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Trees should only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , fortunately,the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of obergrow
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Treesshouldonlybeprunedwhenthereisagoodandclearreasonfordoingsoand,fortunately,thenumberofsuchreasonsissmall.Pruninginvolvesthecuttingawayofobergrownandunwantedbranches,andtheinexperiencedgardenercanbeencouragedbythethoughtthatmoredamageresultsfromdoingitunnecessarilythanfromleavingthetreetogrowinitsownway.
First,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattreeshaveadesiredshapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeoftherightheight,andatthesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmallsidebrancheswhichwillthickenitsappearanceorgiveitaspecialshape.Secondly,pruningmaybedonetomakethetreehealthier.Youmaycutdiseaedordeadwood,orbranchesthatarerubbingagainsteachotherandthuscausewounds.Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedbyremovingbranchesthatareblockingupthecentreandsopreventingthefreemovementofair.
Oneresultofpruningisthatanopenwoundisleftonthetreeandthisprovidesaneasyentryfordisease,butitisawoundthatwillheal.Oftenthereisaracebetweenthehealingandthedeseaseastowhetherthetreewillliveordie,sothatthereisaperiodwhenthetreeisatrisk.Itshouldbetheaimofeverygardenertoreducewhichhasbeenprunedsmoothandclean,forhealingwillbesloweddownbyroughness.Youshouldallowthecutsurfacetodryforafewhursandthenpaintitwithoneofthesubstancesavailablefromgardenshopsproducedespeciallyforthispurpose.Pruningisusuallywithoutinterferencefromtheleavesandalsoitisveryunlikelythatthecutsyumakewillbleed.Ifthisdoeshappen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthemproperly.
1.Pruningshouldbedoneto______.
a.makethetreegrowtaller
b.improvetheshapeofthetree
c.getridofthesmallbranches
d.makethesmallbranchesthicker
2.Treesbecomeunhealthyifthegardener______.
a.allowstoomanybranchestogrowinthemiddle
b.doesnotprotectthemfromwind
c.forcesthemtogrowtooquickly
d.damagessomeofthesmallsidebranches
3.Whyisaspecialsubstancepaintedonthetree?
a.Tomakeawoundsmooth
b.Topreventdiseaseenteringawound
c.Tocoveraroughsurface
d.Tohelpawoundtodry
4.Agoodgardenerprunesatree______.
a.atintervalsthroughouttheyear
b.asquicklyaspossible
c.occasionallywhennecessary
d.regulareverywinter
5.Whatwastheauthor'spurposewhenwritingthispassage?
a.Togivepraticalinstructionforpruningatree.
b.Togiveageneraldescriptionofpruning
c.Toexplainhowtreesdevelopdiseases
d.Todiscussdifferentmethodsofpruning.
答案：babca
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