【題目】
School students are not allowed to drink wine(酒), but there’s nothing wrong with
making it. Urumqi No. 37 Middle School students in Xinjiang have been doing it since
2005.
Grapes are grown everywhere in Xinjiang. It’s the reason the school decided to teach students how to make red wine a few years ago, according to Zhu Dacheng, vice-head of the school.
“We hope the students can find out about something in real life and learn practical(實(shí)用的) skills,” he said.
The students got to work in September, when the grapes in Xinjiang were good enough. They were divided into groups. They needed about 5kg of grapes each, some yeast (酵母), a large bowl and a big bottle.
Yang Lili, 13, told Teens how the four students in her group made their wine.
“We worked like a production line,” she said. One student washed the grapes, another pulled them from their stems(莖,梗); the others pressed the grapes in a large bowl. Then they put the grapes and the yeast into a big bottle and closed it up. The task takes about an hour.
Then what? A lot of waiting! After 45 days, the students cleaned the wine twice and then put it into small
bottles. At last, the wine was ready.
Yang said that of the 11 groups in her class, just three failed to make wine. In March, the whole class held a wine-tasting party.
Xu Hao, 13, said they were excited to taste the results. “The wine is so sweet,” he said. “We made better wine than you can buy in the supermarket!”
“It’s because our wine is made from 100% grapes,” he added.
At the party, the teacher also taught the students about wine culture. For example, how to hold a glass, and
how you can judge the quality of a wine by its color.
【1】Why did the school decide to teach the students how to make red wine?
A. Because drinking wine is not allowed in school.
B. Because the school has grown lots of grapes.
C. Because grapes are grown everywhere in Xinjiang.
D. Because the school has been doing it for many years.
【2】What is the purpose of the school in teaching the students to make red wine?
A. To make good red wine for students themselves.
B. To get close to real life by learning to grow grapes.
C. To let the students understand real life and learn some useful skills.
D. To help the students do better in their study.
【3】How does the group “production line” work according to the passage?
A. Weigh the grapes→get the bowl ready→pull the grapes→press the grapes→put the yeast in.
B. Divided into groups→get the bowl→wash the grapes→press the grapes→close the bottle up.
C. Wash the grapes→pull the grapes→press the grapes→put the yeast in→close the bottle up.
D. Get grapes ready→get bowls ready→put the yeast in→press the grapes→close the bottle up.
【4】Why were the students excited to taste their wine?
A. Because they learned about the wine culture.
B. Because they succeeded at last after waiting for 45 days.
C. Because they could sell the wine to the supermarket.
D. Because the wine in the supermarket wasn’t as sweet as the wine they made.
【5】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The students in the school began to make wine in autumn.
B. The students have to wait for one month and a half before the wine is ready.
C. Eight groups in Yang’s class were successful in making the wine.
D. The teacher taught the students how to drink wine before the wine-tasting party.