My friend Julie and I are crazy about creating a beautiful green town.
Gardening Course
Every September, our city has a special festival. Crowds of happy people go to the park. That's because the gardening competition takes place there.
For Julie and me, it was a pity that we couldn't take part in the gardening competition, for that was also the first day of our high school. We were busy choosing courses. We wanted to learn all about plants, gardening and farming. We thought it would help us succeed as gardeners.
Project Presentation
After a year's study, I decided to give a talk to my class about my project—the green farm.
"Good morning!" I said. "During my studies, I've learnt a lot about city farming. Now, I want to do something with what I've learnt."
I showed them a small plastic model. "This is the high street of our town. This is an old, nine-floor car park. No one has used it for the last two years and it's now for sale."
"I've designed a city farm using the car park building. There will be eight floors to farm fruit and vegetables. This design can help us collect rainwater to wet the soil. And we can also use energy from the sun to power the special growing lights."
"I will hire the space out to local people and they will sell everything good enough for the environment in local shops. Also, the ninth floor will be for those who want to grow their own plants."
My audience looked interested and my project got the highest marks in my class.

Later, Julie helped me search the town for the perfect place for gardening—somewhere that was not the best neighbourhood, but a poor one. One where the road was full of holes and the pavement(人行道) was all broken came into our eyes. At last, we made it.
In the neighbourhood, we posted letters through people's doors with gardening instructions. More and more people cared about that and began to plant vegetables in gardens.
Then in the same neighbourhood, we put grass over those broken old pavements for the kids to play on. Finally, we put up a sign that said, "Have fun here."
When we finished, we were both covered in soil and completely tired. But Julie put an arm around my shoulders and smiled. "Not bad!" she said. We can do more to make our town greener!
()42. The writer mentioned the gardening competition to .
A. change her gardening projects
B. express her interest in gardening
C. discuss ways to get good prizes
D. tell stories of gardening courses
()43. 新考法 标题回填 Which is the most suitable for ""?
A. Grass Houses
B. Farming Instructions
C. Vegetable Gardens
D. Gardening Experiences
()44. 新考法 事件排序 Which of the following is the CORRECT order of the story?
a. Julie helped find a perfect place for gardening.
b. The writer explained the green farm project.
c. Julie and the writer posted letters to neighbours.
d. Julie and the writer were busy choosing the courses.
e. Old pavements were covered with grass for kids to play on.
A. d-a-b-e-c
B. d-b-a-c-e
C. a-b-c-e-d
D. a-d-b-c-e
()45. 新考法 情节推断 According to the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, Julie and the writer may .
A. find more open spaces to plant grass and vegetables
B. hire their green farms out for parking and camping
C. sell their grass and vegetables to the neighbourhood
D. put up more signs to ask kids to have fun on the grass

42. B 43. D 44. B 45. A

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文细节逐一分析各题目：1. 第42题定位原文提及园艺比赛的段落，分析作者提及比赛的意图；2. 第43题结合空后段落内容归纳核心主题，选择贴合的标题；3. 第44题梳理原文事件先后顺序，对应选项排序；4. 第45题理解划线句含义，推断作者和朋友后续行动方向。
【解析】
42. 解析：原文第三段提到作者和朋友因开学无法参加园艺比赛，转而想学习园艺相关知识，目的是表达对园艺的兴趣，故选B。
43. 解析：空后段落讲述作者和朋友寻找园艺场地、帮助邻居开展园艺活动等经历，核心是园艺相关体验，故选D。
44. 解析：原文事件顺序为：d（开学选课程）→b（班级项目展示）→a（寻找园艺场地）→c（给邻居寄园艺指导信）→e（给人行道铺草供孩子玩耍），对应选项B。
45. 解析：划线句意为“我们可以做更多让城镇更绿”，推断作者和朋友会寻找更多空间开展园艺活动，故选A。
【答案】
42.B 43.D 44.B 45.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解，细节理解，推理判断
【点评】
本文是记叙文，讲述作者与朋友为打造绿色城镇所做的努力，涵盖多种阅读理解题型，考查学生信息定位、标题归纳、事件梳理及推理判断能力，需结合原文细节逐一分析。
【难度系数】
0.5