1. I. Reading Strategy: Skimming
Skimming is a reading strategy to find out the main idea(s) of an article or any other type of reading material. When skimming, you should always read an article or a piece of information quickly, without studying it in detail, in order to get the main point(s). 

2. Skim the reading and choose the best answer to the following question.
Exercise:
Skim the reading and choose the best answer to the following question.
(　) What is the main idea of the reading? (A) How Lugu got its name (B) How many households in Lugu
are in the tea business (C) A journey to the tea town, Lugu (D) The mountains and hills that
surround Lugu. C  

3. II. Reading Strategy: Scanning
Scanning is a reading strategy to help you skip unimportant words and pay attention to the information you are looking for. When scanning, you should first have a question in mind and then scan the passage for the answer.  

4. Exercise:
Scan the reading and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.  

5. friend, who lived in Lugu. (B) She wanted to take part in the
(　) 1. Why did the author visit Taiwan? (A) She wanted to visit her best
friend, who lived in Lugu (B) She wanted to take part in the
annual tea competition (C) She wanted to visit her
grandparents and the
countryside in Lugu (D) She planned to study the soil,
the weather, and the people in
Lugu. C  

6. ( ) 2. How many households in Lugu are in the tea business?
At least _____ (A) 500
(B) 3,500
(C) 5,000
(D) 5,500 C  

7. ( ) 3. What conditions are good for
planting tea in Lugu? (A) The friendly people and the
good surroundings (B) The annual tea competition and
the celebration afterward (C) The strong tea culture and the
beautiful valley (D) The soft red soil and the moist,
cool weather. D  

8. ( ) 4. What did the author and her friend
experience firsthand when they
took a trip to Lugu? (A) How to plant tea. (B) How to raise deer. (C) How to turn tea leaves into tea. (D) How to make tea cakes. C  

9. ( ) 5. Which of the following statements
about Lugu is NOT true? (A) All the households in Lugu are
in the tea business (B) There is a very strong tea
culture in Lugu (C) Lugu was once a forest where
deer roamed freely (D) Tea farming in Lugu dates
back to the nineteenth century. A 
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