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,andtheinexperiencedgardenercanbeencouragedbythethoughtthatmoredamageresults

2、fromdoingitunnecessarilythanfromleavingthetreetogrowinitsownway.　　First,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattreeshaveadesiredshapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeoftherightheight,andatthesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmallsidebrancheswhichwillthickenitsappearanceorgiveitaspecia

3、lshape.Secondly,pruningmaybedonetomakethetreehealthier.Youmaycutdiseaedordeadwood,orbranchesthatarerubbingagainsteachotherandthuscausewounds.Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedbyremovingbranchesthatareblockingupthecentreandsopreventingthefreemovementofair.　　Oneresultofp

4、runingisthatanopenwoundisleftonthetreeandthisprovidesaneasyentryfordisease,butitisawoundthatwillheal.Oftenthereisaracebetweenthehealingandthedeseaseastowhetherthetreewillliveordie,sothatthereisaperiodwhenthetreeisatrisk.Itshouldbetheaimofeverygardenertoreducewhichha

5、sbeenprunedsmoothandclean,forhealingwillbesloweddownbyroughness.Youshouldallowthecutsurfacetodryforafewhursandthenpaintitwithoneofthesubstancesavailablefromgardenshopsproducedespeciallyforthispurpose.Pruningisusuallywithoutinterferencefromtheleavesandalsoitisveryunl

6、ikelythatthecutsyumakewillbleed.Ifthisdoeshappen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthemproperly.　　1.Pruningshouldbedoneto______.　　a.makethetreegrowtaller　　b.improvetheshapeofthetree　　c.getridofthesmallbranches　　d.makethesmallbranchesthicker　　2.Treesbecomeunhealthyifthe

7、gardener______.　　a.allowstoomanybranchestogrowinthemiddle　　b.doesnotprotectthemfromwind　　c.forcesthemtogrowtooquickly　　d.damagessomeofthesmallsidebranches　　3.Whyisaspecialsubstancepaintedonthetree?　　a.Tomakeawoundsmooth　　b.Topreventdiseaseenteringawound　　c.Tocoverar

8、oughsurface　　d.Tohelpawoundtodry　　4.Agoodgardenerprunesatree______.　　a.atintervalsthroughouttheyear　　b.asquicklyaspossible　　c.occasionally