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   Do you long to have garden-fresh vegetables on your plate every night? Read on for information on how to take care of a garden.

   Never let the soil in your garden dry out. If it doesn’t rain for a few days and the soil feels dry,water your garden. Be sure the water gets all the way down to the roots (the parts that grow down into the soil) of the plants,but don't water too much. You could drown (淹死) your plants!

   You may see some plants in your garden that you didn't put there. These are weeds. Pull them out when the ground is soft and wet. Be sure you get out the roots,or the weeds will grow back.

   Tall plants such as tomatoes need sticks to hold them up. Without sticks,they’ll fall over. When your tomato plants get to be about two feet tall,it ,s time to stick to them. Push a long stick into the ground next to each plant. Tie the plant to the stick with a string. As each plant grows taller,you’ll have to tie it up again.

   If you’ve planted seeds,you can expect too many plants to come out. You have to clear some away,so that the plants left will have room to grow. This is called thinning. If you’ve planted lettuce seeds,wait until the baby plants are about 1. 5 inches tall. Then pull some of the plants out so that you can leave about 8 inches between plants.

   Now that you’ve done all the work to make a vegetable garden,it's time to enjoy what you’ve finished. Pick a red,ripe,juicy tomato. Eat it while ifs still warm from the sun. Or cut it up and put it in a salad-made with lettuce you picked yourself. If you have more vegetables from your garden than you and your family can eat,give them to friends and neighbors. It's fun to have the joy you get from your garden together with others.

  阅读短文，回答下列问题。

1. How should you water the garden?

2. What are some plants you didn't put in your garden?

3. Do tomatoes need special care?

4. Why should we do thinning?

5. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

Answer 1

  本文介绍了如何让菜园里的植物健康地成长。从撒种、 疏苗到收获，作者都一一作了介绍。如果你的蔬菜吃不了的 话，可以和朋友们一起享受，那将是非常快乐的事。

1. Be sure the water gets all the way down to the roots of the plants,but don't water too much.根据第二段第三句话可知，给植物浇水的正确方法应是：要浇透，但不要浇 太多的水。

2. Weeds.根据第三段前两句话可知，花园里另外长出的 一些植物是杂草。

3. Yes,they do.通读第四段可知，西红柿要绑在很长的棍 子上，因此西红柿需要特别的照顾。

4. Because the plants left will have room to grow.根据第五段白勺“You have to clear some away,so that the plants left will have room to grow. ”可知，清除部分植株目的是让剩余的植株长得更好。

5. Ifs fun to enjoy the result of the garden work.根据最后一段的. it's time to enjoy what you’ve finished."和 结尾 “It's fun to have the joy you get from your garden together with others. ”可确定本段的主旨大意：享受花园 劳动的果实，包括与他人分享，是非常有趣的。

root n.根   weed  n.野草

string n.细绳，线  ripe adj.成熟的

障碍句分析

  Then pull some of the plants out so that you can leave about 8 inches between plants.然后把一些植株拔出来，以便 你可以在植株之间留出大约8英寸的空间。

  so that引导目的状语从句时，表示“以便;为了”，从句中常使用can/could/may/might/will/would/should 等情态动词 或助动词；引导结果状语从句时，从句中一般不用can和 may等词，在so that前可以用逗号，意思是“所以”。