow actively in summer while others are winter plants. Stop fertilizing(施肥) when plant growth naturally slows.

How to grow 1. Succulents

Rules for growing succulents

Specific instructions

Get the pots ready.

Choose a pot according to the size of your succulent.

Choose a big pot and your succulent will get much 2..

Clay pots with holes are the best 3..

Prepare the soil.

When planting them, make sure the soil is well drained.

Succulents will rot in 4.soils.

Give them some light.

Succulents need at least four hours of direct light 5..

6. them from hot sun during the summer.

Water succulents 7..

Overwatering and spraying will kill succulents.

The “soak and dry” method 8. best for succulents.

Don’t water succulents again until the soil has 9. out.

Fertilize.

Succulents need 10. during the growing season.

Stop fertilizing when plant growth naturally slows.

He was the only gray cub(狼崽) of the she-wolf. The other cubs had red in their hair. He was gray like his father. He was the strongest cub. He showed more anger than his brothers and sisters.

He made more noises.

He was a carnivorous animal. He came of a breed of meat-killers and meat-eaters. His father and mother lived wholly upon meat. In his first months of life, he lived on mother’s milk, which was transformed directly from meat. And now, at a month old, when his eyes had been open for but a week, he was beginning himself to eat meat.

There came a time when there was no meat. For many days the cubs did not eat. They were too weak and tired to play. One-Eye, the cub’s father, was killed in the fight over food. Even the she-wolf left the cave to find meat, but there was nothing. One by one, the cubs died. Only the she-wolf and the gray cub were left.

One day the gray cub ran out of the cave to hunt for his own food. He met a weasel(黄鼠狼)of his size. The rat-like animal ran at him and bit his throat. He was nearly dead when the she-wolf arrived just in time to kill and eat it.

The gray cub was not good at hunting yet, and still needed food from his mother. One day, the she-wolf brought him a lynx(猞猁)kitten. While eating, he heard great noise. The kitten’s mother had followed the she-wolf here. The she-wolf and the she-lynx started to fight, and they would fight to the death. The bite was enough to give the she-wolf the chance she needed. The lynx was dead, but the she-wolf was badly hurt. For a week, she did not move. The gray cub had to find food for both of them.

Without his mother to take care of him, he learnt what life was about. Without meat there was no life. Animals had to eat other animals to survive. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.

(—Taken from White Fang)

1.What does the underlined word “carnivorous” mean?

A.Meat-eating. B.Grass-eating. C.Proud. D.Dangerous.

2.Which of the following can prove the law of meat?

A.The gray cub was the strongest cub.

B.The gray cub made more noises.

C.The she-lynx fought against the she-wolf.

D.The gray cub was gray like his father, One-Eye.

3.Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5?

A.Wolves live only on meat.

B.He ran forward and bit one of her legs.

C.Soon he was losing a lot of blood.

D.He could not stop the lynx from biting him.

4.After reading the passage, we can infer (推断) _______.

A.The cub’s brothers and sisters died of hunger.

B.One-Eye, the father died from a fight for meat

C.Life was easy for the she-wolf and the gray cub.

D.The she-wolf came in time to kill and eat the weasel.

Every year on a special day in March , the world celebrates women's day. Women from different countries have done great achievements and made a difference. The BBC has made a list of the greatest icons of the 20th century. Among the list's 28 people, 11 are women. Let's meet three of them.

Jane Goodall ( 1934-present, UK)

Jane Goodall is one of the most famous zoologists in the world. She studied chimpanzees in a special way and made some great findings. Goodall didn't study chimpanzees in a zoo. She spent 38 years in the wild forests in Africa. She lived among them and found that chimpanzees used tools, lived in groups and had feelings like love and anger. This showed that humans and chimpanzees might have the same ancestors. Goodall's findings surprised many people. We started to ask ourselves: What does it mean to human'? How can we better protect animals?

Billie Jean King ( 1943-present, US)

Billie Jean King is one of the best tennis players in American history. She not only won many games, but also fought for more rights for women sports players.

During her time, women players got much less money than men. A top tennis player named Bobby Riggs looked down on women players. So King played a game against and won. She showed the power of women.

Tu Youyou (1930-present, China)

Tu is a chemist. She found a cure for malaria(疟疾). This has saved many lives around the world. Tu started work in the 1960s and found artemisinin(青蒿素) in a plant in 1971. Today artemisimin is still the best cure for malaria. Tu got a Nobel Prize for her work in 2015. She was the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize.

1.What does the underlined word "icons" mean in Chinese?

A.女性 B.象征 C.偶像 D.图标

2."This" in Paragraph 2 refers to .

①Chimpanzees used tools. ②Chimpanzees fought for rights.

③Chimpanzees had feelings. ④Chimpanzees lived in groups.

A.①②④ B.①③④ C.②③④ D.①②③

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Goodall lived among chimpanzees in a zoo. B.Billie King looked down on men players.

C.Tu is a physicist and won a Nobel Prize. D.The three great women are still alive.

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