①Japanese-style gardens first got attention in the US in 1893. About 120 years later, they started to be a great part of American garden design. Today, there are over 200 Japanese-style public gardens in North America.
②Japanese-style gardens are different in many ways. First, they bring together indoor and outdoor spaces. The house-garden relationship is set up to be connected. Gardens are around the house, so it’s as if the living space reaches out much further. Wherever a person looks out from their home, a garden should look almost like a painting. In fact, the idea of bringing the beauty of nature into daily lives is the most important idea in Japan so gardeners in Japan pay special attention to the beauty of rocks and stones.
③What’s more, Japanese-style gardens look as if they do not require much work. However, garden designers who are experts in this kind of garden say that Japanese gardens sometimes need even more work than other kinds of gardens.
④In these years, there have been some changes in Japanese-style gardens in the US. “When Japanese-style gardens were first introduced to the US, people paid little attention to whether outdoor scenery was connected to indoor spaces.” said John, who received training in Japan in 2000. But today, more Americans prefer the idea of “connecting the indoors to the outdoors.”
⑤Another change is that in the past, the trees chosen were often native to Japan. But today, the purpose is to use some trees that grow well in local environments. So now it’s very possible to create a wonderful Japanese garden using all native trees.
【小题1】Japanese-style gardens became a great part of American garden design in about ______.| A．1893 | B．1913 | C．2000 | D．2013 |
| A．Plant the gardens with local trees. | B．Connect natural beauty to everyday lives. |
| C．Find as many rocks and stones as possible. | D．Make the gardens as beautiful as paintings. |
| A．Japanese-style gardens are attractive but require less hard work. |
| B．Nowadays more local trees are chosen for the gardens in the US. |
| C．The US has connected the indoors to outdoors since ancient times. |
| D．Americans think Japanese-style gardens are better for local environments. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
