题目内容
13.Tea farmers in Kenya are suffering because of low prices for their crop this year.So they have exchanged their tea bushes for a healthy new"purple tea"that they hope ill sell for a higher price.But the farmers who planted the bushes are worried.Nelson Kibara is one of them.He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profits.He says he must grow different kinds of tea if he is to survive.Mr.Kibara ad hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.Its leaves are purple and brown.When the tea is boiled,the drink has a purple color.Medical researchers have studied the health benefits of the new tea.They say it is healthier than black tea and could be sold for a price that is three to four times higher than the price of black tea.
But Mr.Kibara says he has not received a higher price for his purple tea crop.He says the market for the tea is unstable(不稳定的) and he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves.He says there are not enough buyers willing to pay more for the purple tea than black tea.
Stephen Mutembei works at the Tea Research Foundation.He says farmers quickly changed from growing black tea to growing purple tea.But he also blames tea leave processors for not making changes more quickly.
But Mr.Mutembei says purple tea is an importnt crop for the country and its tea farmers.He says Kenya needs to find new products like purple tea to help its tea industry become more stable.Tea is the country's top crop.Mr.Mutembei says the country's economy is too closely linked to the changing price of black tea.He says tea buyers and drinkers must be persuaded that they should pay more for purple tea than black tea.
"Because farmers,they have planted already,you cannot tell them to uproot.At this level we should not just say‘we don't have a market'forever.We should be doing something to find a good market."
21.What can we learn about the purple tea?C
A.It is as cheap and healthy as the black tea.
B.It can make the drink brown when boiled.
C.It has been planted in some areas of Kenya.
D.It as helped some kenyan farmers earn a lot of money.
22.What does the author want to tell us in Paragarph3?B
A.The purple tea sells well in the market.
B.The market for purple tea in kenya needs to be developed.
C.The price of the purple tea is lower than the green tea.
D.The purple tea is becoming popular with Kenyan people.
23.What is Stephen Mutembei's attitude towards the purple tea?A
A.Favorable.
B.Uncaring.
C.Doubtful
D.critical
24.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?D
A.Different Kinds of Tea in Kenya
B.Kenyan Economy and Tea crop
C.Purple Tea Has Replaced Green Tea in Kenya
D.Low Prices Cause Kenyan Farmers to change Tea Crop.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了肯尼亚的紫茶叶市场不稳定,有待开发,农民们尝试种植紫色的茶来提高利润.
解答 21.C.细节理解题.根据第二段Mr.Kibara ad hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.Its leaves are purple and brown可知紫色的茶它已种植在肯尼亚的一些地区;故选C.
22.B.推理判断题.根据第三段He says the market for the tea is unstable(不稳定的) and he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves可知笔者想在paragarph3告诉我们肯尼亚的紫茶叶市场有待开发;故选B.
23.A.推理判断题.根据最后一段At this level we should not just say‘we don't have a market'forever.We should be doing something to find a good market可知Stephen Mutembei对紫茶的态度是喜爱支持的;故选A.
24.D.细节理解题.根据第一段He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profits.He says he must grow different kinds of tea if he is to survive可知低价格导致肯尼亚农民改变茶叶产量;故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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