【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 and, in small ways, as a building material. However, bamboo is not often used as a building material in the developed world. A professor at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania is trying to change that. The professor and his students are testing the strength of are testing how much pressure or weight it can take before breaking. Kent Harries is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Harries says that testing methods for bamboo need to be the same for all. They need to be standardized. Standardizing test methods for bamboo will help to bring the plant into mon use. It will also give engineers and builders around the world a dependable standard. Harries says that bamboo is strong in nature. The strength of at least three species of bamboo is similar to its strength, bamboo has other features that make it very useful in building. He says it is resilient(有彈力的), meaning it keeps its shape and strength even under pressure. Bamboo also grows quickly. Bamboo that is suitable for construction needs much less resources than wood. The harvest cycle of bamboo is about 3 years. Softwoods such as cedar, pine and spruce have a harvest cycle of about 10 years. And hardwoods that e from flowering plants such as oak and walnut need more than 30 years. Bamboo is widely used as food for panda bears. It is also used for flooring and window covers. However, for building, bamboo is not used much outside its native growing area. This is mostly because of its round shape. But there are other reasons too. People think or have the mentalitythat bamboo is a low quality building material.（1）What is the author mainly talking about in the passage? A.Make bamboo a mon building material.B.Take advantage of bamboo in our everyday.C.Consider bamboo to be a mon plant.D.Use bamboo to replace building materials.（2）What is the purpose of what Kent Harries and his students did? A.To prove what is the most useful plant.B.To introduce bamboo to the developed world.C.To give engineers and builders some advice.D.To make sure of the strength of bamboo.（3）What does Harries think of bamboo in the passage? A.Harries sees bamboo as a great building material.B.Harries thinks bamboo is as strong as steel.C.Harries sees bamboo as the most ideal Plant.D.Harries thinks bamboo has the reliable shape.（4）What can be inferred from the passage? A.Bamboo is an environmentally friendly building material.B.Bamboo material will go to the market in the soon future.C.Hardwoods are much more popular than softwoods.D.Bamboo grows not only faster but takes up less space.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了竹子是世界上最有用的植物之一。幾千年來，竹子被廣泛地應(yīng)用于各個(gè)方面，然而，在發(fā)達(dá)國家，竹子并沒有經(jīng)常地被應(yīng)用于建筑領(lǐng)域。Kent Harries 教授試圖改變這一點(diǎn)。他和他的學(xué)生們測試了竹子的受壓力量。Kent Harries 教授認(rèn)為是一種很好的建筑材料。(1)考查主旨大意。本文講述了Kent Harries和他的學(xué)生所做的實(shí)驗(yàn)，實(shí)驗(yàn)的目的是測試竹子能否當(dāng)作建筑材料來使用。故選A。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ The professor and his students are testing the strength of bamboo．”可知，教授和他的學(xué)生做實(shí)驗(yàn)的目的是測試竹子的承受力，故選D。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段可知，Kent Harries認(rèn)為竹子結(jié)實(shí)、有彈力、能承受壓力，是有用的建筑材料，由此可知他的觀點(diǎn)是竹子是種很好的建筑材料。故選A。(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知，竹子長得很快，其生長為三年，而針葉木材則需10年，闊葉樹時(shí)間更長，由此可知，竹子是種很環(huán)保的建筑材料。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀下列短文，從短文后每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is one of the world39。s largest and finest art museums. 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