A growing movement is promoting the role gardening can play in patient recovery.

Sydenham Garden feels out of step with its surroundings in urban south London. Surrounded by houses on most sides, with a school on its doorstep, it is hard to imagine that this small patch of green space is bringing a new life to people struggling with their mental health. The site, run by the Sydenham Garden charity trust, is just under an acre and has a well-being centre with gardens, a nature reserve and activity rooms. Therapeutic（治疗的）gardening activities are held weekly, and are run by experienced staff, who are in turn supported by a team of volunteers.

Christine Dow, 63, was originally referred to the garden by her GP to help overcome her depression. After a year of "green" therapy, she became a volunteer, for the past decade she has spent a few hours every week supporting others referred to the project.

During 2017-2018, Sydenham Garden received 313 patient referrals（转诊）from health professionals. A typical referral will be between 6 and 12 months. Most people referred will score in the low well-being category-according to the Warwick-Edinburgh scale-when starting, but score in the moderate well-being category upon completion. It is part of a growing movement devoted to increasing the role that gardening and other forms of "green" therapy cam play in patient recovery. It is also one of the 1,500 organizations signed up to Growing Health, a national project set up by the charity Garden Organic and the membership organization Sustain.

"Gardening is not for everyone," says Maria Devereaux, a project officer at Sustain. "But，increasingly now, we've got evidence that even people who aren't gardeners are able to harvest the benefits of being outside working with nature and all the things that come with it." Evidence collected by Growing Health found simply viewing a green space trough a window could help people relax and reduce stress levels. Other evidence confirmed that the physical activity of gardening could improve mental wellbeing.

【1】What do we know about Sydenham Garden?

A.Sydenham Garden Can't keep pace with is surroundings.

B.Sydenham Garden is beneficial to people with mental health.

C.Sydenham Garden is very large with a well-being centre.

D.Sydenham Garden holds therapeutic gardening activities monthly.

【2】What can we infer from Christine Dow's example?

A.She helped others overcome depression.

B.She was an experienced staff in Sydenham Garden.

C.She devoted herself to referring others to the projects.

D.She might be grateful to this "green" therapy.

【3】What does the first "it" refer to in Paragraph 4?

A.A typical referral.B.Green therapy.

C.Sydenham Garden.D.Sydenham Garden charity trust.

【4】What's Maria Devereaux's attitude towards Gardening?

A.Optimistic.B.Critical.

C.Indifferent.D.Disapproving.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是说明文。主要介绍了绿色疗法：园艺是如何帮助对抗抑郁症的。

【1】

细节理解题。根据第二段的“it is hard to imagine that this small patch of green space is bringing a new life to people struggling with their mental health.(很难想象，这片小小的绿地正在为那些与心理健康抗争的人带来新的生活。)”和 Therapeutic（治疗的）gardening activities are held weekly, and are run by experienced staff, who are in turn supported by a team of volunteers.(治疗园艺活动每周举行一次，由经验丰富的工作人员管理，转而得到一个志愿者小组的支持。)可知，锡德纳姆花园对有心理健康问题的人是有益的。故选B。

【2】

推理判断题。根据第三段的After a year of "green" therapy, she became a volunteer, for the past decade she has spent a few hours every week supporting others referred to the project.(经过一年的“绿色”治疗，她成为了一名志愿者，在过去的十年里，她每周花几个小时来支持转到这个项目来的其他人。)可知，Dow做志愿者，说明“绿色”疗法治愈了Dow的抑郁症，因此推断她对这种疗法是充满感激的。故选D。

【3】

词句猜测题。根据第四段的During 2017-2018, Sydenham Garden received 313 patient referrals（转诊）from health professionals.(在2017-2018年期间，SydenhamGarden接受了来自卫生专业人员转诊来的313名患者。)以及下文“ It is part of a growing movement devoted to increasing the role that gardening and other forms of "green" therapy cam play in patient recovery. It is also one of the 1,500 organizations signed u up to Growing Health, a national project set up by the charity Garden Organic and the membership organization Sustain.(它是越来越多的致力于增加园艺和其他形式的“绿色”治疗在病人康复中的作用的活动的一部分。 它也是1500个注册Growing Health的的组织之一，Growing Health是一个由慈善机构 Garden Organic和会员组织 Sustain建立的国家项目。)”可推断，it指代上文提到的Sydenham Garden。故选C。

【4】

推理判断题。根据最后一段Devereaux说的话But，increasingly now, we've got evidence that even people who aren't gardeners are able to harvest the benefits of being outside working with nature and all the things that come with it.(但是，现在越来越多的证据表明，即使不是园丁的人也能收获到与大自然一起工作的好处和随之而来的一切。)可知，Devereaux认为园艺对人有好处，因此推断他对于园艺持有积极的态度。故选A。

在阅读中我们经常会考查猜测词义或句意题。事实上，阅读材料中的每个词与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落都有联系。运用逻辑推理猜测词义或句意是使用最广考查最多也最易失分的猜词方式，这要求考生具备整合分散、复杂信息的能力，充分利用上下文（各种已知信息）并结合具体的语境推测、判断某些词或短语的词义。例如小题3，词句猜测题。根据第四段的During 2017-2018, Sydenham Garden received 313 patient referrals（转诊）from health professionals.(在2017-2018年期间，SydenhamGarden接受了来自卫生专业人员转诊来的313名患者。)以及下文“ It is part of a growing movement devoted to increasing the role that gardening and other forms of "green" therapy cam play in patient recovery. It is also one of the 1,500 organizations signed u up to Growing Health, a national project set up by the charity Garden Organic and the membership organization Sustain.(它是越来越多的致力于增加园艺和其他形式的“绿色”治疗在病人康复中的作用的活动的一部分。 它也是1500个注册Growing Health的的组织之一，Growing Health是一个由慈善机构 Garden Organic和会员组织 Sustain建立的国家项目。)”可推断，it指代上文提到的Sydenham Garden。故选C。