Passage 3
[2025 广西中考]Have you ever wondered whether bamboo is a tree or a kind of grass? It is a kind of grass in the science of plant. Bamboo is really a wonder of nature. This fast-growing plant can be seen everywhere and is widely used.
Bamboo has got many advantages, leading to its common uses for thousands of years. Bamboo is often used to produce daily products, such as chairs, beds and tables. What's more, bamboo can be made into a kind of material for clothes. Bamboo can even be used as an excellent building material because it grows fast and it is strong.
Bamboo is easy to decay (腐烂), so people have to add chemicals to make bamboo-based materials (竹基材料) stay for a long time. But these chemicals are bad for the environment. Chinese scientists have kept improving technologies to deal with this disadvantage. Here is a good example. In 2016, a Chinese research team in Nanjing began to work on new bamboo technologies. Later, the team succeeded in developing a new bamboo technology.
The new technology is a heat treatment. This treatment moves decay-causing matters out of bamboo without adding chemicals that are harmful to the environment. At the same time, the structure (结构) of bamboo is well kept. As a result, new bamboo-based materials were produced and chosen as an excellent building material to build the scenic platforms (观景平台) of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge—the world's largest sea-cross bridge. Since the new bamboo-based materials were used on the platforms, they have stood sunlight, seawater and even the natural disasters. Now, the scenic platforms still remain as strong as ever.
1. What is bamboo in the science of plant?

2. Why can bamboo be used as an excellent building material?

3. When did the Chinese research team in Nanjing begin to work on new bamboo technologies?

4. What are the advantages of the new bamboo technology? (不超过 15 个词)

5. 新考向开放性试题 Write an ending sentence for the passage. (不超过 15 个词)

1. It is a kind of grass in the science of plant. 根据"It is a kind of grass in the science of plant."可知答案。
2. Because it grows fast and it is strong. 根据"Bamboo can even be used as an excellent building material because it grows fast and it is strong."可知答案。
3. In 2016./The Chinese research team in Nanjing began to work on new bamboo technologies in 2016. 根据"In 2016, a Chinese research team in Nanjing began to work on new bamboo technologies."可知答案。
4. The technology is green and makes bamboo-based materials stay for a longer time./It makes bamboo-based materials green and stay for a longer time./It makes bamboo-based materials green(er) and strong(er). 根据"This treatment moves decay-causing matters out of bamboo without adding chemicals that are harmful to the environment. At the same time, the structure of bamboo is well kept."可知,此处应从环保和结构稳定性方面表述。
5. The uses of bamboo will keep growing with new technologies./... 开放性试题,言之有理且无语法错误即可。

【分析】
做本题时，需先通读全文把握主旨，再针对各小题的关键词回原文定位对应语句，精准提取或整理答案；细节题直接定位找原句，开放性试题需紧扣主题，符合语法与字数要求，言之有理即可。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段第二句“It is a kind of grass in the science of plant.”，直接提取答案。
2. 定位原文第二段最后一句“Bamboo can even be used as an excellent building material because it grows fast and it is strong.”，提取原因作答。
3. 定位原文第三段第三句“In 2016, a Chinese research team in Nanjing began to work on new bamboo technologies.”，提取时间作答。
4. 定位原文第四段前两句，该技术不添加有害化学物质、环保且能保持竹结构稳定，整理成符合字数要求的表述。
5. 开放性试题，需紧扣“新技术推动竹应用”主题，符合语法与字数要求即可。
【答案】
1. It is a kind of grass in the science of plant.
2. Because it grows fast and it is strong.
3. In 2016.
4. The technology is green and makes bamboo-based materials stay longer.
5. The uses of bamboo will expand with new technologies.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节定位提取、开放性表达
【点评】
本题为中考英语阅读理解题，考查学生的文本信息查找能力与语言运用能力，题型涵盖细节题和开放性试题，既注重基础能力，又兼顾创新表达，符合中考命题规律。
【难度系数】
0.6