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【題目】Green therapy: how gardening is helping to fight depression

A growing movement is promoting the role gardening can play in patient recovery.

Sydenham Garden feels out of step with its surroundings in urban south London. Surrounded by houses on most sides, with a school on its doorstep, it is hard to imagine that this small patch of green space is bringing a new life to people struggling with their mental health. The site, run by the Sydenham Garden charity trust, is just under an acre and has a well-being centre with gardens, a nature reserve and activity rooms. Therapeutic（治療的）gardening activities are held weekly, and are run by experienced staff, who are in turn supported by a team of volunteers.

Christine Dow, 63, was originally referred to the garden by her GP to help overcome her depression. After a year of "green" therapy, she became a volunteer, for the past decade she has spent a few hours every week supporting others referred to the project.

During 2017-2018, Sydenham Garden received 313 patient referrals（轉(zhuǎn)診）from health professionals. A typical referral will be between 6 and 12 months. Most people referred will score in the low well-being category-according to the Warwick-Edinburgh scale-when starting, but score in the moderate well-being category upon completion. It is part of a growing movement devoted to increasing the role that gardening and other forms of "green" therapy cam play in patient recovery. It is also one of the 1,500 organizations signed up to Growing Health, a national project set up by the charity Garden Organic and the membership organization Sustain.

"Gardening is not for everyone," says Maria Devereaux, a project officer at Sustain. "But，increasingly now, we've got evidence that even people who aren't gardeners are able to harvest the benefits of being outside working with nature and all the things that come with it." Evidence collected by Growing Health found simply viewing a green space trough a window could help people relax and reduce stress levels. Other evidence confirmed that the physical activity of gardening could improve mental wellbeing.

【1】What do we know about Sydenham Garden?

A.Sydenham Garden Can't keep pace with is surroundings.

B.Sydenham Garden is beneficial to people with mental health.

C.Sydenham Garden is very large with a well-being centre.

D.Sydenham Garden holds therapeutic gardening activities monthly.

【2】What can we infer from Christine Dow's example?

A.She helped others overcome depression.

B.She was an experienced staff in Sydenham Garden.

C.She devoted herself to referring others to the projects.

D.She might be grateful to this "green" therapy.

【3】What does the first "it" refer to in Paragraph 4?

A.A typical referral.B.Green therapy.

C.Sydenham Garden.D.Sydenham Garden charity trust.

【4】What's Maria Devereaux's attitude towards Gardening?

A.Optimistic.B.Critical.

C.Indifferent.D.Disapproving.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是說(shuō)明文。主要介紹了綠色療法：園藝是如何幫助對(duì)抗抑郁癥的。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“it is hard to imagine that this small patch of green space is bringing a new life to people struggling with their mental health.(很難想象，這片小小的綠地正在為那些與心理健康抗?fàn)幍娜藥��?lái)新的生活。)”和 Therapeutic（治療的）gardening activities are held weekly, and are run by experienced staff, who are in turn supported by a team of volunteers.(治療園藝活動(dòng)每周舉行一次，由經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的工作人員管理，轉(zhuǎn)而得到一個(gè)志愿者小組的支持。)可知，錫德納姆花園對(duì)有心理健康問(wèn)題的人是有益的。故選B。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的After a year of "green" therapy, she became a volunteer, for the past decade she has spent a few hours every week supporting others referred to the project.(經(jīng)過(guò)一年的“綠色”治療，她成為了一名志愿者，在過(guò)去的十年里，她每周花幾個(gè)小時(shí)來(lái)支持轉(zhuǎn)到這個(gè)項(xiàng)目來(lái)的其他人。)可知，Dow做志愿者，說(shuō)明“綠色”療法治愈了Dow的抑郁癥，因此推斷她對(duì)這種療法是充滿感激的。故選D。

【3】

詞句猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第四段的During 2017-2018, Sydenham Garden received 313 patient referrals（轉(zhuǎn)診）from health professionals.(在2017-2018年期間，SydenhamGarden接受了來(lái)自衛(wèi)生專業(yè)人員轉(zhuǎn)診來(lái)的313名患者。)以及下文“ It is part of a growing movement devoted to increasing the role that gardening and other forms of "green" therapy cam play in patient recovery. It is also one of the 1,500 organizations signed u up to Growing Health, a national project set up by the charity Garden Organic and the membership organization Sustain.(它是越來(lái)越多的致力于增加園藝和其他形式的“綠色”治療在病人康復(fù)中的作用的活動(dòng)的一部分。 它也是1500個(gè)注冊(cè)Growing Health的的組織之一，Growing Health是一個(gè)由慈善機(jī)構(gòu) Garden Organic和會(huì)員組織 Sustain建立的國(guó)家項(xiàng)目。)”可推斷，it指代上文提到的Sydenham Garden。故選C。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段Devereaux說(shuō)的話But，increasingly now, we've got evidence that even people who aren't gardeners are able to harvest the benefits of being outside working with nature and all the things that come with it.(但是，現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的證據(jù)表明，即使不是園丁的人也能收獲到與大自然一起工作的好處和隨之而來(lái)的一切。)可知，Devereaux認(rèn)為園藝對(duì)人有好處，因此推斷他對(duì)于園藝持有積極的態(tài)度。故選A。

在閱讀中我們經(jīng)常會(huì)考查猜測(cè)詞義或句意題。事實(shí)上，閱讀材料中的每個(gè)詞與它前后的詞語(yǔ)或句子甚至段落都有聯(lián)系。運(yùn)用邏輯推理猜測(cè)詞義或句意是使用最廣考查最多也最易失分的猜詞方式，這要求考生具備整合分散、復(fù)雜信息的能力，充分利用上下文（各種已知信息）并結(jié)合具體的語(yǔ)境推測(cè)、判斷某些詞或短語(yǔ)的詞義。例如小題3，詞句猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第四段的During 2017-2018, Sydenham Garden received 313 patient referrals（轉(zhuǎn)診）from health professionals.(在2017-2018年期間，SydenhamGarden接受了來(lái)自衛(wèi)生專業(yè)人員轉(zhuǎn)診來(lái)的313名患者。)以及下文“ It is part of a growing movement devoted to increasing the role that gardening and other forms of "green" therapy cam play in patient recovery. It is also one of the 1,500 organizations signed u up to Growing Health, a national project set up by the charity Garden Organic and the membership organization Sustain.(它是越來(lái)越多的致力于增加園藝和其他形式的“綠色”治療在病人康復(fù)中的作用的活動(dòng)的一部分。 它也是1500個(gè)注冊(cè)Growing Health的的組織之一，Growing Health是一個(gè)由慈善機(jī)構(gòu) Garden Organic和會(huì)員組織 Sustain建立的國(guó)家項(xiàng)目。)”可推斷，it指代上文提到的Sydenham Garden。故選C。