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I like cordate telosma
There are many flowers in my big flower bed. Precious flowers are planted in flowerpots, and ordinary flowers are planted in the soil of flower beds. Among them, there are peony, elegant Clivia, exquisite jasper, rose, hydrangea, jasmine and chrysanthemum ... Among them, my favorite flowers are those cordate telosma!
It, the green stems grow very thick, the short ones are more than a foot high, and the highest ones are more than three feet high. Long and narrow green leaves are arranged alternately. On the top of the main stem and branches, a flower stand with green and yellow buds appears at the bottom of each leaf. Summer is here, and cordate telosma should bloom. At about eight o'clock in the evening, I saw its swollen buds slowly, slowly open and open. Finally, it is completely open! The four delicate petals are pale yellow. They are just like the four sisters, holding hands tightly around the orange stamens, forming one lovely cordate telosma after another.
Although the shape is not very beautiful, it is very attractive. Every midsummer night, after dinner, I come to this flower bed to enjoy the cool. At this time, there was an elegant fragrance floating head-on, which made people relaxed and happy. Smelling the flowers, I suddenly realized: no wonder it is called cordate telosma! It turns out that it opens at night, bringing fragrance to people who have been tired for a day, helping people to relieve fatigue and make people refreshed. This is its noble character!
It also has an indomitable spirit that other flowers do not have. Once, after a sudden storm, I came to see my favorite cordate telosma with anxiety. Ah, I'm shocked! I saw other flowers bend their heads, and some even lay on the dirt floor, but it still stood straight there. Its clean leaves are green. In the soft wind, I saw the branches of cordate telosma swaying gently, as if proudly saying to me, "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _" Yes, how tenacious the vitality of cordate telosma is!
Although it is not as luxurious as peony and elegant as Clivia, it never seeks beauty during the day, but it silently contributes to people at night; How can it be compared with other delicate flowers if it does not succumb to the tenacious spirit of the storm?
1. Find three idioms from the text and write them on the horizontal lines.
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2. From what aspects does the article introduce the shape of cordate telosma? ____________________________________________________
3. Why do I like cordate telosma?