11.Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771.At the age of ten he went to work.His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself.He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工)at a Manchester cotton mill.He was so successful there that he persuaded h is employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
   When he arrived at New Lanark,it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people.Nobody paid any attention to the workers'houses or their children's education.The conditions in the factories were very bad.There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
   Owen improved the houses.He encouraged people to be cl ean and save money.He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap,well-made goods to help them.He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks.Above all,he fixed his mind on the children's education.In 1816,he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
   People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory.They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than those in other towns.Their children were better fed and better educated.Owen tried the same experiment in the United States.He bought some land there in 1825,but the community was too far away.He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
   Owen never stopped fighting for his idea.Above all,he believed that people are not born good or bad.He was a practical man and his ideas were practical,too."If you give people good working conditions,"he thought,"they will work well and,the most important thing of all,if you give them the chance to learn,they will be better people."
21.For Owen,his greatest achievement in New Lanark was.D
A.improving workers houses     
B.helping people to save money
C.preventing men from getting drunk 
D.providing the children with a good education
22.From the passage we may infer that Owen was bornC.
A.into a rich family    
B.into a noble family
C.into a poor family     
D.into a middle class family
23.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because.D
A.he lost all his money  
B.he did not buy enough land
C.people who visited it were not impressed 
D.it was too far away for him to organize it properly
24.We may infer from the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education untilB
A.1771     B.1816 C.1825   D.1860.
10."It's all pretty surreal(超现实的); it's amazing,fantastic,"Hugo Bugg,27,said after finding out he had become Chelsea Flower Show's youngest gold medal winner.
His Waterscape Garden,in cooperation with the Royal Bank of Canada,was designed to show how gardeners can conserve(保存) and use storm water all year round.
The garden has a number of pools for collecting rainwater,which is then filtered(渗透) out into the garden through loose stones.
"Because of the severe flooding we've seen in parts of the UK,I wanted to show how even inexperienced gardeners can manage storm water in their gardens through simple techniques,"said Bugg.
While those unfamiliar with the gardening world may not have heard of the young designer,Bugg has been gradually building a reputation for himself-and collecting a number of gardening prizes-over the last few years.
In 2010he was named RHS(Royal Horticultural Society) young designer of the year and in 2011he won a gold medal at the RH8Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
RHS was founded in the UK in 1804for the improvement of gardening,and is responsible for the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show taking place in London in May every year.
But Bugg,who had studied garden design at Falmouth University,said he was not ready to become a celebrated gardener yet.
Instead,he chooses to focus on his design business,Hugo Bugg Landscapes.It is based in Exeter,Devon,where he now lives.He said he had received a few offers to do television work but had so far turned them down.
Born in Oxfordshire,Bugg said he was five when he first found a love for gardening,when his family moved to"an old house with a large garden"in Devon.
"You could say I've grown up in the garden."said the award-winning designer,who remembers spending many weekends clearing the three acres of wilderness(荒地) with his father(Stephen,66,an art teacher).
As RHS's golden boy,Bugg is favorably impressed by the increased involvement of the new generation.
"There are definitely more young people at Chelsea this year,which is fantastic,"he said."Hopefully,when you start seeing more young people at the shows doing things it will attract more."
29.Hugo Bugg's Waterscape Garden was designed mainly toB.
A.teach people how to avoid storm damage
B.show people how to make good use of rainwater
C.let people know about the Royal Bank of Canada
D.increase the confidence of inexperienced gardeners
30.According to Hugo Bugg,the next step of his work isA.
A.to run his company better
B.to achieve international fame
C.to make more TV appearances
D.to win more prizes at garden shows
31.What is Hugo Bugg's wish?B
A.Helping young people to improve their gardening skills.
B.Greater participation of the youth in the garden shows.
C.Attracting more people to his WaterscapeGarden.
D.Increasing support from new gardening societies.
32.The author wrote the text toC.
A.invite visitors to Chelsea Flower Show
B.introduce a new infiltration technology
C.report an award-winning young gardener
D.describe the Royal Horticultural Society's work.

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