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Master Gardener Volunteers Wanted
What is a Master Gardener？
A master gardener is a citizen that is interested in gardening and can fulfill the training and volunteer hours necessary.Requirements vary by county and state，and the course is tailored for that specific region.You will receive special education on the soils in your area，the types of native plants，insect and disease issues，basic botany，and other information pertinent（相关的） to your gardening zone.
The educational opportunity to learn specifics about where you garden will not only help yo
u be-come a better gardener but is then passed along to the general public in lectures，clinics，and through newsletters.
What Qualifications Must You Meet？
Anyone can apply to be a Master Gardener—you don't need to be an expert or have a degree.You do，however，need to：
●Have certain experience or know a little about gardening or landscape management.
●Be willing to share horticulture（园艺学） information with others.
●Be willing to attend a training program and can devote time to volunteering and continuing education.
Besides，to become a Master Gardener volunteer，each applicant needs to complete an applica-
tion，prepare background screening paperwork and schedule an interview with Extension
staff.
What Does the Training Involve？
Training sessions are offered one day a week over a three-month period and are led by expert ed-ucators in the region.Approximately 60 hours of classroom instruction and field study and 50 hours of volunteer internship（实习） work are required to complete the program and become certified.In or-der to remain a certified Master Gardener，30 hours of volunteer work and 10 hours of continuing edu-cation or advanced training are required each year.
（1）What does a Master Gardener do？
A.Promote gardening practices abroad.
B.Train volunteers to help with agriculture.
C.Teach the youth about diets and agriculture.
D.Donate time to the local gardening extension.
（2）What is required if you want to apply to be a Master Gardener？
A.Having some relevant knowledge.
B.Acquiring excellent teaching skills.
C.Completing given training sessions.
D.Obtaining rich volunteer experience.
（3）How long will it take to remain a qualified Master Gardener the second year？
A.About 40 hours.
B.Three months.
C.About 150 hours.
D.About 110 hours.
2018广东高考2．A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose Gutierrez.He is bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian children.
Gutierrez started saving books from the trash 27 years ago.He was driving a garbage truck at night through the country's richer neighborhoods.The books that were thrown away slowly piled up.Now the ground floor of his small house is a community library.It is stacked（堆放） from floor to ceiling.They range from chemistry textbooks to children's classics.
Books are luxuries for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoods.New reading material at bookstores is too expensive.There are 19 public libraries in Bogota，a city of 8.5 million people.But the libraries tend to be located far away from poorer areas."They should be in all neighborhoods and on each corner of every neighborhood，"the 60-year-old says."Books can save us.That is what Colombia needs."
Gutierrez has a love of reading，which comes from his mother.She always read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school.Gutierrez is a keen reader of works
by authors such as Leo Tolstoy and Victor Hugo.His favorite books include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The General in His Labyrinth by Colombia's Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.The first book Gutierrez found was a copy of the classic novel Anna Karenina.The Tolstoy book was later joined by The Little Prince，Sophie's World，The Iliad and a number of novels.Today，he has col-lected around 25，000 books.
Now，Gutierrez still looks through the rubbish for additions to his library，named"The Strength of Words."His fame as Colombia's"Lord of the Books"has helped a lot.It has brought him thou-sands of donated books.He has sent many to other libraries around the country.Moreover，Gutierrez has traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of starting a library with the books that are thrown away.
Gutierrez says he doesn't reject technology that allows books to be read digitally.But he prefers to read the printed words on paper."There is nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket，in your bag or inside your car."
（1）How old was Gutierrez when he started saving books from the trash？
A.In his twenties.
B.In his thirties.
C.In his forties.
D.In his fifties.
（2）What does the underlined word"They"in Paragraph 3 refer to？
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