Question

【題目】閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成下面的表格。

Bamboo is a kind of wild grass. There are more than 1450 species of bamboo that grow across the world. It is hollow(空的), so it is very light.

For thousands of years, bamboo has been used in many different ways—from food to medicine to clothing. It is also used for furniture or man-made building products such as flooring and window covers. However, bamboo is not often used as a building material in the developed world.

Kent Harries, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, sees bamboo as a great building material because of the following.

First, it is strong. The strength of at least three species of bamboo is similar to steel. Besides its strength, Harries says that bamboo has other features that make it a great building material. He says it can keep its shape and strength even under pressure.

Second, it’s very tall. It can grow up to 20 meters and it supports its own weight, even in the strong wind.

Third，bamboo also grows quickly. Bamboo that is suitable for construction needs much less resources than wood. It lives on the rainwater, spring water and sunlight. The harvest cycle of bamboo is about 3 years. Softwoods such as pine (松樹) and spruce(云杉) have a harvest cycle of about 10 years. And hardwoods that come from flowering plants such as maple(楓樹) and walnut(胡桃樹) need more than 30 years.

People usually think bamboo is only for poor people. But in many countries，bamboo is used for building floors and roofs and even beautiful houses.

Bamboo
Abstract	There are 【1】 1450 species of bamboo across the world. It is not 【2】 because it is hollow. It can be used in many different ways so it is very 【3】.
Reasons for being a great 【4】 material	It is as strong as 【5】. Its shape can be always the 【6】 even under great pressure. It can support its own weight in the【7】 wind. It needs 【8】 years than other woods to have a harvest cycle. It only needs rainwater, spring water and 【9】 to grow up.
Conclusion	People don’t think 【10】 people live in houses made of bamboo, but beautiful bamboo houses have been built in many countries.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】over

【2】heavy

【3】useful

【4】building

【5】steel

【6】same

【7】strong

【8】fewer

【9】sunlight

【10】rich

【解析】

本文介紹竹子的種類、用途和習(xí)性等。世界上有超過1450種竹子。它有許多用途。竹子生長很快。它依靠雨水、泉水和陽光生活。竹子的收獲周期約為3年。

【1】句意：世界上有1450多種竹子。短語more than：多于，超過，同義詞是over。根據(jù)第一段第二句There are more than 1450 species of bamboo that grow across the world.（世界上有超過1450種竹子。）結(jié)合提示可知填over。

【2】句意：它不重，因?yàn)樗�是空心的�?/span>light：輕的，意思是“不重not heavy”。根據(jù)第一段第三句It is hollow(空的), so it is very light.（它是中空的，所以很輕。）結(jié)合提示可知填heavy。

【3】句意：它可以以多種不同的方式使用，因此非常有用。Be動(dòng)詞后面跟形容詞作表語，可知填形容詞。根據(jù)第2段第1和2句For thousands of years, bamboo has been used in many different ways—from food to medicine to clothing. It is also used for furniture or man-made building products such as flooring and window covers.（幾千年來，竹子被用在從食物到藥品到衣服的許多不同的方面。它也用于家具或人造建筑產(chǎn)品，如地板和窗套。）可知“它可以以多種不同的方式使用，因此非常有用”；填useful。

【4】句意：成為很好的建筑材料的原因。根據(jù)第3段Kent Harries, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, sees bamboo as a great building material because of the following.（匹茲堡大學(xué)教授肯特·哈里斯認(rèn)為竹子是一種很好的建筑材料，原因如下。）結(jié)合表格右邊的內(nèi)容可知“成為很好的建筑材料的原因�！惫侍�building。

【5】句意：它和鋼一樣堅(jiān)固。根據(jù)第4段第2句The strength of at least three species of bamboo is similar to steel.（至少三種竹子的強(qiáng)度與鋼相似。）結(jié)合句意可知答案是steel。

【6】句意：即使在很大的壓力下，它的形狀也可以保持不變。根據(jù)第4段第3句He says it can keep its shape and strength even under pressure.（他說它可以在壓力下保持它的形狀和強(qiáng)度。）結(jié)合句意可知答案是same 。

【7】句意：它能在強(qiáng)風(fēng)中支撐自己的重量。根據(jù)第5段Second, it’s very tall. It can grow up to 20 meters and it supports its own weight, even in the strong wind.（第二，它很高。它可以長到20米，即使在強(qiáng)風(fēng)中也能支撐自身的重量。）結(jié)合句意可知答案是strong。

【8】句意：它一個(gè)收獲周期需要比其他樹木更少的年。根據(jù)第6段第3至5句The harvest cycle of bamboo is about 3 years. Softwoods such as pine (松樹) and spruce(云杉) have a harvest cycle of about 10 years. And hardwoods that come from flowering plants such as maple(楓樹) and walnut(胡桃樹) need more than 30 years.（竹子的收獲周期約為3年。松樹和云杉等軟木的采收周期約為10年。而來自楓樹和核桃等開花植物的硬木需要30多年的時(shí)間。）可知“竹子一個(gè)收獲周期需要比其他樹木更少的年”；結(jié)合句意可知填fewer（更少的）。

【9】句意：它只需要雨水、泉水和陽光就能長大。根據(jù)第6段第2句It lives on the rainwater, spring water and sunlight.（它依靠雨水、泉水和陽光生活。）可知“它只需要雨水、泉水和陽光就能長大�！� 結(jié)合句意可知填sunlight。

【10】句意：人們認(rèn)為富人不住在用竹子做的房子里，但許多國家已經(jīng)建造了漂亮的竹子房子。根據(jù)第7段People usually think bamboo is only for poor people. But in many countries，bamboo is used for building floors and roofs and even beautiful houses.（人們通常認(rèn)為竹子只適合窮人。但在許多國家，竹子被用來建造地板和屋頂，甚至是漂亮的房子。）可知“們認(rèn)為富人不住在用竹子做的房子里，但許多國家已經(jīng)建造了漂亮的竹子房子�！苯Y(jié)合句意可知填rich。

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