Reading Comprehension There's nothing quite like putting down roots and tending a garden. But what happens if you don't have a backyard? Or you're suddenly uprooted? Or you decide to go on a road trip and can't get anyone to watch your plants? Just whip up a portable container garden. Sure, it's not the same thing as a plot of land, but it's easy to build and you can move it on demand. In this design, created by researchers at the University of Maryland Extension, a water reservoir helps keep the plants healthy and watered-even if you forget to water them while you're traveling. Tools & Materials ●Two five-gallon food-grade buckets ●Drill with 1/2-inch hole saw and 1/36-inch bit ●Sandpaper ●Cloth strips ●PVC pipe, 3/ 4 - to 1-inch wide, 18 inches long ●Saw ●1b quarts of soil ●Seedlings or plants Instructions ⒈Trace the mouth of the pipe on the bottom of one bucket, less than an inch from the edge. Drill and sand out that circle. ⒉Drill the additional 1/2-inch holes—one in the center and four evenly spaced around the edge. For drainage, add eight smaller holes spread around the bottom. ⒊Tie a knot(结) at one end of each cloth strip. Feed the strips through the 1/2-inch holes so the knots sits on the inside and the cloth hangs down. ⒋Put the holey bucket into the second one, mark a spot on the outer bucket where the holey base hits, and separate them. Drill a small overflow hole at the mark and restack the buckets. ⒌Cut one end of the pipe at a 45-degree angle. Push that end through the pipe-size hole in the inner bucket. ⒍Fill the inner bucket with damp soil and plants, and keep them hydrated by pouring water down the pipe. Stop adding water when the overflow hole starts to leak. TIME 2 hours COST $50DIFFICULTY...

1. Reading Comprehension

There's nothing quite like putting down roots and tending a garden. But what happens if you don't have a backyard? Or you're suddenly uprooted? Or you decide to go on a road trip and can't get anyone to watch your plants?

Just whip up a portable container garden. Sure, it's not the same thing as a plot of land, but it's easy to build and you can move it on demand. In this design, created by researchers at the University of Maryland Extension, a water reservoir helps keep the plants healthy and watered-even if you forget to water them while you're traveling.

Tools & Materials

●Two five-gallon food-grade buckets

●Drill with 1/2-inch hole saw and 1/36-inch bit

●Sandpaper

●Cloth strips

●PVC pipe, 3/ 4 - to 1-inch wide, 18 inches long

●Saw

●1b quarts of soil

●Seedlings or plants

Instructions

⒈Trace the mouth of the pipe on the bottom of one bucket, less than an inch from the edge. Drill and sand out that circle.

⒉Drill the additional 1/2-inch holes—one in the center and four evenly spaced around the edge. For drainage, add eight smaller holes spread around the bottom.

⒊Tie a knot(结) at one end of each cloth strip. Feed the strips through the 1/2-inch holes so the knots sits on the inside and the cloth hangs down.

⒋Put the holey bucket into the second one, mark a spot on the outer bucket where the holey base hits, and separate them. Drill a small overflow hole at the mark and restack the buckets.

⒌Cut one end of the pipe at a 45-degree angle. Push that end through the pipe-size hole in the inner bucket.

⒍Fill the inner bucket with damp soil and plants, and keep them hydrated by pouring water down the pipe. Stop adding water when the overflow hole starts to leak.

TIME 2 hours

COST $50DIFFICULTY...

(1) The passage is most likely to appear in ____. A. a domestic travel magazine B. a popular science journal C. a fitness magazine D. a fashion journal

(2) Which of the following tools or materials is labeled with "B" in the picture? A. Sandpaper. B. PVC pipe. C. Cloth strips. D. Seedlings.

(3) Which of the following functions like a reservoir? A. The outer bucket. B. The 1/2-inch holes. C. The damp soil. D. The inner bucket.

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