江苏省2010届高三浏览理解专练（四）

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1、江苏省2010届高三英语阅读理解专练（4）Passage1TheteagardensinSriLankaareactuallylargeestates（种植园）。Thebestteausuallycomesfromplantsgrownonhighgrounds,thecoolhilltopswithrowsandrowsofteaplants.Theplantsareaboutonemetreapart.Theplantisoftenprunedsothatitremainsonly60to90centime

2、treshigh.Pruningisimportantbecauseitencouragesthegrowthoftendershoots,oryoungleaves.Itisfromtheseshootsthatthebestteaisgot.Practicallyalltheteapickersarewomen.Theestatesprefertoemploywomenpickersbecausetheyaremorecareful.Theirthinfingerscaneasilyremovethetwi

3、nleavesandnewshootsfromtheplant,whicharethepartsusedforprocessing（加工）tea.Thepickerscarrylargebasketsintowhichtheythrowtheirpickings.Askilledworkercanharvestbetween9to14kilogrammesoftealeavesaday.Usuallynewshootscanbepickedfromtheplantsabouteverytenorfifteend

4、ays.Processingteashootsintothefamiliardrytealeavesrequiresgreatcareandskill.Therearevariousmethodsofprocessingdependingonthetypeoftearequired.Forblacktea,theyounggreenleavesarefirstspreadoutoshelvestodry.Thisprocessremovesmuchofitswaterandtheleavesbecomesoft

5、.Afterthis,theleavesarepassedthroughheavyrollers.Thisoperationwillpresstheleavesforjuiceswhichgivetheteabothitscolourandtaste.Thentheleavesarespreadoutonfloorsandlefttoferment（发酵）underwetconditions.Fermentationdevelopstherichtasteofblacktea.Thefermentedleave

6、sarethendriedwithahot-airbloweruntiltheybecomerolled-upblackleaves.Thefinalstepistosortandgradethembeforetheblackteaisreadyforsaletocountriesallovertheworld.　　68.Inthefirstparagraph,theword“pruning”means_____.　　A.regularcuttingoftheplants　　B.frequentwatering

7、　　C.regularuseofchemicals   　　D.growingtheplantshighinthemountain　　69.Oneofthereasonswhywomenareemployedtodothepickingisthat_____.　　A.theyworkharderthanmendointhepicking　　B.theycanthrowtheirpickingsmoreeasilyintothebaskets　　C.theirfingersfitthembetterforthej

8、ob.　　D.theycanmoreeasilyfindthetwinleaves.　　70.Howmanyprocessingstepsarementionedinthelastparagraph?　　A.Three.  B.Four.  C.Five.  D.Six.　　71.Whatisthewriter’spurposeinwritingthepassage?　　A.Toint