第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You don’t have to break your back to create a yard that’s both beautiful and kind to Mother Nature. These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf (草地) into a small garden. 11
Let the grass grow.
Cut grass less often, 12 . It will help grass survive dry periods of time in warmer months. That’s because roots will grow deeper and grass thicker, which means fewer pests, less disease, and a decreased need for chemical intervention.
13 .
You can act before 10 a. m, when the air is cool. Watering in late afternoon is the next good choice. Water near the base of plants, slowly delivering the good stuff right to the roots. For lawns, water long and deep once a week.
Get keen on composting (肥料).
Compost isn’t called gardener’s gold for nothing. It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriched soil with much-needed nutrients. 14 Vegetables and tea bags, eggshells, dry leaves are all fair game.
Give bees the green-carpet treatment.
Honeybees help pollinate (授粉) 75 percent of the flowering plants and nearly 75 percent of food crops. Scientists say many important pollinators are disappearing. Creating a garden with plants which flower at different times of the year will benefit pollinators throughout the growing season. 15 .
A．Water the right way.
B．Many will save your money too.
C．Dry leaves add nutrients to the soil.
D．Make the backyard as beautiful as possible.
E．so it gets a few inches longer than you’re used to.
F．It also reduces dependency on chemical fertilizers.
G. Whenever possible, choose native plants with a variety of flower colors and shapes.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一些环保妙招使你的家如何变成一个小花园，而且这些妙招还能帮你省钱。
11．B 【解析】根据空前These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf (草地) into a small garden. （这些环保的想法会把你的家变成一个小花园。）可知，B选项中的many用作代词，指代前文出现的可数名词复数，所以此处many指前文出现的smart ideas，且语义（很多也会帮你省钱。）承接上文，故选B。
12．E 【解析】根据空前的Cut grass less often（减少割草的次数）可知，E选项和其前文是因果关系，语义（这样草就会比你习惯的长几英寸。）相承接，故选E。
13．A 【解析】分析文章结构可知，此处选择段落小标题，根据空后内容可知，此段主要提及浇水的时间和频次，故A项（用正确的方法浇水）能概括本段的内容，故选A。
14．F 【解析】根据前文的It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriched soil with much-needed nutrients.（它使厨房的剩余物不会被填埋，并为土壤提供了急需的营养。）可知，厨房的剩余物给土壤提供了养料，减少了对化肥的以来，故F选项（它还减少了对化肥的依赖。）语义承接上文，故选F。
15．G 【解析】根据前文的Creating a garden with plants which flower at different times of the year will benefit pollinators throughout the growing season.（创建一个花园，植物在一年中的不同时间开花，这将有利于整个生长季节的传粉者。）可知，为了确保整个生长季节的传粉者的供给，所以要选择不同时间开花的植物，这就要选择各种颜色和形状的植物，故G选项（只要有可能，选择各种颜色和形状的本土植物。）承接上文内容，故选G。
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You don’t have to break your back to create a yard that’s both beautiful and kind to Mother Nature. These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf (草地) into a small garden. 11
Let the grass grow.
Cut grass less often, 12 . It will help grass survive dry periods of time in warmer months. That’s because roots will grow deeper and grass thicker, which means fewer pests, less disease, and a decreased need for chemical intervention.
13 .
You can act before 10 a. m, when the air is cool. Watering in late afternoon is the next good choice. Water near the base of plants, slowly delivering the good stuff right to the roots. For lawns, water long and deep once a week.
Get keen on composting (肥料).
Compost isn’t called gardener’s gold for nothing. It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriched soil with much-needed nutrients. 14 Vegetables and tea bags, eggshells, dry leaves are all fair game.
Give bees the green-carpet treatment.
Honeybees help pollinate (授粉) 75 percent of the flowering plants and nearly 75 percent of food crops. Scientists say many important pollinators are disappearing. Creating a garden with plants which flower at different times of the year will benefit pollinators throughout the growing season. 15 .
A．Water the right way.
B．Many will save your money too.
C．Dry leaves add nutrients to the soil.
D．Make the backyard as beautiful as possible.
E．so it gets a few inches longer than you’re used to.
F．It also reduces dependency on chemical fertilizers.
G. Whenever possible, choose native plants with a variety of flower colors and shapes.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一些环保妙招使你的家如何变成一个小花园，而且这些妙招还能帮你省钱。
11．B 【解析】根据空前These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf (草地) into a small garden. （这些环保的想法会把你的家变成一个小花园。）可知，B选项中的many用作代词，指代前文出现的可数名词复数，所以此处many指前文出现的smart ideas，且语义（很多也会帮你省钱。）承接上文，故选B。
12．E 【解析】根据空前的Cut grass less often（减少割草的次数）可知，E选项和其前文是因果关系，语义（这样草就会比你习惯的长几英寸。）相承接，故选E。
13．A 【解析】分析文章结构可知，此处选择段落小标题，根据空后内容可知，此段主要提及浇水的时间和频次，故A项（用正确的方法浇水）能概括本段的内容，故选A。
14．F 【解析】根据前文的It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriched soil with much-needed nutrients.（它使厨房的剩余物不会被填埋，并为土壤提供了急需的营养。）可知，厨房的剩余物给土壤提供了养料，减少了对化肥的以来，故F选项（它还减少了对化肥的依赖。）语义承接上文，故选F。
15．G 【解析】根据前文的Creating a garden with plants which flower at different times of the year will benefit pollinators throughout the growing season.（创建一个花园，植物在一年中的不同时间开花，这将有利于整个生长季节的传粉者。）可知，为了确保整个生长季节的传粉者的供给，所以要选择不同时间开花的植物，这就要选择各种颜色和形状的植物，故G选项（只要有可能，选择各种颜色和形状的本土植物。）承接上文内容，故选G。
