阅读理解。 Many cities in the world are benefiting from the night activit

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Many cities in the world are benefiting from the night activities of a group of people who call
themselves guerrilla (游击队) 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 effort 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 depressing 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 restore 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.

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【题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
【答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时，我们应注意以下几个方面：
1、采用先题后文：先读题目，再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点，如果带着问题读文章，有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后，自然会加深我们对文章的理解，这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类：一类是Main idea型；一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点：
a．读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁，而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心，即主题句在文章开头。因此，要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b．读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾，作为对全篇的总结。
c．读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同，而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d．从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中，这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题，在主题句出现后，再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e．归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句，只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。