一、阅读理解
My friend Julie and I are crazy about creating a beautiful green town.
Gardening course
Every September, our city has a special festival. Crowds of happy people go to the park. That's because the gardening competition takes place there.
For Julie and me, it was a pity that we couldn't take part in the gardening competition, for that was also the first day of our high school. We were busy choosing courses. We wanted to learn all about plants, gardening and farming. We thought it would help us succeed as gardeners.
Project presentation
After a year's study, I decided to give a talk to my class about my project—the green farm.
"Good morning!" I said. "During my studies, I've learnt a lot about city farming. Now, I want to do something with what I've learnt."
I showed them a small plastic model. "This is the high street of our town. This is an old, nine - floor car park. No one has used it for the last two years and it's now for sale."
"I've designed a city farm using the car park building. There will be eight floors to farm fruit and vegetables. This design can help us collect rainwater to wet the soil. And we can also use energy from the sun to power the special growing lights."
"I will hire(租) the space out to local people and they will sell everything good enough for the environment in local shops. Also, the ninth floor will be for those who want to grow their own plants."
My audience looked interested and my project got the highest mark in my class.
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Later, Julie helped me search the town for the perfect place for gardening—somewhere that was not the best neighbourhood, but a poor one. One where the road was full of holes and the pavement was all broken came into our eyes. At last, we made it.
In the neighbourhood, we posted letters through people's doors with gardening instructions. More and more people cared about that and began to plant vegetable gardens.
Then in the same neighbourhood, we put grass over those broken old pavements for the kids to play on. Finally, we put up a sign that said, "Have fun here."
When we finished, we were both covered in soil and completely tired. But Julie put an arm around my shoulders and smiled. "Not bad!" she said. "We can do more to make our town greener!"
() 1. The writer mentioned the gardening competition to .
A. change her gardening projects
B. express her interest in gardening
C. discuss ways to get good prizes
D. tell stories of gardening courses
() 2. Which is the most suitable for "▲"?
A. Grass houses
B. Farming instructions
C. Vegetable gardens
D. Gardening experiences
() 3. Which of the following is the CORRECT order of the story?
a. Julie helped find a perfect place for gardening.
b. The writer explained the green farm project.
c. Julie and the writer posted letters to neighbours.
d. Julie and the writer were busy choosing the courses.
e. Old pavements were covered with grass for kids to play on.
A. d - a - b - e - c
B. d - b - a - c - e
C. a - b - c - e - d
D. a - d - b - c - e
() 4. According to the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, Julie and the writer may .
A. find more open spaces to plant grass and vegetables
B. hire out their green farms for parking and camping
C. sell their grass and vegetables to the neighbourhood
D. put up more signs to ask kids to have fun on the grass