Question

There’s always been tension (紧张) – throughout our history – a kind of tension between private development and government control, especially when it comes to development of land for agriculture.

Catherine Parr Traill – an expert in the nineteenth century – said that the natural beauty of Canada’s wilderness would disappear because of agricultural development. But, fortunately for us, what Catherine Parr Traill had said turned out to be not entirely true. The Quinte Wildflower Project proves that people can come together to keep the beauty of the wilderness. The project continues a trend(趋势) to beautify Norty American highways that goes all the way back to the 1960s and the beginning of the Adopt – a – Highway programs, the programs that use volunteers to clean up the litter along roadsides. Since the sixties, beautification programs have been broadened to include the planting of native flowers and shrubs (灌木).

The Quinte Wildflower Project is the largest roadside planting of wildflowers in Ontario. The project was born in 1996, with the help of private sponsors (赞助人) and government gardening experts. Areas along an 18 – kilometer stretch of Highway 401 – from Trenton to Belleville – most of the sites were planted with one of two native wildflower seed mixtures. Both seed mixtures produce flowers that require little care and are hardy enough to grow in roadside conditions. Each seed mixture contains several different species, and wildflowers grow well, so there’s steady show of colors from June to October.

The Quinte Wildflower Project has been a huge success. Its greatest success has been in attracting both public interest and private sponsors. It shows that government and citizens can work together and that their joint efforts can and do work.

1．The writer develops the topic of roadside beautification          .

       A．by comparing two different ways to the topic

       B．by expressing disagreement with past efforts at roadside beautification

       C．by discussing an example of a beautification project

       D．by describing recent research in flower planting

2．Why does the writer mention the Adopt – a – Highway programs that began in the 1960s?

       A．To explain why early beautification projects failed.

       B．To encourage readers to volunteer for highway cleanup.

       C．To suggest an increase in supplying money for the programs.

       D．To describe the history of roadside beautification efforts.

3．The word “hardy” in the third paragraph most probably means         .

       A．hard – working and likely to make great achievements

       B．strong and able to stand difficult living conditions

       C．ugly but strong enough to live through very hard times

       D．beautiful but likely to grow even better in some cold areas

4．What does the professor think of the work between government and private citizens?

       A．They have been shown to work successfully.

       B．They rely too much on private sponsors.

       C．They are the best way to get anything done.

       D．They can cause damage to the environment.

Answer 1

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