【正文】 注意： 1. 詞數(shù) 100左右； 2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。 Landscaping is more or less an art form, which aims at modifying or improving the looks of a particular area or a piece of land with the help of various features, like walls, fountains, fence, lights, ponds, gardens, etc. Various landscaping materials are available in the market and landscaping rocks are among them. Landscaping rocks are available in different types, sizes and shapes. You can use these rocks according to your choice for paving pathways or bordering trees and plants. Landscaping rocks can be either natural or artificial (人造的 ). The former is less expensive than the latter. Natural stones are preferred to artificial ones, due to their durability (耐久力 ) and less maintenance. Among the natural stones, the colorful and bigger ones may cost you more, when pared to smallsized ordinary rocks/stones. Rocks can improve the looks of your landscape if you know the right method of using them. It must be placed in harmony with the landscape theme. Different types of landscaping rocks can be used for this purpose. For example, river rocks can be used for decorating your pond or for defining the edges in walkways, etc. Landscaping river rocks can be done according to the landscape design. While gravels (砂礫 ) can be spread on the walkways, large pieces of rocks can also be used for landscaping. These large rocks should look natural, so it will be better to bury the bottom part (5 to 6 inches) in the soil. In case of gravel spread over soil, you may use newspapers under the gravel to prevent weeds from growing. You can also use landscaping rocks to catch the attention to some interesting spots in your landscape. These rocks can also be used to prevent any flaw (瑕疵 ) being seen in the landscape. In short, landscaping rocks are perfect for decorating your yard. You may use it according to the landscape design or your imagination. So, show off your creativity and e out with unique landscaping ideas using landscaping rocks and stones. Title Landscaping rocks Definition Rocks (51)___ to modify or improve the looks of a particular area or a piece of land. (52) Natural (53) , durable and preferred by people. Artificial Expensive and demanding regular maintenance. (54) of using rocks In (55) with the landscape theme Use river rocks to decorate your pond or define the edges in walkways, etc. According to the landscape design ● Spread gravels on the walkways. ● Get large naturallooking rocks? bottom part (56) in the soil. ● Use newspapers under the gravel to prevent the (57) of weeds. As a way of making some interesting spots (58) out Use landscaping rocks to (59) flaws in the landscape. Suggestion Use your creativity and (60) forward unique landscaping ideas with landscaping rocks and stones. 五、 書面表達(dá)（滿分 25分） 假設(shè)你叫李華，你的英國筆友 Alice剛從日本旅行回來，并給你寄了一套日本郵票作為禮物。 A My wife, daughter, and I moved into our house nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall. But the front of the house is another story. There is not a wall along the sidewalk. Instead of that, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish. We called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had some flowers or plants left, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area. Last summer I reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not i