专题12 阅读理解：应用文- 2024年高一英语暑假尖子生专题检测必刷题（语法专题+题型）（新高考专用）

专题12 阅读理解：应用文 1.（湖南省名校联考联合体2023-2024学年高一试题） 2.（广东省佛山市七校2023-2024学年高一下学期5月联考） 3.（江苏省连云港市东海县2023-2024学年高一试题） 4.（河北省沧衡学校联盟2023-2024学年高一下学期4月期中试题） 5.（浙江省杭州第二中学2023-2024学年高一下期中考试英语试卷） 6.（福建省浦城第一中学2023-2024学年高一下学期4月期中英语试题） 7.（四川省安宁河联盟2023～2024学年高一下学期4月期中联考英语试题） 8.（NT20河北名校2023-2024学年高一5月大比拼期中考试英语试题） 9.（广东省梅州市兴宁市第一中学2023-2024学年高一试题） 10.（浙江G5联盟2023-2024学年高一下学期期中联考试题） 11.（贵州省贵阳市第一中学2023-2024学年高一下学期质监试题） 12.（湖北省2023-2024学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷） 1.（湖南省名校联考联合体2023-2024学年高一试题） For some, rice is simply bought at the market, ready to take home and steam or boil. But have you ever wondered about the journey the grains of rice take before they reach your plate or bowl, or fork or chopsticks? Sowing the seeds First, the seeds are sown. Sometimes, they are planted directly in the fields, but often they are sown in nurseries where they spend their first 30 days putting forth shoots and grow into seedlings (苗). Transplanting to the fields After about 30 days, the seedlings are transplanted to the fields. Transplanting is exhausting, tiring work that requires standing in water and repeatedly bending over. Harvesting When the mature plants are a golden yellow colour, the new grains are ready to harvest. Sometimes farmers use a mechanical reaper, but often they use only a sharp knife or sickle (镰刀). Threshing (脱粒) Threshing separates the grains from the stalks (秆). This can be done with mechanical threshers or combines, but often the stalks are simply pounded against a hard surface. When threshing is done without machinery, the rice is tied into bundles (捆) and dried in the sun first. Drying the rice Drying is very important because if the moisture (水分) content is too high, the freshly harvested grains will spoil easily. In many countries, the grains are laid out to dry wherever space is available, from basketball courts to sections of major highways. Wealthy farmers may put large quantities of grains into heated airdryers. After that, some of these grains, after certain kinds of processi