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Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(河北秦皇岛二模)

HuaShengandLuSheng,aretiredTibetancouple,havebecometrailblazers(开拓者)ofgrapegrowingandwinemakingintheiroldages.

LuShenglearnedgrapeplantingandwinemakingfromhergrandmother’ssister.Sincetheyretired,thecouplehavemovedtoLhasafromthevillageofYakhadi.Thoughthefactthattheregion’scapital,whichis3,600metersabovesealevel,isconsideredunfitforgrowinggrapes,LuShengandHuaShengbegananambitiousprojectin,plantinggrapesinTsalna,atowninthesuburbofLhasa.

Theyreceivedsupportfromthelocalgovernment,whichiscommittedtodevelopingbusinessandtheeconomy.Thecouple’sprojectprovidesjobsforruralresidents,and,asaresult,thegovernmenthasconsideredtheprojectpartofitspovertyreliefprogram.

“LhasaisanidealplaceforplantingFrenchgrapevarietiesthatareresistanttocold,droughtanddisease,andadaptabletohigh-altitudeandopen-airplanting,”LuShengsaid.

“Thankstotheplateau’ssunshineandorganicplanting,ourgrapesgrowverywellhereinLhasa.Thegrapesareabitsourandsweet,andtheyhaveahighanthocyanin(花青素)content,”shesaid.Anthocyanins,whichaccumulate(积累)ingrapecellsandcontributerichcolortowine,arewater-soluble.

In,HuaShengandLuShengexpandedtheirproject,plantingonnearly6.67hectares.InordertofamiliarizeTibetanfarmerswithgrapeplantingandwinemaking,theytaughttheskillstolocalvillagers.

“Wehavesuccessfullytaughtthelocalfarmershowtogrowgrapesandmakewineoverthethreeyears.Theynowhaveanewsourceofincomebesidestraditionalfarmingandherding,”HuaShengsaid.

Yudron,aresidentofNam,saidshewasgratefultothegrapeplantingprojectinhervillage,whichhascontributedtoherincomeandqualityoflife.“Afterworkinginthevine-yardsforyears,nowweknowhowtomakewine.Wedrinkbothbarleyandgrapewinenow.Welovegrapewinemore,though,asit