《2025年凤凰新学案高中英语必修第一册译林版》

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For years I hadn’t known much about gardening. I grew up in the countryside but got hooked on music and drawing and put a great deal of effort into books. As a teenager, the fields beyond my home became a green barrier to the big city I so longed to be part of. I was always full of life, free from worries.
Breaking up with Josh changed everything. I felt so lost and alone. Yet I didn’t turn to gardening for recovery straight away. That summer I went to a dozen festivals, danced my way through sleepless weekends and relied on kind friends. But none of them worked for long.
Then one day I walked to the balcony, seeing sunflowers blooming brightly in the wind. They made me realize that plants always carried on. “How small my heartbreak is in the grand scheme of things,” I said to myself. I had no idea where I’d end up living, but I could rely on those cycles of growth, decay (衰退) and renewal. There was something enormously comforting in that.
Gradually, the need for green space became a habit that changed my life. When I was staying with friends, I’d hunt out parks. Within a couple of months, I’d signed up as a volunteer at a local community garden and would get there early on Sunday mornings, as if it were my own kind of church.
It’s not surprising that being outdoors and surrounding myself with nature helped me through this difficult time. Studies by the Royal College of Physicians have found that gardening can lower blood pressure, relieve anxiety and depression, boost mood and burn calories.
Fifteen months later, I found a new home, nestled in a patch of south London woodland. I have 30 houseplants in total and my balcony blooms all year around, so it feels like both an oasis (绿洲) and somewhere to think.
Life is still sometimes frustrating. Difficult things still happen. But these days I know how to treat myself: I make sure I go outside, breathe in, look at what’s growing, and I always feel better.
5. Which of the following statements can best describe the writer in her teenage years?
A. Stubborn (顽固的) but innocent.
B. Energetic and carefree.
C. Productive and optimistic.
D. Ambitious but selfish.
6. The writer turned to gardening because it__ .
A. reminded her of the childhood
B. helped her ease negative feelings
C. broke down the barrier to the big city
D. relieved (减轻) the symptoms of sleeplessness
7. The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 4) probably refers to “__ ”.
A. the church
B. the green space in life
C. her home
D. the community garden
8. What does the passage focus on?
A. The cure of nature.
B. The curse of fate.
C. Obstacles (障碍) to peace.
D. The openness to change.

答案： 5.B 6.B 7.D 8.A