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 hoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best in got.

Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates like 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 on 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 hot­air blower until they become rolled­up 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.

1.In the first paragraph, the word“pruning”means______.

A．regular cutting of the plants.               B．frequent watering

C．regular use of chemicals                  D．growing the plants high in the mountain

2.One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that________.

A．they work harder than men do in picking

B．they can throw their picking more easily into the baskets

C．their fingers fit them better for the job

D．they can move easily find the twin leaves

3.How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．Three.　          B．Four.             C．Five.　           D．Six.

4.What's the writer's 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.

The idea of light pollution has developed with the increase of lights in cities. In many areas, this light makes it difficult or impossible to observe stars and planets in the night sky.

There are a number of reasons why light pollution is important. One has become clear at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, California. Today, light from Los Angeles makes the night sky above Mount Wilson very bright. It is no longer an important reasearch center because of light pollution.

Light pollution threatens to reduce the scientific value of research telescoples in other important observatories. They include Lick Observatory near San Jose, California and Yerkes Observatory near Chicago, Illionis.

Light pollution is the result of wasted energy. Bright light that shines into the sky is not being used to provide light where it is needed on Earth. Poorly designed lighting causes a great deal of light pollution. Lights that are brighter than necessary also cause light pollution.

Most people in America are surprised to find out that they are able to see our own galaxy(星系)，the Milky Way, with their own eyes. But about three­fourths of Americans cannot see the Miky Way because of man­made light.

Objects in the night sky are resources that provide everyone with wonder. But light pollution threatens to prevent those wonderful sights from being seen.

1.Light pollution usually occurs________.

A．in cities                               B．in the country

C．in wild areas                           D．in developing countries

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Mount Wilson Observatory is the most important one in America.

B．Light pollution affects observatories only.

C．In the dark night people can observe the sky clearly.

D．Astronomers can observe the stars clearly by the lights of the cities.

3.The victims affected by the light pollution are________.

A．children          B．grown­ups         C．students          D．observatories

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do you constantly use the computer, whether for learning or entertainment? Computers give off radiation(辐射) that is bad for your health, but here are some ways to protect yourself from computer radiation.

__1___Green tea can be absorbed by the body easily into a form of vitamin A, which helps reduce radiation.__2__

It is advisable to attach a radiation filter plate(辐射过滤板)in front of your computer’s screen. Make sure to avoid putting any mental substances near your computer as these may have reflected some of the electromagnetic waves that are harmful to your health. __3__ The brighter the screen the higher the radiation there will be and vice versa.

You can also put some radiation-absorbing plants such as several cacti near your computer to prevent radiation.

Make sure you do a skincare protection before sitting in front of the computer .

___4__Wash your face soon after using the computer in order to reduce 70% of the radiation.

__ 5___ Old computer in general, has one to two times more radiation released than the new one within the same distance.

A．And adjust the brightness of your computer screen.

B．Apply a layer of facial mask to protect yourself.

C．And adjust the sound level on your computer.

D．The most efficient way is by drinking some coffee regularly.

E.The simple way is by drinking 2 or 3 cups of green tea every day.

F.If possible, purchase a new computer instead of using an old model computer.

G.It also helps keep our eyes see things clearly in the dark by improving the visual ability.

假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Though great progress have been made in science these years, there are still many people live in poor

conditions. They make a living by collecting or selling used things. Their children cannot go to school

because they had not enough money to send their children there. How do you think so many people still

suffer from poverty now? The answer lies the population explosion. A president of a developing country

once said, “It is us who are to blame for the poverty because of we used to ‘produce’ children without

limit. Although this few words sound simple enough, they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the

population explosion.

目前，中学生花钱大手大脚已成为一个令学校难以管理的问题。下面是一份关于零花钱的调查报告。请你以此为依据，写一篇100词左右的短文，呼吁大家关注此问题。短文的开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

注意：

可根据内容适当增减细节，使语句连贯，符合逻辑，表达准确。

Nowadays, middle school students tend to be very free with their pocket money, which has become a difficult problem to solve for schools.

_____she become an artist may have been due to her father”s influence.

A,what       B,how      C,that        D,when

The reason why he was removed was ______he was careless and dishonest.

A,when      Bbecause     C,that       D,what

______leaves the room last ought to turn off the lights.

A,The person     B,whoever       C,Who      D,Anyone

______is estimated that a round-trip to Mars would take more than a year.

A,That       B,what       C,There      D,It

At that time,it seemed _____I could not think of the right word anyhow.

A,even if     B,in case      C,as if        D,in order