The Pothole Gardener|马路园丁

The Pothole Gardener

by Marcus Maurice

Roses can grow from concrete.

Asphalt and concrete dominate most big cities, and potholes seem to be black eyes in their streets. Now, there are certain people that want to beautify cities without going through the red tape of getting permits. These guerrilla gardeners are armed _(1)_ hoes, shovels, buckets, dirt, and plants. _(2)_ by art students in California in 2008, the goal of this group of pothole gardeners is to green the streets on the surface level. They find potholes, fill them with dirt, and then _(3)_ plants in their new beds.

Britain Steve Wheen took things a bit further when he started his blog called The Pothole Gardener. He began his campaign because he was _(4)_ with all the potholes he came across while he was biking to and from work. His goal is to make people's days a bit happier by showing them that a little hard work can change a _(5)_ environment. He carefully fills ugly and grim potholes with beautiful flowers. He even _(6)_ the extra step of including props like miniature chairs and books. He then posts the pictures and videos on his blog for people to see. Eventually, other guerrilla gardeners wanted in on the action, so he made a section for them to post their own photos and movies.

These ideas have inspired people to _(7)_ things like International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day. This event sees people all over the world planting rogue sunflower seeds in places that need to be beautified.

1. (A) by   (B) as  (C) for (D) with

2. (A) Starting (B) Started (C) Start   (D) To start

3. (A) advise   (B) defeat  (C) collide (D) stick

4. (A) pleased  (B) satisfied   (C) frustrated  (D) attracted

5. (A) bored    (B) boring  (C) boredom (D) bore

6. (A) takes    (B) makes   (C) gives   (D) gets

7. (A) come about   (B) come to     (C) come up with    (D) come down with

马路园丁

水泥地上长出玫瑰。

在多数的大城市中很常看得到沥青和混凝土，城市街道上的坑洞似乎是黑色的眼睛。现在，有些人想要略过申请许可证的繁文缛节来美化城市。这些游击园丁部队身上配备着锄头、铁锹、水桶、泥巴和植物。这群由加州艺术系学生组成的马路园丁于 2008 年发起这项运动，目标是要填满路面坑洞并绿化街道。他们发现坑洞后，用泥土填满坑洞，然后将植物插在它们的新家。

英国人史蒂夫．惠荫创立名为马路园丁的部落格时，他让事情又有了更进一步的发展。他在骑乘自行车上下班的路途中，对路上遇到的坑洞感到沮丧，所以开始了这项绿化运动。他的目标是藉由向大家展示只要透过一些努力就足以改变令人无聊的环境，好让他们的日子过得更快乐。他小心翼翼地用美丽的花朵填满那些既丑陋又令人讨厌的坑洞。他甚至另外采取行动，把像是模型小椅子和小书本的道具也包含在绿化的行动中。然后，他在他的部落格上贴上照片和影片以供大家观看。最后，其他游击园丁也想加入这个行动，所以他规划网页的一部分让他们分享自己的照片和影片。

这些想法已经启发人们想出像是国际向日葵游击园艺日等的活动。这项盛事中会有世界各地的人在那些需要美化的地方种植次等向日葵花籽。

答案：  1.  D   2.  B   3.  D   4.  C   5.  B

   6.  A   7.  C

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