二、阅读短文,完成练习。
Mr and Mrs Brennan lived on a farm in Ireland. They had three children,Lara,Colin and Dylan. The children were very helpful. They looked after the animals and grew vegetables.
One day,three children asked their father to buy ponies for them to look after the animals. But Mr Brennan didn't have enough money. So he wanted his children to have a competition and chose the winner. Mr Brennan gave the children some flower seeds and wanted to see who has the best flower.
The children put their seeds in a pot. Every day they looked after the seeds very carefully. They watered their flowers when the soil was too dry. They put their plants in a warm and sunny place to make sure no insects were eating their flowers.
Two weeks later,there were no plants in the pots. Three weeks later,there were still no plants. But Colin and Dylan had an idea.
Two months later,Colin and Dylan showed their parents beautiful flowers. But in Lara's pot there was no flower. But Mum said,“Lara,you're the winner. All the seeds are bad.”
词汇积累
pony /'pəʊni/ 小马
competition /ˌkɒmpə'tɪʃn/ 比赛
seed /si:d/ 种子
insect /'ɪnsekt/ 昆虫
(一)根据短文内容,勾出有利于植物生长的因素。
(二)根据短文内容,回答问题。
1. Why did the children need ponies?______
2. Why didn't Lara have flowers?______
3. What did Colin and Dylan do with the bad seeds?______
解析：
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二、阅读短文，完成练习。
布伦南夫妇住在爱尔兰的一个农场里。他们有三个孩子，拉拉、科林和迪伦。孩子们非常乐于助人。他们照看动物，种植蔬菜。
一天，三个孩子请求他们的父亲给他们买小马，以便照看动物。但是布伦南先生没有足够的钱。所以他想让他的孩子们进行一场比赛，然后选出获胜者。布伦南先生给了孩子们一些花籽，想看看谁种出的花最好。
孩子们把他们的种子放进一个花盆里。每天他们都非常细心地照看这些种子。当土壤太干的时候，他们就给花浇水。他们把植物放在温暖且阳光充足的地方，以确保没有昆虫啃食他们的花。
两周后，花盆里没有长出植物。三周后，仍然没有植物长出来。但是科林和迪伦有了一个主意。
两个月后，科林和迪伦向他们的父母展示了漂亮的花。但是拉拉的花盆里没有花。但是妈妈说：“拉拉，你是获胜者。所有的种子都是坏的。”
词汇积累
pony /'pəʊni/ 小马
competition /ˌkɒmpə'tɪʃn/ 比赛
seed /si:d/ 种子
insect /'ɪnsekt/ 昆虫
（一）根据短文内容，勾出有利于植物生长的因素。
（二）根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. 孩子们为什么需要小马？______
2. 拉拉为什么没有种出花？______
3. 科林和迪伦对坏种子做了什么？______
