A community garden is a shared garden. A group of people get together and share
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A community garden is a shared garden. A group of people get together and share a piece of land for their garden. This could be an empty place, or simply one at a neighbor"s house.
Community gardens are not limited to urban locations. Many rural communities share garden space as well . Some communities will divide their garden into individual plots and others will work on the entire garden together. You may find some community gardens on rooftops. This provides a platform for city citizen, where they can communicate with nature even when there no yard space.
community garden can be used to grow flowers and other plants as well as produce. Some community gardeners choose to sell their homegrown goods. Others choose to use it themselves and some do a combination of both . Some community gardeners donate part of their produce to local food banks . Besides, homegrown produce is also much fresher and tastier.
When you belong to a community garden it also gives you a chance to socialize with your neighbor. You"ll develop a better sense of involvement and belonging. You"ll be communicating with people of similar interests, as well as people with different ideas .Community gardening often leads to setting up other community projects.
It brings a sense of achievement to know that you"ve taken apiece of waste land and turned it into something beautiful .The entire neighborhood will enjoy the benefits of your bard work.
A community garden is an opportunity for education as well .You may learn from your fellow gardeners .You can also ask local children to join you .This gives them a way to show their creativity and keep them busy, and points them in the right direction.
小题1:People can find a community garden________| A．near the river | | B．only in rural areas | | C．only in urban locations | | D．both in rural and urban communities |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits of the community garden?| A．A sense of achievement. | | B．A sense of involvement and belonging | | C．An opportunity for education | | D．A method to ease urban crowdedness |
小题3:According to the passage, a community garden_________| A．will replace other community projects | | B．is especially suitable for rural areas | | C．can sometimes be on the top of a roof | | D．can only be shared where there is no yard space |
小题4:What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk abort?
A. The produce of a community garden.
B. The location of a community garden.
C The definition of a community garden
D. The popularity of a community garden.
小题5:It can be learned from the passage that a community garden can __________
A. make it unnecessary to go shopping
B improve your study a lot at school
C. make you richer and healthier
D. help you to avoid feeling lonely |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D |
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试题分析：本文主要介绍了A community garden的信息以及它给人们带来的种种好处。
小题1:D 细节题。根据第二段1,2行Community gardens are not limited to urban locations. Many rural communities share garden space as well .说明D正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据后三段中的A community garden is an opportunity for education as well
It brings a sense of achievement to know that you"ve taken apiece of waste land and turned it into something beautiful .和You"ll develop a better sense of involvement and belonging说明ABC都是文章提及的好处，只有D项不是。故D项符合本题的要求。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章第二段You may find some community gardens on rooftops.说明C正确。
小题4:A 段落大意题。根据本段第一句community garden can be used to grow flowers and other plants as well as produce.说明A正确。
小题5:D 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段1,2行When you belong to a community garden it also gives you a chance to socialize with your neighbor. You"ll develop a better sense of involvement and belonging.说明在这里你有归属感和成就感，可以驱赶你的寂寞。故D项正确。
点评：本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。 |
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Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states. They wanted to buy lottery(彩票) tickets. The tickets cost only $0.9each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million. That was the second largest lottery jackpot(积累奖金) in history。
More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing . Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80 The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million. But that little chance certainly did not affect tickets sales. In the last few days before the drawing , tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second .
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action .Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people . It allows them to dream about wealth they will probably never have .
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized(合法化) gambling . Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets .There are also many addicts who take the game seriously, They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets .Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.
Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice(恶习) under the name of social progress . No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not , you can not refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans .
小题1:The main idea of the passage is that________________.| A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them. | | B．play a lottery is just like investing in the stock market | | C．a lot of people buy lottry tickets ,but lotteries cause disagreement | | D．lotteries are just legalized vice |
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?| A．Politicians like lotteries because they do not have to pay extra tax. | | B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress . | | C．Some critics do not like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them . | | D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market. |
小题3:In just one hour in the last few days , the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling about ______________.| A．$1.62million | B．$90 million | C．$9.6million | D．$87million |
小题4:People who are addicted to playing lotteries should __________.| A．join a club | B．kick the habit | | C．win the Pennsylvania | D．save every cent |
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The iPhone has become one of the most popular mobile phones in the United States. An 18-year-o1d student in California has used his knowledge of the device to create his own business,gaining national recognition for his work.
Vincent Quigg is the CEO of TechWorld. His company is kind of like a hospital for iPhones,specializing in customizing and repairing iPhones. Vincent Quigg launched TechWorld while in high school. “My mom became single a couple of years ago and I had to grow up. And in order to keep my lifestyle, I had to find different ways to keep my phone, keep a car, transportation and all that stuff. So I had to find ways to be entrepreneurial.” An organization cal1ed the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. or NFTE, helped the young man get started. His mother, Carla Quigg: “He quit the class, which made me very disappointed.”
“It was extremely hard for myself to find a business to start and run with it. But once I had that ‘aha moment’or what I knew I wanted to go with, it was really easy and extremely fun.”
At the time, Vincent worked for the electronics store BestBuy. He says people always came into the store with broken electronic devices. He decided that repairing those devices was what he wanted to do. He not only re-registered for the NFTE class, but he also won the organization’s national competition for best young entrepreneur.His business has grown through word-of-mouth. Vincent says he now fixes up to l0 phones per week. He earns about $l,500 each month in sales. TechWorld has two other employees. Kacee Wheeler is one of them. He works on the technical side of the business while Vincent Quigg now deals with finances and planning. He says he wants to continue to grow his business.
小题1:What is Vincent Quigg’s company specialized in?| A．Customizing and repairing iPhones. | B．Advertising and selling iPhones. | | C．Helping students set up business. | D．Offering people medical advice. |
小题2:What drove Vincent to start his own business?| A．His special family education background. | | B．The need to keep his former way of 1ife. | | C．The desire to be the CEO of a company. | | D．The encouragement from another company. |
小题3:What does the underlined phrase “aha moment” probably mean?| A．The moment to celebrate success. | | B．The moment to comp1ain hardship. | | C．The moment to have a great idea. | | D．The moment to have great fun. |
小题4:What can we 1earn from the text?| A．Vincent started his own business with the help of his col1ege. | | B．Vincent went through great difficulty in the beginning. | | C．Vincent promotes his business by large scale advertisements. | | D．Vincent’s mother was disappointed by his achievement. |
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Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause, parents are not responsible in most countries. This article will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes.
There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all, teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parents’ house at 18 years of age or younger. They are expected to learn to take care of themselves and make their own decisions, and not to stay like small children attached to their parents. Secondly, parents are working. They cannot watch their adolescent children all the time. A third point is that even children from good families can sometimes commit crimes. Parents should not be responsible if they have worked hard to raise their children properly.
However, young troublemakers cause many problems, and I feel we should make parents responsible. Firstly, most juvenile（未成年的）crimes are committed by adolescents whose parents do not care or make any effort to control their children. If parents had to pay fines（罚款）, they might make more effort. Another point is that even though the children may seem mature, they are not really able to make good decisions. Parents should be responsible for raising and teaching their children until they are fully grown. Furthermore, if children know that their parents will have to pay, they will think carefully before getting into trouble.
In summary, there are good reasons both for and against making parents pay for acts committed by their children. However, I feel strongly that if we want to reduce the number of such crimes, we need to make parents take more responsibility.
小题1:Those who insist that parents should not be responsible for their children’s crimes believe that ________.
a. teenagers are able to deal with things on their own
b. children need to experience difficulties to be fully grown
c. it’s impossible for parents to be with their children all the time
d. parents are not to blame as long as they try their best to educate their children| A．a, c, d | B．a, b, c | C．b, c, d | D．a, b, d |
小题2:According to Paragraph 3, the main reason for children’s crimes is ________.| A．unstable social environment | B．parents’ carelessness | | C．bad family relationship | D．heavy financial burden |
小题3:The author thinks that making parents pay for their children’s crimes is ________.| A．useless | B．easy | C．necessary | D．impractical |
小题4:What can be the best title for the passage?| A．Proper ways to educate children | B．Reasons for children’s crimes | | C．Should children move out? | D．Should parents pay? |
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Lisa is ten years old. She is disabled because she has brain damage. She could not do even the simplest thing until a year ago. She could not comb her hair or feed herself. Her parents loved her. And they treated her like a baby.
Mr. Ching has a daughter and a son. They are both grown. They live far from their father. Mr. Cling felt lonely. He decided to become a foster grandfather to a handicapped child. And that was how he met Lisa.
Foster grandparents are grandparents who are not related by birth but foster parents love the children they care for. They also help the handicapped children in special ways. They help to dress and feed the children. They read to them and tell them stories. They also help with handicapped children’s therapy. Therapy is the treatment of a disease or disorder. It helps the children overcome their handicaps.
Mr. Cling became a foster grandparent to Lisa when she was nine years old. At first, Lisa was shy. She was afraid because Mr. Cling was a stranger. But he came to see her every day, gradually she began to trust him. At last, Lisa let Mr. Cling do things for her.
Cling speaks for most foster grandparents when he say, “We all benefit. The handicapped children benefit because we help them live more useful lives. And we benefit because we know the children need us and love us. For any person, there is no greater happiness than that.”
小题1:Why did Lisa need help?| A．She was a baby | | B．She did not want to do anything. | | C．She had brain damage. | | D．She was a blind girl. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “foster” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Elderly | B．Related by birth | | C．Not related by birth | D．King-hearted |
小题3:Which five things do foster grandparents do for handicapped children?
a help with their treatment b dress them c live in their homes
d feed them e charge them money f read to them
g tell them stories h make fun of them| A．a,b,d,e,f | B．a,c,e,f,h | C．b,c,d,f,g | D．a,b,d,f,g |
小题4:Why did Mr. Cling foster Lisa?| A．Lisa needs looking after. | | B．The passage doesn’t mention of. | | C．Lisa need caring for and Mr. Cling also gets enjoyment from it. | | D．Mr. Cling is too lonely. |
小题5:The best title for this passage is ________.| A．Lisa, A Handicapped Girl | | B．Why Did He Do That? | | C．Foster Grandparents | | D．The Greatest Happiness! |
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Aggressive pedestrians are in fact as dangerous as careless drivers. They cause traffic accidents, injury and death.
These dangerous walkers can be seen in any big city over the world. About 69% of last year’s pedestrian deaths in the US occurred in urban areas. They cross streets ignoring “DON’T WALK” signals, suddenly appear without warning from behind parked vehicles, walk slowly at crossroads with cell phones attached to heads, blocking traffic.
These pedestrians and drivers share a common disregard for the rules of the road, both for selfish reasons. The drivers believe in the power of their machines. If their machines can go faster, they believe they have the right to go faster. If their machines are bigger, they believe they have the right to push smaller vehicles aside. Aggressive pedestrians, on the other hand, believe in the primacy(首位) of the individual, the idea that they are first in any environment, under any circumstances, even when they are on foot in a roaring tide of steel and rubber.
Last year, an estimated 5,220 pedestrians died in traffic accidents. Some 69,000 pedestrians were injured. On average, that worked out to one pedestrian killed in a traffic crash every 101 minutes, and one injured every eight minutes.
The good news is that the accident rate is dropping. For example, the number of pedestrians killed last year was 24 percent less than the number killed in traffic accidents a decade earlier. The bad news is that the basic causes of pedestrian deaths remain pretty much the same----disregard for traffic signals, inattention and crossing roads under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Alcohol, in fact, was involved in 46 percent of the traffic accidents that resulted in pedestrian deaths. Of those, 31 percent of the pedestrians were found to be drunk.
The bottom line is that the pedestrians must do more to protect their lives as well as the lives of other road users. They can start by obeying traffic signals, using marked cross-walks and calling a cab when they’ve had too much to drink.
小题1:The passage is mainly about __________.| A．how aggressive pedestrians cause traffic accidents | | B．why so many Americans were killed on roads last year | | C．what the traffic rules of the road about pedestrians were | | D．who are to blame for pedestrian deaths, drunk drivers or the aggressive pedestrians |
小题2:What is the pedestrians’ selfish reason for traffic jams?| A．They know all drivers are skilled and with great care. | | B．They believe individuals are always first. | | C．They think traffic rules have nothing to do with them. | | D．They guess all vehicles will slow down at crossroads. |
小题3:What was NOT the basic cause of pedestrian deaths in the US a decade ago?| A．Disregard for traffic signals | B．Paying no attention to surroundings. | | C．Crossing roads drunk. | D．Overspeeding driving. |
小题4:As one of all the road users, what should we students do on busy roads?| A．Obey traffic signals at crossroads. | | B．Run as fast as possible at crossroads. | | C．Talk on your cell phone if necessary. | | D．Always watch out for big trucks. |
小题5:What word can best describe the author’s attitude to the traffic accidents caused by pedestrians?| A．Excited. | B．Cold. | C．Concerned | D．Inconnected. |
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