2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练4
passage 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.
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