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usands of years, bamboo has been used in many different waysfrom food to medicine to clothing and, in small ways, as a building material. 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. 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.Make bamboo a mon building material.Take advantage of bamboo in our everyday.C.D.To prove what is the most useful plant.To introduce bamboo to the developed world.C.D.Harries sees bamboo as a great building material.Harries thinks bamboo is as strong as steel.C.D.Bamboo is an environmentally friendly building material.Bamboo material will go to the market in the soon future.C.D.幾千年來,竹子被廣泛地應用于各個方面,然而,在發(fā)達國家,竹子并沒有經常地被應用于建筑領域。他和他的學生們測試了竹子的受壓力量。(1)考查主旨大意。故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“ The professor and his students are testing the strength of bamboo.”可知,教授和他的學生做實驗的目的是測試竹子的承受力,故選D。根據(jù)第四段可知,Kent Harries認為竹子結實、有彈力、能承受壓力,是有用的建筑材料,由此可知他的觀點是竹子是種很好的建筑材料。(4)考查推理判斷。故選A。6.閱讀理解 When she is on the stage, audiences often go silent. They also laugh, shout and cry. But this doesn39。 “How do I defend myself?” Tahay thought. “I don39。 “Keep going,” her mother would tell her. “At some point, you39。 She spent hours after school and on weekends watching the same DVDs: English without Barriers.s elder brother, Elmer, persuaded her to go to the afterschool poetry club. In the last six years, her English teacher Laurie Kurnick has turned Cleveland Charter High School39。 The first time Tahay read the group39。t even finish it.”t tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they would make fun of her.m worth something.”t ever see.”(1)What did Tahay39。Fight with them bravely.B.Ignore them and keep going.Try hard to make friends with them.(2)What are the themes of Tahay and her team39。Their admiration for the great poets.Their appreciation of natural beauty.C.D.s poems? A.B.C.D.She felt more confident about herself.She won many national poetry petitions.C.D.(1)考查細節(jié)理解。ll learn.” 可知,C項是她媽媽的建議。(2)考查推理判斷。詩描寫了許多東西如一些樂趣和痛苦。故選D。根據(jù)第七段中的“The first time Tahay read the group39?!拔蚁M乙材苣菢訉懀?。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“But with time, her poems changed her. ‘They gave me pride,’ Tahay said.”可知,寫詩給了她自信和自豪感?!军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查,是一篇人物類閱讀,考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理,選出正確答案。 The setting was a packed gymnasium just before the start of a game against another school. There were five girls who were members of the Danville High School basketball team—all of them starters. They were not in uniform to play that night and would not be on the team for the rest of this season. They were there to admit their breaking of team rules. They were there to support their coach39。 While the school had been out for the New Year39。 Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make. When classes resumed and accounts of holiday parties were shared, rumors about the five girls began closing in on them. The coach said she couldn39。s decision. The team may not win another game this year. But they39。s action on others, and honesty that will serve them well throughout life.(1)It can be inferred from the passage that the five girls who were kicked off the team were ________. A.B.three junior students and two senior studentsscolded by their parents for drinking alcohol(2)What did the girls do to support their coach39。They didn39。B.They admitted their mistake in public in the gymnasium.They would never drink any alcohol throughout their life.(3)Which word best describes the coach Rainville? A.Strict.C.Cruel.(4)Which would be the best title for the passage? A.A bad mistakeC.D.五個女孩接受了處罰,并做出了公開道歉。根據(jù)第一段中的“They were there to admit their breaking of team rules. They were there to support their coach39。s decision to take them off the team. They were there to let the town know there was a problem in their little munity that needed to be addressed. And they did it with sincere regret rather than defensiveness.”可知,這幾個女孩是很好的隊員,她們勇敢承認了違反了團隊紀律,并支持教練把她們開除出隊的決定。(2)考查推理判斷。s decision to take them off the team.”以及第二段中的“That night in the gym was part of their public support of the coach39。故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make.”和“The coach said she couldn39。故選B。文章講述了五個女孩因為喝酒被開除出籃球隊的故事,文章最后一段對這件事情做了總結,因此可知文章主要想告訴讀者這些女孩通過這件事學會了負責任,了解了自己的行為對他人的影響,誠實會讓她們一生受益。故選A。8.閱讀理解s most powerful rocket.s Saturn V, which was used for the Moon missions in the 1970s. “Falcon Heavy can launch about 64 tonnes into low Earth orbitthat39。 The rocket was designed with the idea of earning humans into space and opening the possibility of flying missions with people to the Moon and even Mars. For its first voyage, it carried Musk39。s seat. Musk joked that “it may be discovered by some future alien race”.s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center in the US state of Florida, the spot also used for the Apollo 11 Moon mission and several space shuttle launches. It was delayed by several hours because of high winds in the upper atmosphere. Minutes after takeoff, the two outer boosters (助推器) landed at the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.s TESS mission on March 20, 2018. It is rep