高考英语阅读理解专练试题4

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1、江苏省高三英语阅读理解专题突破（4）Passage1.www.ks5u.comTheteagardensinSriLankaareactuallylargeestates（种植园）。Thebestteausuallycomesfromplantsgrownonhighgrounds,thecoolhilltopswithrowsandrowsofteaplants.Theplantsareaboutonemetreapart.Theplantisoftenprunedsothatitremainsonly60to90centimetreshigh.Pruningisimportantbe

2、causeitencouragesthegrowthoftendershoots,oryoungleaves.Itisfromtheseshootsthatthebestteaisgot.Practicallyalltheteapickersarewomen.Theestatesprefertoemploywomenpickersbecausetheyaremorecareful.Theirthinfingerscaneasilyremovethetwinleavesandnewshootsfromtheplant,whicharethepartsusedforprocessing（加工

3、）tea.Thepickerscarrylargebasketsintowhichtheythrowtheirpickings.Askilledworkercanharvestbetween9to14kilogrammesoftealeavesaday.Usuallynewshootscanbepickedfromtheplantsabouteverytenorfifteendays.Processingteashootsintothefamiliardrytealeavesrequiresgreatcareandskill.Therearevariousmethodsofprocess

4、ingdependingonthetypeoftearequired.Forblacktea,theyounggreenleavesarefirstspreadoutoshelvestodry.Thisprocessremovesmuchofitswaterandtheleavesbecomesoft.Afterthis,theleavesarepassedthroughheavyrollers.Thisoperationwillpresstheleavesforjuiceswhichgivetheteabothitscolourandtaste.Thentheleavesarespre

5、adoutonfloorsandlefttoferment（发酵）underwetconditions.Fermentationdevelopstherichtasteofblacktea.Thefermentedleavesarethendriedwithahot-airbloweruntiltheybecomerolled-upblackleaves.Thefinalstepistosortandgradethembeforetheblackteaisreadyforsaletocountriesallovertheworld..www.ks5u.com　　68.Inthefirst

6、paragraph,theword“pruning”means_____.　　A.regularcuttingoftheplants　　B.frequentwatering　　C.regularuseofchemicals   　　D.growingtheplantshighinthemountain　　69.Oneofthereasonswhywomenareemployedtodothepickingisthat_____.　　A.theyworkharderthanmendointhepicking　　B.theycanthrowtheirpickingsmoreeasilyint

7、othebaskets　　C.theirfingersfitthembetterforthejob.　　D.theycanmoreeasilyfindthetwinleaves.　　70.Howmanyprocessingstepsarementionedinthelastparagraph?　　A.Three.  B.Four.  C.Five.  D.Six.　　71.Whatisthewriter’spurposeinwrit