大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案(四)

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1、大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（四）十六　　Treesshouldonlybeprunedwhenthereisagoodandclearreasonfordoingsoand,fortunately,thenumberofsuchreasonsissmall.Pruninginvolvesthecuttingawayofobergrownandunwantedbranches,andtheinexperiencedgardenercanbeencouragedbythethoughtthatmore

2、damageresultsfromdoingitunnecessarilythanfromleavingthetreetogrowinitsownway.　　First,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattreeshaveadesiredshapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeoftherightheight,andatthesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmallsidebrancheswhichwillthickenit

3、sappearanceorgiveitaspecialshape.Secondly,pruningmaybedonetomakethetreehealthier.Youmaycutdiseaedordeadwood,orbranchesthatarerubbingagainsteachotherandthuscausewounds.Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedbyremovingbranchesthatareblockingupthecentreandsopreven

4、tingthefreemovementofair.　　Oneresultofpruningisthatanopenwoundisleftonthetreeandthisprovidesaneasyentryfordisease,butitisawoundthatwillheal.Oftenthereisaracebetweenthehealingandthedeseaseastowhetherthetreewillliveordie,sothatthereisaperiodwhenthetreeisa

5、trisk.Itshouldbetheaimofeverygardenertoreducewhichhasbeenprunedsmoothandclean,forhealingwillbesloweddownbyroughness.Youshouldallowthecutsurfacetodryforafewhursandthenpaintitwithoneofthesubstancesavailablefromgardenshopsproducedespeciallyforthispurpose.P

6、runingisusuallywithoutinterferencefromtheleavesandalsoitisveryunlikelythatthecutsyumakewillbleed.Ifthisdoeshappen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthemproperly.　　1.Pruningshouldbedoneto______.　　a.makethetreegrowtaller　　b.improvetheshapeofthetree　　c.getrid

7、ofthesmallbranches　　d.makethesmallbranchesthicker　　2.Treesbecomeunhealthyifthegardener______.　　a.allowstoomanybranchestogrowinthemiddle　　b.doesnotprotectthemfromwind　　c.forcesthemtogrowtooquickly　　d.damagessomeofthesmallsidebranches　　3.Whyisaspecialsubs

8、tancepaintedonthetree?　　a.Tomakeawoundsmooth　　b.Topreventdiseaseenteringawound　　c.Tocoveraroughsurface　　d.Tohelpawoundtodry　　4.Agoodgardenerprunesatree______.　　a.atintervalsthroughouttheyear　　b.asquicklyaspossible　　c.occasionally