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　　　Plants are very important 　1　　　 things. Life could not go 　2　　 　if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. But animals and man cannot 　3　　 　so. Animals get their food by eating plants and 　4　　 　animals. Man gets its food by eating plants and animals too. 　5　　 　animals and man 　6　　 　plants in order to 　7　　 　. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.

　　　If you look 　8　　 　at the plants around you, you will find that there are many types of plants. Some plants are large, 　9　　 　others are small. 　10　　 　plants are green. There are two sorts（种类）of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering（不开花的）plants.

　　　Flowering plants have roots（根）,stems（茎）,leaves, flowers and fruits（果子）. 　11　　 　all the trees around us are flowering plants. Flowering plants 　12　　 　make seeds（种子）. The sends 　13　by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds 　14　　 　. 　15　　 　example of a fruit 　16　　 　seeds is banana fruit.

　　　Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（孢子）. Spores are small. Some spores are 　17　　 　small and 　18　　 　that they can float（漂浮）　19 　　 　the air. We may say that spores are quite different from seeds. When these spores 　20　　 　on wet and shady（阴凉的）places, they usually grow into plants.

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　　Without plants, people could not live. We need them for both food 1 oxygen（氧气）that plants 2 . And we also need their beauty（美丽）.

　　Imagine（设想）a world 3 no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells. their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes（形状）, Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to 4 the leaves falling down from the trees or watch the branches（枝条）swing（摇摆）from 5 .

　　Do you 7 your plants? Do you give them love and care? Two scientists said they once planted two seeds（种子）in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and care and the other was given 8 disappointment（失望）. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. 9 the earth it had more and longer roots（根）, and above the earth, it had a thicker stem（茎）and more 10 .