浙江省台州市学年高一英语下学期起始考试题20含答案师生通用.docx

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浙江省台州市学年高一英语下学期起始考试题20含答案师生通用

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）

A

Bambooisoneofthenature’smostsurprisingplants.Manypeoplecallthisplantatree,butitisakindofgrass.

Likeotherkindsofgrass,abambooplantmaybecutverylowtotheground,butitwillgrowbackveryquickly.AJapanesescientistrecordedonebambooplantthatgrewalmost1.5metersin24hours!

BamboogrowsalmosteverywhereintheworldexceptEurope.Therearemorethan1,000kindsofbamboothatgrowaroundtheworldonbothmountainsandplains（平原）.

Notallbamboolooksthesame.Somebambooplantsareverythin.Theymayonlygrowtobeafewcentimeterswidewhileothersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross.Thisplantalsocomesindifferentcolors,fromyellowtoblacktogreen.

ManyAsiancountrieshavebeenusingbambooforhundredsofyears.Theyoftenusebambooforbuildingnewbuildings.Asamatteroffact,thecables（绳索）thatholdupthehangingbridgeacrosstheMinRiverinSichuanaremadeofbamboo.Thebridgehasbeeninuseformorethan1,000years,andisstillholdingstrong.

InAfrica,engineersareteachingpoorfarmershowtofindwaterusingbamboo.TheseAfricancountriesneedcheapwaystofindwaterbecausetheyhavenomoney,andtheirfieldsoftendiefromnorainandnowater.Itseemsthatbambooisoneofthebestthingstheycanuse.Bamboopipesanddrills（钻）canhelptomakethepoorthirstyfieldstobewatered.

1.Howisbamboolikegrass?

A.Itisthinandeasytocut.B..Itgrowsquicklyafteritscutshort.

C.Itgrowseverywhere.D.Itisshortandgreen.

2.Thesentence“whileothersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross.”means“Someotherbambooplantsmaygrowtobevery_______.”

A.shortB.strongC.tallD.thick

3.Fromthetextweknow______.

A.abambooplantmaygrow4.5metersinthreedaysB.mostpeoplecallbambooplanttrees

C.thebambooplantchangesitscolorswhenitgrows

D.abridgeheldbybamboocablewasbuiltthousandsofyearsago

4.WhydidtheengineersteachthepoorfarmersinAfricatomakeuseofbamboo?

A.BecauseitisusedbyAsians.B.Becauseitiscolorful.

C.Becauseitdrillsfast.D.Becauseitischeap.

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Therearemanydifferentkindsofbamboowithdifferentcolors.

B.Cablesmadeofbamboocanlastforoverathousandyears.

C.Bambooplantsareabletogrowwellinanypartoftheworld.

D.Bamboocanbeusedforbuildings,bridgesandwateringprojects（工程）.

B

Justlikericeandnoodlesaredifferentfrombread,snacksinChinaareaworldapartfromthoseintheUKandtheUS.Foronething,Ineverimaginedthatsunflowerseeds（瓜子）wouldbesopopularhere.Ispottedpeoplehavingthemwhilewaitingfortablesoutsiderestaurants,beforedinnerand,ofcourse,whilewatchingTV.IalsosawthataplateofsunflowerseedsisalwaysonofferduringtheSpringFestivalholidays.

IhadseldomtriedsunflowerseedswhenIcametoChina.IntheUK,though,youngpeoplelovetheirsnacks.Infact,youngpeopleinBritaineatmoresnacksthanpeopleofthesameageinotherEuropeancountries.Arecentsurveyhasdiscoveredthat64percentofunder20-year-oldssnackbetweenmeals,accordingtoanarticleontheBritishCouncilwebsite.Incomparison（对比）,58.7percentofyoungpeoplesnackinGermany,53percentinFrance,andonly40.7percentinSpain.

Britishsnacksaregenerallyunhealthy.Ourfavoritesareprobablypotatochips,whichwecallcrisps,andchocolatebars.Fromaveryyoungage,wealwayslookedforwardtoourcrispsandchocolatebarsafterschool,perhapsevenincludedwithsandwichesandfruitinourschoollunchesthatourparentsmadeforus.

SnacksarealsopopularintheUS.OneofthethingsthatIfoundthemostextraordinarywhenIfirstvisitedtheUSwasthenumberofsnacksintheirsupermarkets;Iwassurprisedtofindhugeaisles（过道）justforsnacksthatwerebiggerthansomestoresI’dbeentointheUK.SnacktastesintheUSaremuchthesameasthoseintheUK,exceptthere’smuchmorechoice–everykindoffatty,sugaryfoodisavailable（可获得的）toeveryoneallthetime.

Allinall,it’sprobablybestforyourhealthifyoulikesunflowerseedsratherthanpotatochipsandchocolate.Buteatingthesedelicioustreatsattimescouldn’tpossiblybewrong,couldit?

6.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?

A.ThemostpopularsnackinChina.B.SnacksintheUKandtheUS.

C.SnacksyoungWesternpeoplelike.D.SometipsforchoosingsnacksintheUK.

7.AccordingtotheBritishCouncil,snacksaremostpopularamongyoungpeoplein______.

A.BritainB.GermanyC.FranceD.Spain

8.Theunderlinedword“extraordinary”inparagraph4means________.

A.frequentB.specialC.wonderfulD.universal

9.Whatsurprisedtheauthorwhenhewenttos