Most British people prefer to live in a house rather than a flat and one of the reasons is that houses usually have gardens. The garden is a place where people can be outside and yet private.
If a house has a front and back garden, the front is likely to be formal(正規(guī)的) and decorative(裝飾性的), with a lawn (an area of grass) or fancy flower borders. The back garden usually also has a lawn and flower beds, and sometimes a vegetable plot(菜地) fruit trees. There’s often a bird table, on which food is put for birds, and a small simple house in which garden tools are kept.
Many British people spend quite a lot of money on their gardens and even the smallest may contain different kinds of flowers and plants. For them gardening is a hobby and they take pride in their gardens. Some towns and villages have competitions for the best-kept small garden. People with a small garden, or no garden at all, can rent a piece of land, on which most grow vegetables.
There are garden centers near most towns, selling everything a gardener might need, from flower pots to fish ponds as well as many types of plants.
The British interest in gardening affects the appearance of whole towns. Public parks and some roads often have bright displays of flowers in summer and public buildings have windows boxes(窗口花壇) and hanging baskets. Towns and villages enter for the Britain in Bloom competition every year.
小題1: According to paragraph 2, a back garden _________.
A．is also formal
B．has flower beds
C．doesn’t have a lawn
D．has beautiful flower borders
小題2:What do we know about garden centers?
A．They are in the centre of the town.
B．Each town has a garden center.
C．Gardeners can buy tools there.
D．They have gardens for rent.
小題3:From the last paragraph we know that _________.
A．gardening improves the appearance of British towns
B．British parks are full of flowers all year round
C．the British interest in gardening is decreasing
D．Britain in Bloom is a worldwide competition

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析：文章介紹英國(guó)人喜歡住在房子里不喜歡住在公寓里，原因是房子是有花園的。
小題1:從第二段的句子：The back garden usually also has a lawn and flower beds, and sometimes a vegetable plot(菜地) fruit trees.可知后花園有花床，答案是B。
小題2:從第四段的句子：There are garden centers near most towns, selling everything a gardener might need, from flower pots to fish ponds as well as many types of plants.可知花園中心可以買(mǎi)到種花的工具。選C。
小題3:從最后一段的句子：The British interest in gardening affects the appearance of whole towns.可知花園改善了英國(guó)城鎮(zhèn)的外貌。選A
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹英國(guó)人喜歡住在房子里不喜歡住在公寓里，原因是房子是有花園的，本文要求考生理解文章的主旨，通過(guò)不同國(guó)家的情況篩選答案，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問(wèn)題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時(shí)我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)。
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