外刊时文 阅读B （3篇，含解析） -2025届高三英语二轮复习专项

Passage 1 Alexandra Campbell gets inspiration from an Australian cottage garden. Cottage - garden style, which dates back to Victorian Britain, was originally about gardeners growing a mix of food and flowers on their own plots using plants native to their area. Recently, Alexandra saw a modern cottage garden. Designer Tim Nolan created it around a weatherboard cottage in southern Australia. He adopted a color scheme that includes blue and grey with yellow and cream - yellow elements. There are plants like soft blue and grey salvias, artemisia, and nepeta, which contrast with yellow and cream - yellow kniphofia and erigeron. According to horticultural expert Stephen Ryan, when choosing plants for a shady border in the garden, one needs to consider the type of shade. Full shade means less than three hours of direct sun a day, partial shade is three to six hours, and there is also morning and afternoon shade. Stephen also mentioned the "70/30 rule" for gardening. Use 70 percent "safe" plants, which are familiar and easy - to - grow ones, and then experiment with the other 30 percent. If one focuses on the "safe" plants in a cottage - style garden, like the nepeta, eigeron, red valerian, lamb's ears, and some salvias in Tim's cottage, they can grow well in the UK. This principle can work for any type of gardening. In cottage - garden style, there are no strict rules. You can plant wherever you like, color - theme your garden or not, and still create a beautiful and charming garden. 1 Where did Alexandra Campbell get inspiration From a Victorian - style British garden. From a modern cottage garden in southern Australia. From a traditional Australian farm garden. D. From a famous horticultural expert. 2 What is the "70/30 rule" in gardening Use 70 percent of native plants and 30 percent of non - native plants. Spend 70 percent of the time on easy - to - grow plants and 30 percent on difficult ones. Plant 70 percent of "safe" plants and experiment with 30 percent of other plants. D. Allocate 70 percent of the garden space to flowers and 30 percent to food plants. 3. According to Stephen Ryan, which of the following is related to the type of shade in a garden A. The color of the plants. B. The height of the plants. C. The amount of direct sunlight. D. The time of watering the plants. 4 What can we know about cottage - garden style It has strict rules on plant - choosing and layout. B. It only works in the UK. C. It is no longer popular today. D. It allows for flexibility in planting and design. 答案 1 B。根据 “Alexandra Campbell gets inspiration from an Australian cottage garden.” 以及 “Recently, Alexandra saw a modern cottage garden. Designer Tim Nolan created it around a weatherboard cottage in southern Australia.” 可知，Alexandra 是从澳大利亚南部的一个现代乡村花园获得灵感，选 B。 2 C。由 “Stephen also mentioned the '70/30 rule' for gardening. Use 70 percent'safe' plants, which are familiar and easy - to - grow ones, and then experiment with the ... ...