Question

【題目】閱讀短文，根據(jù)要求完成下面各小題。

Rain helps plants grow and stay green. But too much rain-especially in cities-can cause flooding. And that can make waste water systems, like sewers(下水道), flow and send polluted water into rivers and other water ways. So several cities in the United States are stating programs like rooftop(屋頂) gardens.

A team at the University of the District of Columbia has created a garden on the top of one school building.83The garden holds many kinds of plants to help receive rain water and grow food at the same time.

"It took advantage of the resource above the city that you see all over where you have these flat roofs that aren't doing anything and it really made it something that was about urban agriculture."

84Rainwater is collected in large bottles and sent through a system that waters the garden at the top of the roof. The roof is filled with green life that appeals(吸引) to insects.

"In cities, you don't have that much space, so rooftops are just unused space," says Caitlin Arlotta, a student in the school's Urban Agriculture program.

The program is growing plants including strawberries, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. "We have the same experiment running with tomatoes as we do with strawberries, so we're doing variety trials(品種實驗) and we're trying just to see which variety grows the best in a green roof setting."

The program also seeks to improve cities and make them beautiful by training people to become Master Gardeners.

It is the biggest surprise that they produced 4,250 pounds of products the first year and shared that to people in need.

A.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

【1】Why do the cities in US start programs like rooftop gardens？

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【2】What does the schools Urban Agriculture program do according to the passage？

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B.將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

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C.請給短文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)挠⑽臉?biāo)題。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because too much rain in cities can cause flooding and make waste water systems, like sewers, flow and send polluted water into rivers and other water ways.

【2】The program grows plants and seeks to improve cities and make them beautiful by training people to become master gardeners.

【3】花園里有許多植物來幫助吸收雨水，同時種植食物。

【4】雨水收集在大瓶子里，通過一個灌溉屋頂?shù)幕▓@的系統(tǒng)輸送。

【5】The Usages/ Advantages of Rooftop Gardens

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹為了應(yīng)對城市雨水問題而開始的屋頂花園項目。屋頂花園既解決了雨水問題，也利用了城市上空的資源發(fā)展了城市農(nóng)業(yè)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二、三句“But too much rain—especially in cities—can cause flooding. And that can make waste water systems, like sewers（下水道）， flow and send polluted water into rivers and other water way.”可知，因為城市中過多的降雨會導(dǎo)致洪水泛濫，使污水系統(tǒng)，像下水道，流動，并將受污染的水排入河流和其他水道。故答案為Because too much rain in cities can cause flooding and make waste water systems, like sewers, flow and send polluted water into rivers and other water ways。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第六段第一句“The program is growing plants including strawberries, tomatoes and sweet potatoes.”及第七段第一句“The program also seeks to improve cities and make them beautiful by training people to become Master Gardeners.”可知該項目正在種植植物，并試圖通過培訓(xùn)人們成為園藝大師來改善城市，使它們變得美麗。故答案為The program grows plants and seeks to improve cities and make them beautiful by training people to become master gardeners。

【3】句子翻譯題。此句是一個and連接的并列句。many kinds of許多種類；grow food種植食物；at the same time同時。故答案為：花園里有許多植物來幫助吸收雨水，同時種植食物。

【4】句子翻譯題。此句是一個由that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，先行詞為 system, that在從句中作主語。water在句中作動詞，意為澆； at the top of在……的頂部。故答案為：雨水收集在大瓶子里，通過一個灌溉屋頂?shù)幕▓@的系統(tǒng)輸送。

【5】標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文，文章主要介紹了為了應(yīng)對城市雨水問題而開始的屋頂花園項目，它既解決了雨水問題，也利用了城市上空的資源發(fā)展了城市農(nóng)業(yè)，故標(biāo)題可歸納為屋頂花園的用途或優(yōu)點。故答案為The Usages/ Advantages of Rooftop Gardens。