Container gardening is especially adapted to present living...

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The author implies that ______.A．plants in containers have less varieties of formB．plants

The author implies that ______.

A．plants in containers have less varieties of form

B．plants can be damaged if they are given too much water

C．most plants should be placed on window sills during winter months

D．some plants are particularly fit for container gardening

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听力原文：A: You know, I love these container gardening and I think it is especially adapte

d to contemporary living. Plants in containers display great variety of form. and texture. They can be used to create instant indoor gardens;

they can be moved from one home to another; and they can be moved outdoors in the summer and indoors

during the cooler months.

B: Woo, that's wonderful. Besides the space is not a problem. Container gardening can be conducted in a single pot on a table or windowsill, in a more elaborate room divider, or in a built-in planter.

A: But there are so many kinds of containers and I have no ideas how to chose from them, you know, there are common clay pot to cans ,jars, boxes, baskets and tubs.

B: I hear most people select containers for both their practical and esthetic qualities. These include cost, availability, weight, strength, durability, attractiveness, and decorative and sentimental value. What's more, the size and shape of the container should be consistent with the plant's size and shape. Tail, tapering plants are more attractive in tall, relatively narrow containers. Short, compact plants appear more at home in shallow wide containers.

A: Yes, you are right. And I think those containers must have those holes in the bottom for removal of excess water are best. Water-tight containers arc difficult' to manage; excess water will accumulate at the bottom of the container and injure plant roots by excluding oxygen.

B: Those are the fundamental requirements for plant growth, but plants need light, water, nutrients and a satisfactory temperature range.

A: Yes, light is the most critical requirement. The levels of all the other requirements are adjusted in relation to the amount of light that plants receive. When plants don't have enough light, they grow slowly and become tall and thin; it becomes difficult to avoid over-watering them. Plants are easier to maintain in good condition when their light requirements are met.

What does the article mainly discuss？

A．Things plants need to grow

B．Things that are bad for plant growing.

C．How to grow plants in containers.

D．The advantages of growing plants in containers.

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GardeningThe technology of beautyNow, gardening was driven by three main trends: technolog

Gardening

The technology of beauty

Now, gardening was driven by three main trends: technological change, plant prospecting and fashion. Of these, the most important was technology, whose advances made it possible for the middle classes to enjoy what had once been affordable only to the very rich.

The most dramatic example of popularizing technology was surely the invention of the lawnmower. Nothing was more labour-intensive, in the 18th century, than maintaining a large lawn. It would take three men with scythes (大镰刀) a whole day to cut an acre (two-fifths of a hectare) of grass; they would be followed by lawn women whose task was to gather up the cuttings.

Just one man went to mow

Then, in 1830, Edwin Beard Budding realised that the rotary blade used in the cloth industry to produce an even pile on textiles could be used on grass. The rotary lawnmower meant that suburban homes could afford the neat greensward (草皮) previously available only to the rich.

The other technology that transformed Victorian gardening was the development of the art of growing plants under glass. Importing plants from countries as distant as Australia became a commercial possibility once they were sealed in wooden boxes with glass tops. From the 1830s on, Victorian gardens, private and public, used masses of bedding plants. In 1877, 2 million plants were bedded out in London's parks, often in elaborate geometric designs. Growing them under glass protected them both from frost and from pollution.

In the past century, technology has once again transformed and simplified gardening. Among the most significant advances is the growing of plants in containers. Instead of ordering plants grown in open fields and dug up bare-rooted for planting in autumn, gardeners now typically buy plants which, because they have been grown in containers, can be transplanted at almost any time of year. Container growing has in turn become possible largely because of the development of lighter composts.

Other men's flowers

The past two centuries have seen an immense increase in the range of garden plants. Native species have been refined and developed; and explorers have brought back plants from all parts of the world. The passion for plant collecting sprang partly from the expansion of Catholic religious orders (神职) abroad in the 16th century, looking for medicinal plants as well as souls to convert. Many early plant-hunters are commemorated in plant names, such as the Tradescants, father and son; Sir Joseph Banks, who sailed with Captain Cook and brought home 3500 species from Australia.

Fashion is every bit as important in determining what people grow as in what they wear. The geometry, gravel and bedding plants of the mid-19th-cenmry town-house garden had given way, by the century's end, to a passion for informality and English cottage gardens, fostered by two of the great designers of the age. Their influence has proved enduring. "All over the world, people want to rival English gardens, often in a climate that makes it very difficult," says Sarah Bond, an enthusiastic amateur gardener in Manhattan.

A growing business

Both gardening and looking at gardens are developing rapidly. Give people a piece of ground and they will buy something to put in it. Mark Bhatti and Andrew Church of Brighton University in England point to the fact that people now seem to spend far more on machinery and chemicals, and more again on benches, barbecues, pots and sun-loungers, than they spend on plants themselves.

Moreover, the range of places where people can buy gardening supplies has expanded. Supermarkets and general stores frequently carry plants and other gardening necessities. On the contrary, Britain's Garden Centre Association says that around 12% of the typical turnover of a garden centre now comes from the cafe. A trip to a ga

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

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A．From her parents.B．Through a gardening magazine.C．By attending a class.D．By self-stu

A．From her parents.

B．Through a gardening magazine.

C．By attending a class.

D．By self-study.

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Consider gardening books. What will happen to the market for these books as gardening becomes more popular and simultaneously printing costs increase （）

A．The price of gardening books definitely increases．园艺书的价格肯定会增加。

B．The quantity of gardening books definitely increases．园艺书的数量肯定会增加。

C．The price of gardening books might increase or decreas

E．园艺书的价格可能会增加或减少。

D．The quantity of gardening books definitely stays the sam

E．园艺书的数量绝对保持不变。

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第6题

Gardening is a pleasant （employ) ______for a Sunday afternoon.

Gardening is a pleasant (employ) ______for a Sunday afternoon.

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Shortly after his retirement, the former president ______ gardening and hunting.A．took toB

Shortly after his retirement, the former president ______ gardening and hunting.

A．took to

B．took after

C．took on

D．took in

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Anne Scott James was an American journalist and writer of many gardening books.

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第9题

Sundays used to be the one day of the week for ‘worship and rest’, but now people tend to spend their time shopping, gardening or DIY.

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