浙江省台州市2016-2017学年高一英语下学期起始考试题.doc

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1、浙江省台州市书生中学2016-2017学年高一英语下学期起始考试题（满分：100分考试时间：90分钟）第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）ABambooisoneofthenature’smostsurprisingplants.Manypeoplecallthisplantatree,butitisakindofgrass.Likeotherkindsofgrass,abambooplantmaybecutverylowtotheground,butitwillgrowbackveryquickly.AJapanesescien

2、tistrecordedonebambooplantthatgrewalmost1.5metersin24hours!BamboogrowsalmosteverywhereintheworldexceptEurope.Therearemorethan1,000kindsofbamboothatgrowaroundtheworldonbothmountainsandplains(平原).Notallbamboolooksthesame.Somebambooplantsareverythin.Theymayonlygrowtobeafewcentimet

3、erswidewhileothersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross.Thisplantalsocomesindifferentcolors,fromyellowtoblacktogreen.ManyAsiancountrieshavebeenusingbambooforhundredsofyears.Theyoftenusebambooforbuildingnewbuildings.Asamatteroffact,thecables(绳索)thatholdupthehangingbridgeacrossthe

4、MinRiverinSichuanaremadeofbamboo.Thebridgehasbeeninuseformorethan1,000years,andisstillholdingstrong.InAfrica,engineersareteachingpoorfarmershowtofindwaterusingbamboo.TheseAfricancountriesneedcheapwaystofindwaterbecausetheyhavenomoney,andtheirfieldsoftendiefromnorainandnowater.I

5、tseemsthatbambooisoneofthebestthingstheycanuse.Bamboopipesanddrills(钻)canhelptomakethepoorthirstyfieldstobewatered.1.Howisbamboolikegrass?A.Itisthinandeasytocut.B..Itgrowsquicklyafteritscutshort.C.Itgrowseverywhere.D.Itisshortandgreen.2.Thesentence“whileothersmaygrowtomorethan3

6、0centimetersacross.”means“Someotherbambooplantsmaygrowtobevery_______.”A.shortB.strongC.tallD.thick3.Fromthetextweknow______.A.abambooplantmaygrow4.5metersinthreedaysB.mostpeoplecallbambooplanttreesC.thebambooplantchangesitscolorswhenitgrowsD.abridgeheldbybamboocablewasbuilttho

7、usandsofyearsago4.WhydidtheengineersteachthepoorfarmersinAfricatomakeuseofbamboo?A.BecauseitisusedbyAsians.B.Becauseitiscolorful.C.Becauseitdrillsfast.D.Becauseitischeap.5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.Therearemanydifferentkindsofbamboowithdifferentcolors.B.Cablesmadeofbambooc

8、anlastforoverathousandyears.C.Bambooplantsareabletogro