高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练4(1).doc

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练4passage 1 the tea gardens in sri lanka are actually large estates（种植园）。 the best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. the plants are about one metre apart. the plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. it is from these shoots that the best tea is got.practically all the tea pickers are women. the estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing（加工） tea. the pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. a skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill .there are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .for black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. this process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. after this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .this operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment （发酵）under wet conditions. fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea .the fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves .the final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world. 68.in the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means_.a.regular cutting of the plantsb.frequent wateringc.regular use of chemicals d.growing the plants high in the mountain69.one of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that_.a.they work harder than men do in the pickingb.they can throw their pickings more easily into the basketsc.their fingers fit them better for the job.d.they can more easily find the twin leaves.70.how many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?a.three. b.four. c.five. d.six.71.what is the writers purpose in writing the passage?a.to introduce various methods of tea processing.b.to persuade readers to buy tea from sri lanka.c.to tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.d.to inform readers of tea growing ,picking and processing.参考答案68.a 69.c 70.c 71.d passage 2collections were the inspiration（灵感） for a project at thomas tallis school, which formed part of the imagine childrens literature festival last autumn. each child （aged 12-13） beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. the boxes were spread within the royal festival halls ballroom. some were left empty to encouragethe subject chosen by luren was an imaginative one. its a sort o f cinderella （灰姑娘） story, she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. laurens best friend charlotte is the stepmother. im in charlottes story too, says lauren, and i get run over. charlottes tale was inspired by the girls coin collection. weve collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to tenerife. she explains. that was before the euro, so we put pesetas in. lauren continues: i fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. im in hospital and then i die. charlotte adds: or she might not die. i havent decided yet. millie murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction（限制）。 in the beginning i thought, will the children be able to do it? she says. but its been fruitful. some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. its made them think about something they wouldnt have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing.59. what were the children asked to do in the project?a. to meet friends at thomas tallis schoolb. to write stories on the subject of collections.c. to encourage visitors to write their own stories.d. to have their friends for characters in the stories.60. the underlined word pesetas in paragraph 2 is a kind of _.a. story b. collection c. inspiration d. foreign coin61. from the stories by lauren and charlotte, we know that _ .a. charlotte hurt herself when getting a coinb. both of them developed their imaginationc. both of tram will die in each others storiesd. latwens cousin posted her some love letters62. millie murray thinks _.a. collections could inspire writing creativityb. it was good for parents to have collectionsc. inspirations were very useful in writing storiesd. setting collection subjects restricted inspirations参考答案 59.b 60.d 61.b 62.a passage3from mr. ward hoffman.sir, i was halfway through professor raj persauds article “whats the tipping point（financial times weekend, april 9-l0） when it occurred to me that what i was reading was not ironic（讽刺的）。 if prof persaud wants to know why americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask the first american he meets in london.americans tip in restarts for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement （补贴） the salary of restaurant workers. quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. in the us, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market （高档的） restaurant. here, in san francisco bay area restaurants, we me encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restart workers live in this very expensive area.after eating at an italian restart in my city, i left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. it was expected. there is nothing more complicated （复杂的） than that about americas tipping in restaurants.ward hoffman,palo alto, ca 94306, us* * *from mr. philip mcbride johnson.sir, i agree with most of raj persauds opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception（例外）。 tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner.it is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her advantage. but frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in service and treatment will ha easily felt.phfiip mcbnde johnson,great falls, va 22066, us 68. what can we learn from hoffrnans letter?a. quality of service determines tipping in the us.b. americans dont tip in non fast-food restaurants.c. tipping in us upmarknt restarts is unnecessary.d. how to tip in the united states is not complicated.69. johnsons letter shows _.a. a stranger in a restaurant is likely to tip a bit moreb. diners receive better service if they frequent a restaurantc. repeat dinners may get good service ifthay tip a bit mored. the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers70. from tbe two letters, we can learn professor raj persaud _ .a. feels doubtful about the value of tippingb. believes tipping improves quality of servicec. wats to ask hoffman about tipping m the usd. thinks tipping a bit mom one can get good service71. the two letters most probably appears in a _.a. notice b. handbook c. book review d. newspaper参考答案 68.d 69.c 70.a 71.d passage 4handshaking, though a european practise is often seen in big cities of china. nobody knows exactly when the practice started in europe. it is said that long long ago in europe when people met, they showed their unarmed （无武器的） hands to each other as a sign of goodwill. as time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each others hands to make a deal or to reach an agreement. this practice was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or leaving each other. “lets shake （hands） on it” sometimes means agreement reached.do the europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet? no. sometimes the chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be polite. it is really very impolite to give your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not mean anything to him or-her. even if, for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly- there is generally a misunderstanding （误解） among the chinese that westerners are usually openand straighforward, while the chinese are rather reserved （保守的） in manner. but in fact some people in western countries more reserved than some chinese today. so it is a good idea to shake hands with a westerner only when h