Have you ever been to a wedding and simply loved the bride’s bouquet（花束）？More than likely some part of it was the Hawaiian Wedding Plant. This foreign houseplant can be enjoyed by anyone, not just brides. With a little proper attention and careful planning on location, this foreign houseplant, which is from Madagascar, can be brought into the home where it can become an interesting focus.
Caring for the Hawaiian Wedding Plant is not much different from caring for any other houseplants that may already be in your home. The only difference between this type of houseplant and others is the amount of the basic requirements that this foreign houseplant needs to survive and perform beautifully. During the growing season, this plant requires its wet soil, but when winter rolls around, this plant needs its soil to be kept drier.
Hawaiian Wedding Plants should also be potted in well-drained(排水)soil and placed in a location that receives full sun. That the soil must be kept wet does not mean that it should sit in water, so the soil must drain easily or this plant will not survive. Water the plant daily and feed this plant every two to three weeks with a little fertilizer(化肥) for acid-loving plants. Prune in early spring, even as early as February. If these needs are met, this plant will stay beautiful.
The most special feature of this foreign houseplant is its long lasting blooms(开花)combined with its unbelievable sweet smell. The Hawaiian Wedding Plant blooms the heaviest in the spring months, but has been known to bloom in any warm months, so do not be surprised to find blooms most time of the year except maybe in the dead of winter.
小题1:Why does the author mention wedding and bouquet in the first paragraph?
A．To introduce a Hawaiian wedding.
B．To attract the readers’ interest in the passage.
C．To show the beauty of the flower.
D．To teach the readers to choose proper bouquets.小题2:The Hawaiian Wedding Plant comes from________.
A．Hawaii
B．China
C．Madagascar
D．Alaska小题3:Which of the following are the growing conditions of Hawaiian Wedding Plant?
a. Wet soil. b. Lots of fertilizer. c. Proper sunshine. d. Some acid.
A．a.c
B．a. b
C．b. c
D．a. d小题4:What does the underlined phrase “in the dead of winter” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．At the end of the winter.
B．At the beginning of the winter.
C．In deadly condition in winter.
D．In the coldest part of winter.
