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新情境 Turning soil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sound like tough work for middle and high school kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramillo, who with another teacher started Urban Sprouts, a school garden programme at four low - income schools. The programme aims to help students develop science skills, environmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramillo's students live in neighbourhoods where fresh food and green space are not easy to find and fast food restaurants outnumber grocery stores. “The kids literally come to school with bags of snacks and large bottles of soft drinks,” she says. “They come to us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful.” Though some are initially scared of the insects and turned off by the dirt, most are eager to try something new.
Urban Sprouts' classes, at two middle schools and two high schools, include hands - on experiments such as soil testing, flower - and - seed dissection, tastings of fresh or dried produce, and work in the garden. Several times a year, students cook the vegetables they grow, and they occasionally make salads for their entire schools.
Programme evaluations show that kids eat more vegetables as a result of the classes. “We have students who say they went home and talked to their parents and now they're eating differently,” Jaramillo says.
She adds that the programme's benefits go beyond nutrition. Some students get so interested in gardening that they bring home seeds to start their own vegetable gardens. Besides, working in the garden seems to have a calming effect on Jaramillo's special education students, many of whom have emotional control issues. “They get outside,” she says, “and they feel successful.”
1. What do we know about Abby Jaramillo?
A. She used to be a health worker.
B. She grew up in a low - income family.
C. She owns a fast food restaurant.
D. She is an initiator of Urban Sprouts. (D)
2. What was a problem facing Jaramillo at the start of the programme?
A. The kids' parents distrusted her.
B. Students had little time for her classes.
C. Some kids disliked garden work.
D. There was no space for school gardens. (C)
3. Which of the following best describes the impact of the programme?
A. Far - reaching.
B. Predictable.
C. Short - lived.
D. Unidentifiable. (A)
4. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Rescuing School Gardens
B. Experiencing Country Life
C. Growing Vegetable Lovers
D. Changing Local Landscape (C)

答案： 1. D 细节理解题。由题干中的 Abby Jaramillo 定位到第一段第二句,由此可知,Urban Sprouts 是由艾比·哈拉米略和另一位老师一起创办的。initiator(n. 发起人)是 initiate(v. 开创,发起)的派生形式。故选 D。
2. C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“They come to us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful.”可知,在课程开始时,这确实是一项艰难的工作,有些孩子认为蔬菜很可怕,泥土很可怕,昆虫也很可怕。由此可知,C 项“一些孩子不喜欢园艺工作”为正确答案。故选 C。
3. A 推理判断题。文章最后两段讲了该课程的影响。根据这两段内容可知,该课程的开设让孩子们吃了更多蔬菜,除获得营养之外,许多学生还带种子回家开创了自己的菜园,而且对有情绪控制问题的学生也有镇静作用。由此推知,该课程的影响是深远的(far-reaching)。predictable 可预见的;short-lived 短暂的;unidentifiable 无法辨认的,为 identify(v. 认出,识别)的派生形式。故选 A。
4. C 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,阿比·哈拉米略和另一位老师在低收入学校开设“学校花园”课程,让学生爱上蔬菜,不仅多吃蔬菜,还将种子带回家开创自己的菜园,对学生产生了深远的影响。由此可推断 C 项“培养蔬菜爱好者”最适合作本文标题。Rescuing School Gardens 拯救学校花园;Experiencing Country Life 体验乡村生活;Changing Local Landscape 改变本地景观。故选 C。