五、阅读理解
It's a cold, grey Sunday afternoon in March. The British are all working in their gardens. They're digging（挖）, cutting leaves（树叶）and planting new seeds（种子）. By summer, their gardens will be full of bright colours.
The British love their gardens. A British newspaper asks people for their ideas about them. About 75% of the people feel it is important to spend time in the garden, and over 50% of them think of gardening as the most enjoyable thing they ever do.
Only one in ten houses in Britain do not have a garden. People who live in houses without gardens often rent（租用）land from the government（政府）.
At first, only very rich（富有的）people had gardens. You can still see the gardens around houses with a long history, such as Chatsworth House or Castle Howard. In the early twentieth century（世纪）, however, gardening became a hobby. People bought different kinds of seeds and plants for their gardens. There were roses, sunflowers and tomatoes in British gardens, but they grew wild（野生的）in other countries at first.
Every year, there are competitions（竞赛）for the largest vegetables, but don't hope to win（赢）: Britain's biggest carrot is almost six metres long.
（ ）1. In summer, British gardens are often _______.
A. full of people digging there B. colourful with different plants
C. too hot for people to work there D. full of grey leaves and plants
（ ）2. We can infer（推断）from Paragraph 4 that _______.
A. people got seeds for free
B. there were no roses in other countries at first
C. gardening is a hobby in the world
D. the master of Chatsworth House was rich
（ ）3. What does the writer mean（意思是）by the underlined（画线的）sentence?
A. It is easy to grow big vegetables. B. It is hard to win the competition.
C. The carrot is much easier to grow. D. The carrot is his favourite vegetable.

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