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Many cities in the world are benefiting from the nocturnal (夜间活动的) activities of a group of people who call themselves guerrilla (游击队的) gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre locations where there was mud, weeds and empty plastic bottles, residents often wake up to find that the wasted area has been transformed overnight with brightly-colored bedding plants.
In most British cities, local governments and police turn a blind eye to the exploits (开发) of the gardeners, whose activities are always carried out under cover of nightfall. And so far, there has been nothing but praise from the astonished and delighted local residents when they find their neighborhood transformed in such a striking fashion.
Not only do the guerrilla gardeners beautify neglected places, they also return regularly to water the plants and weed the flower beds. They also make sure that at least some of the plants they bring are evergreens, which means that the area doesn’t look dismal (凄凉的) in the winter months.
The first guerrilla gardener in London was Richard Reynolds, whose day job is at an advertising agency. Mr Reynolds, a graduate of Oxford University, began his efforts two years ago when he moved to a flat in a tower block in South London. From his balcony, he could see several empty concrete pots, placed by the local governments to contain plants but never used. He went out after midnight and filled the pots with plants, and then planted more flowers in the path leading to the entrance to the block.
He then set up a website to explain his plan and called upon more gardeners to join him. Cash donations flooded in and, more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign. Within six months, there were five hundred people in London prepared to come out at very short notice to revitalize (恢复活力) neglected parts of the urban landscape. There are now unofficial but carefully-organized groups in many cities in Britain and North America and there is also a website where would-be urban gardeners can find out the location of the next expedition.
76. According to the text, guerrilla gardeners got their names ______.
A. because of the residents’ advice                    B. from the local governments
C. for the nature of their work                         D. based on the local cultures
77. These guerrilla gardeners do their work ______.
A. at the request of the government                  B. nearby their house
C. often in return for others’ help                      D. of their own free will
78. Why do the guerrilla gardeners often return to their former working places?
A. To look after these plants.                            B. To enjoy these beautiful flowers.
C. To help plants live through winter months.    D. To change the types of these plants.
79. Richard Reynolds decided to fill the pots with plants with the purpose of ______.
A. making the neighborhood more beautiful      B. agreeing with his own job
C. advertising some products in his agency      D. killing his spare time
80. It can be inferred from the text that these guerrilla gardeners ______.
A. are mainly from the United Kingdom
B. will later get well paid
C. are still not accepted by the local people
D. become more and more organized


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解析本文主要是向读者介绍了guerrilla gardeners,这些人平常工作,在夜间进行绿化和美化居民区,给当地人带来了舒适的生活环境。
76. C。  推理判断题。根据文章第一段,“guerrilla gardeners”主要在夜间活动,“神出鬼没”,而且还要经常换地方,所以说是由工作的性质决定的。
77. D。  细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的“Cash … more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign”和第三段的“they also return regularly to water the plants”,他们通常是自愿的,并且也不一定就是在他们的房子附近。而根据文章第二段,他们并没有获得当地政府的支持。
78. A。  细节理解题。根据文章第三段,他们经常返回到他们原来工作过的地方,目的是照看这些植物,如除草和浇水等。
79. A。  细节判断题。根据文章第四段,他的目的就是要充分利用这些荒废的土地和水泥罐,把小区变得更加美丽。
80. D。  推理判断题。根据文章最后一段,这些“guerrilla gardeners”已经扩展到了广大的北美地区,他们吸收社会上的捐助,而对自己的工作不图回报,受到人们的广泛欢迎,并且他们也变得越来越有组织性,还有自己的网站统一行动。

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