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Section 41<br />

Practice Test Seven<br />

61 1<br />

and inexpensive. Limestone is a good choice<br />

( 45) because water and air are admitted into its pores.<br />

Some sturdy alpine plants even have roots strong<br />

enough to push through limestone's porous surface<br />

and become firmly established in <strong>the</strong> rock.<br />

Limestone is also characterized by nooks and<br />

(50) crannies that provide opportunities <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> gardener<br />

to plant moss and lichens. The gardener<br />

should look, too, <strong>for</strong> rocks that have interesting<br />

and aes<strong>the</strong>tically pleasing shapes and colors, since<br />

it is <strong>the</strong> juxtaposition of <strong>the</strong> rocks and plants, not<br />

(55) <strong>the</strong> beauty of <strong>the</strong> plants alone, that makes a rock<br />

garden succeed. In this respect, rock gardens differ<br />

from traditional gardens, which focus on plants<br />

and do not take <strong>the</strong> beauty of <strong>the</strong> medium in<br />

which flowers are planted into consideration.<br />

( 60) Once <strong>the</strong> rocks have been selected and put in<br />

place, a gardener can plant <strong>the</strong> flowers. H. Lincoln<br />

Foster, a famous American rock gardener, said<br />

that <strong>the</strong> reason rock gardeners go through <strong>the</strong><br />

trouble and heavy lifting required to create a rock<br />

( 65) bed is that <strong>the</strong> plants that thrive in rock gardens<br />

"are among ... <strong>the</strong> easiest and most abundantly<br />

flowering garden plants." However, rock gardens<br />

do require special care. Because plants in a rock<br />

garden are more exposed to <strong>the</strong> elements than<br />

(70) are those in a flat bed, <strong>the</strong>y need more protection.<br />

None<strong>the</strong>less, rock garden devotees consider<br />

<strong>the</strong> time it requires to care <strong>for</strong> and maintain <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

gardens well spent, since <strong>the</strong> flowers and <strong>the</strong> rocks<br />

toge<strong>the</strong>r provide such beauty and delight.<br />

16. The primary purpose of <strong>the</strong> passage is to<br />

(A) encourage gardeners to abandon traditional<br />

gardens in favor of rock gardens<br />

(B) extol <strong>the</strong> artistic beauty of rock gardens<br />

( C) provide general in<strong>for</strong>mation about rock<br />

gardens and alpine plants<br />

(D) trace <strong>the</strong> history of rock gardens from <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

origin in China and Japan<br />

(E) compare alpine flowers to flowers grown in<br />

flat bed gardens<br />

17. According to <strong>the</strong> passage, why would someone<br />

with an interest in gardening who does not live by<br />

grass and fertile soil appreciate rock gardens?<br />

(A) Rock gardens do not contain plant life--only<br />

various <strong>for</strong>ms of rocks.<br />

(B) One can grow rock gardens in atypical<br />

growing conditions.<br />

( C) Rock gardens do not take a lot of work to<br />

cultivate.<br />

(D) A gardener does not need to buy anything to<br />

start a rock garden of his or her own.<br />

(E) Rock gardens are <strong>the</strong> most aes<strong>the</strong>tically<br />

appealing gardens that exist.<br />

18. The author recommends limestone <strong>for</strong> rock<br />

gardens <strong>for</strong> all of <strong>the</strong> following reasons EXCEPT<br />

(A) it is porous<br />

(B) it can hold moisture<br />

( C) it has indentations in which to plant moss<br />

(D) it is artistically shaped<br />

(E) plant roots can become imbedded in it<br />

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