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Many cities in the world are benefiting from the nocturnal (夜間活動的) activities of a group of people who call themselves guerrilla (游擊隊的) gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre locations where there was mud, weeds and empty plastic bottles, residents often wake up to find that the wasted area has been transformed overnight with brightly-colored bedding plants.

In most British cities, local governments and police turn a blind eye to the exploits (開發) of the gardeners, whose activities are always carried out under cover of nightfall. And so far, there has been nothing but praise from the astonished and delighted local residents when they find their neighborhood transformed in such a striking fashion.

Not only do the guerrilla gardeners beautify neglected places, they also return regularly to water the plants and weed the flower beds. They also make sure that at least some of the plants they bring are evergreens, which means that the area doesn’t look dismal (凄涼的) in the winter months.

The first guerrilla gardener in London was Richard Reynolds, whose day job is at an advertising agency. Mr Reynolds, a graduate of Oxford University, began his efforts two years ago when he moved to a flat in a tower block in South London. From his balcony, he could see several empty concrete pots, placed by the local governments to contain plants but never used. He went out after midnight and filled the pots with plants, and then planted more flowers in the path leading to the entrance to the block.

He then set up a website to explain his plan and called upon more gardeners to join him. Cash donations flooded in and, more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign. Within six months, there were five hundred people in London prepared to come out at very short notice to revitalize (恢復活力) neglected parts of the urban landscape. There are now unofficial but carefully-organized groups in many cities in Britain and North America and there is also a website where would-be urban gardeners can find out the location of the next expedition.

76. According to the text, guerrilla gardeners got their names ______.

   A. because of the residents’ advice                     B. from the local governments

   C. for the nature of their work                          D. based on the local cultures

77. These guerrilla gardeners do their work ______.

   A. at the request of the government                   B. nearby their house

  C. often in return for others’ help                       D. of their own free will

78. Why do the guerrilla gardeners often return to their former working places?

   A. To look after these plants.                             B. To enjoy these beautiful flowers.

   C. To help plants live through winter months.     D. To change the types of these plants.

79. Richard Reynolds decided to fill the pots with plants with the purpose of ______.

   A. making the neighborhood more beautiful       B. agreeing with his own job

   C. advertising some products in his agency       D. killing his spare time

80. It can be inferred from the text that these guerrilla gardeners ______.

   A. are mainly from the United Kingdom

   B. will later get well paid

   C. are still not accepted by the local people

   D. become more and more organized

Answer 1

76--80   CDAAD  

解析:

本文主要是向讀者介紹了guerrilla gardeners，這些人平常工作，在夜間進行綠化和美化居民區，給當地人帶來了舒適的生活環境。

76. C。   推理判斷題。根據文章第一段，“guerrilla gardeners”主要在夜間活動，“神出鬼沒”，而且還要經常換地方，所以說是由工作的性質決定的。

77. D。   細節理解題。根據文章最后一段的“Cash … more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign”和第三段的“they also return regularly to water the plants”，他們通常是自愿的，并且也不一定就是在他們的房子附近。而根據文章第二段，他們并沒有獲得當地政府的支持。

78. A。   細節理解題。根據文章第三段，他們經常返回到他們原來工作過的地方，目的是照看這些植物，如除草和澆水等。

79. A。   細節判斷題。根據文章第四段，他的目的就是要充分利用這些荒廢的土地和水泥罐，把小區變得更加美麗。

80. D。   推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段，這些“guerrilla gardeners”已經擴展到了廣大的北美地區，他們吸收社會上的捐助，而對自己的工作不圖回報，受到人們的廣泛歡迎，并且他們也變得越來越有組織性，還有自己的網站統一行動。