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54. As described in the passage, a bonsai ----.
53. - 55. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. A) can only be planted in a garden where there
is either a stream or a waterfall
The Japanese style in gardening emphasizes
year-round continuity by using a maximum of B) is a tree whose growing process is
evergreen plants. Streams and waterfalls may be manipulated by various techniques to produce
natural or artificial, with raked sand or rocky beds a much smaller version
to create the illusion of a landscape in miniature. C) is given no plant food at all so that its
A gardening technique typical of the Japanese development is reduced to the minimum
is the bonsai, a method originally developed in
China, involving the deliberate, artificial dwarfing D) can only grow in a shallow container where
of plants by special methods of cultivation. The there are either rocks or sands
tree is planted in a shallow container and starved E) is the technique of shortening a full-grown
of plant food. The space for root growth is limited, tree for use in a Japanese garden
and the roots are pruned. As the plant grows, the
shoots are also pruned, and the branches are
twisted with wire so that the full-grown bonsai,
often less than 60 cm tall, has the appearance of
an aged, gnarled tree.

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53. In Japanese gardening style, ----. 55. One step in the technique of cultivating a
A) everything included in designing the garden is bonsai includes ----.
in miniature form A) using wires to keep the tree from growing
B) natural material is always preferred to non- taller
natural ones B) certain procedures known only to Japanese
gardeners
C) plants are replaced with fresh ones regularly
to keep the garden green at all times C) giving the tree the look of an old tree
D) the designer builds artificial waterways to D) nothing new since its use by the Chinese
make the garden look more natural
E) depriving the tree of its roots so that it cannot
E) the idea is to represent a whole year in an take essential nutrients
uninterrupted fashion

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