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,andtheinexperiencedgardenercanbeencouragedbythethoughtthatmoredamageresultsfromdoingitunnecessar

2、ilythanfromleavingthetreetogrowinitsownway.　　First,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattreeshaveadesiredshapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeoftherightheight,andatthesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmallsidebrancheswhichwillthickenitsappearanceorgiveitaspecialshape.Secondly,pruningmaybedonetomakethet

3、reehealthier.Youmaycutdiseaedordeadwood,orbranchesthatarerubbingagainsteachotherandthuscausewounds.Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedbyremovingbranchesthatareblockingupthecentreandsopreventingthefreemovementofair.　　Oneresultofpruningisthatanopenwoundisleftonthetreeandthisprovidesaneasyentr

4、yfordisease,butitisawoundthatwillheal.Oftenthereisaracebetweenthehealingandthedeseaseastowhetherthetreewillliveordie,sothatthereisaperiodwhenthetreeisatrisk.Itshouldbetheaimofeverygardenertoreducewhichhasbeenprunedsmoothandclean,forhealingwillbesloweddownbyroughness.Youshouldallowthecut

5、surfacetodryforafewhursandthenpaintitwithoneofthesubstancesavailablefromgardenshopsproducedespeciallyforthispurpose.Pruningisusuallywithoutinterferencefromtheleavesandalsoitisveryunlikelythatthecutsyumakewillbleed.Ifthisdoeshappen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthemproperly.　　1.Prunings

6、houldbedoneto______.　　a.makethetreegrowtaller　　b.improvetheshapeofthetree　　c.getridofthesmallbranches　　d.makethesmallbranchesthicker　　2.Treesbecomeunhealthyifthegardener______.　　a.allowstoomanybranchestogrowinthemiddle　　b.doesnotprotectthemfromwind　　c.forcesthemtogrowtooquickly　　d.damag

7、essomeofthesmallsidebranches　　3.Whyisaspecialsubstancepaintedonthetree?　　a.Tomakeawoundsmooth　　b.Topreventdiseaseenteringawound　　c.Tocoveraroughsurface　　d.Tohelpawoundtodry　　4.Agoodgardenerprunesatree______.　　a.atintervalsthroughouttheyear　　b.asquicklyaspossible　　c.occasionally