Question

    School is still out for the summer, but at Eastern Senior High School,students are hard at work.In a garden bursting with vegetables and herbs, nearly a dozen teenagers are harvesting them for the weekend's farmers market. They work Tuesday through Saturday with City Blossoms, a non-profit that brings community gardens to schools and other places where kids gather in urban areas.

Roshawn Little, going into her junior year at Eastern, believes that working in the garden has taught her to try all sorts of new things—like eating different kinds of vegetables more often. And she has taken those healthy behaviors home with her and her family now buy more fruits and vegetables.“We mainly live around liquor（酒）stores and snack stores. There aren’t that many grocery stores. They're way out, and you have to drive so far”—a common problem in low-income urban areas.

City Blossoms is one of many groups across the country teaming up with local communities to establish school gardens, like the one at Eastern. These gardens, advocates say, are really outdoor classrooms where kids learn valuable lessons — not just about nutrition, but also about science and math, even business skills. For example, the gardens can be used for math lessons—like calculating the area of a plant bed—or learning the science of how plants grow.

On a recent weekend at the Aya farmers market, the kids work at a table decorated with handmade signs that read “onions” and “garlic”, inviting people to try their herbed salt with bread. Working at the market helps them practice public speaking skills and business skills.

Nadine Joyner of a nutrition education company has a food table next to the kids at the market and often buys produce from them. She is constantly impressed by the kids’ knowledge of what they're selling—they know how to grow it, how to prepare it, and how to cook it

1.What do students at Eastern do with the harvested vegetables?

A.Sell them on market . B.Take them to school.

C.Give them to farmers. D.Share them at home.

2.What can we infer about the area Little lives in?

A.It is inconvenient in traffic. B.It is crowded with grocery stores.

C.It has poor access to fresh foods. D.It suffers from income inequality.

3.Why does City Blossoms establish school gardens?

A.To provide nutritious food. B.To improve classroom conditions.

C.To cooperate with local community. D.To create outdoor learning chances.

4.Which may be the best title for this text?

A.Green Vegetables, Healthy Gardeners B.School Garden: a Promise Land in Summer

C.Young Gardeners, Knowledgeable Minds D.City Blossoms: an Exciting Garden Project

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是说明文。文章介绍了非盈利组织City Blossoms为学校和其他孩子聚集的城市地区提供社区花园。社区花园是孩子们的户外教室。孩子们自己种植蔬菜，然后卖出，从中学到了很多有价值的知识。

1.

细节理解题。根据文章第四段中“On a recent weekend at the Aya farmers market, the kids work at a table…inviting people to try their herbed salt with bread.( 在阿亚农贸市场，孩子们在一张桌子旁工作，邀请人们品尝他们制作的香草盐面包。)”

以及最后一段中“…often buys produce from them.”可知，孩子们在社区花园里收获蔬菜，然后拿到市场上去卖。故选A项。

2.

推理判断题。根据第二段中Roshawn Little 所说的话“‘We mainly live around liquor（酒）stores and snack stores. There aren’t that many grocery stores…you have to drive so far.’ ”Little居住的地区周围主要是贩酒店和零食店，没有那么多杂货店。买东西得开车去很远的地方。因此可以推断，Little居住的地区不容易买得到新鲜的食物。故选C项。

3.

细节理解题。根据第三段中“These gardens…are really outdoor classrooms where kids learn valuable lessons—not just about nutrition, but also about science and math, even business skills. （这些花园真的是户外教室，孩子们可以学到宝贵的课程——不仅是关于营养，还有关于科学和数学，甚至商业技能。）”可知，City Blossoms建立社区花园的目的是为了给孩子们创造户外学习的机会。故选D项。

4.

主旨大意题。通读全文，文章介绍了City Blossoms为孩子们建立社区花园。在社区花园里，孩子们自己种植蔬菜，然后卖出。孩子们不仅学到关于营养方面的知识，而且还学到科学和数学知识，甚至是演讲技能和商业技能。文章最后一段提到“She is constantly impressed by the kids’ knowledge of what they're selling—they know how to grow it, how to prepare it, and how to cook it.”孩子们对自己所卖的东西的丰富知识，给人们留下了深刻的印象。因此文章的标题应为“年轻的园丁，知识渊博的头脑”。故选C项。