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Unit 6　Nurturing nature
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(2023新課標Ⅱ,B)
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 program at four low-income schools. The program aims to help students develop science skills, environmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramillo s students live in neighborhoods 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.
Program 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 program 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.
2.What was a problem facing Jaramillo at the start of the program
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.
3.Which of the following best describes the impact of the program
A.Far-reaching.　　　B.Predictable.　　　C.Short-lived.　　　D.Unidentifiable.
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
`1.environment n.環境→　　　　 adj.自然環境的　　2.aware adj.意識到的;明白的→　　　　 n.意識
3.outnumber vt.　　　　　　4.initial adj.開始的;最初的→　　　　 adv.最初地
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Unit 6　Nurturing nature
高考真題練
◎語篇解讀　本文是一篇記敘文。為了培養學生的科學技能,提高他們的環保意識并培養健康的生活習慣,Abby Jaramillo和另一個老師發起了一個名為Urban Sprouts的菜園子項目。這個項目啟動之后,孩子們受益頗多,他們不僅吃上了自己種的蔬菜,也慢慢愛上了自己種菜。
1.D　細節理解題。本題問的是Abby Jaramillo的個人情況。根據第一段第二句可知,Abby Jaramillo和另外一個老師啟動了Urban Sprouts這個菜園子項目。D項意為“她是Urban Sprouts項目的一個創始人”,符合題意。故選D。
2.C　細節理解題。根據題干關鍵詞a problem facing Jaramillo定位到第二段。根據最后兩句可知,孩子們認為蔬菜、泥土和昆蟲都很糟糕。最后一句提到一些孩子一開始害怕昆蟲,且興趣都被泥土給弄沒了。由此可知,最開始 Jaramillo面臨的困難是孩子們不喜歡在菜園工作。故選C。
3.A　推理判斷題。根據題干中的the impact of the program可定位到最后一段。該項目的優點如下:
由此可推斷,這個項目的影響是深遠的(far-reaching)。predictable可預測的;short-lived短暫的;unidentifiable無法辨別的。故選A。
4.C　主旨大意題。文章第一段提到為了培養學生的科學技能,提高他們的環保意識并培養健康的生活習慣,Jaramillo和另一個老師啟動了一個項目。緊接著提到了同學們本來不喜歡菜園子里的勞動,但是通過學習這個項目里的課程,他們變成愛吃蔬菜和自己種蔬菜的人。由此可知,C項(越來越多的蔬菜愛好者)最適合作文章標題。A項“挽救學校菜園”、B項“體驗鄉村生活”以及D項“改變當地的風景”均不符合題意。故選C。
【高考詞匯站】　1.environmental　2.awareness　3.在數量上超過　4.initially
長難句　原句　Besides,working in the garden seems to have a calming effect on Jaramillo s special education students, many of whom have emotional control issues.
分析　本句為主從復合句。主句中 “working in the garden”為動名詞短語作主語,系動詞seems后接不定式作表語,“many of whom”為“介詞+關系代詞”引導定語從句,先行詞為students。
譯文　此外,在菜園里勞動似乎對Jaramillo的需要特殊教育的學生有鎮靜作用,這些學生中許多有情緒控制的問題。

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