Question

Wood is wood?

Yes, but it’s not that simple. Each tree species (神类) grows in a certain way, and that affects (影响) the way its wood looks and performs. Foresters divide trees into two kinds: hardwood and softwood species.

Hardwood trees such as oaks (橡树) and maples (枫树 ) have wood with very short fibers. Paper made from these species is weaker than that made from softwood, but its surface is smoother, and therefore better to write and print on.

Softwood trees such as pines and spruces have wood with long fibers, and paper made from this type of woods is much stronger. This kind of paper is ideal for making products like shipping containers that require great strength. But the surface is rougher, and that’s not as good for writing, printing and many other uses.

Happily we can blend fibers from hardwood and softwood into a single paper, getting just the combination of strength, whiteness, writing surface and other characteristics that we want.

And that’s just what we do! Most of the paper you see today is made from both hardwoods and softwoods, a special blend for each purpose.

We make newsprint(新闻纸)to be opaque(不透明) —so you only see the newspaper's comics (连环画), not the stock market report on the other side!

We make grocery bag paper strong, tissue (纸巾) soft, fine writing paper smooth. Even within the same sort, there’s quite a range. Among printing papers, for example, compare the thin sheets of a Bible to the thick, tough pages of a kid’s picture book.

1. Which of the following are trees?

    A. Pines, oaks, fibers and maples.

    B. hardwood, oaks and maples.

    C. Pines and softwood

    D. Maples and oaks.

2. Which of the following is TRUE?

    A. Paper made from spruces is good to write on.

    B. Paper made from oaks is weaker, with smoother surface.

    C. Shopping bags are usually made of the paper from softwood trees, with short fibers.

    D. It is easy for us to make paper from both kinds of trees.

3. The underlined word “blend” perhaps means________.

    A. change 　　　　    B. separate     C. mix 　　　　　　　　 D. divide

4. The sentence “We make newsprint to be opaque” means_________.

    A. We make newsprint hard to see through.

    B. We make newsprint different from other printing papers.

    C. We make newspaper the way easy to understand.

    D. We make newsprint easy to read.

5. What haven’t we learned from the passage?

    A. Writing paper, as well as printing paper, is divided into many kinds.

    B. We can get a kind of paper made from both hardwood and softwood.

    C. According to the wood, we can divide trees into two kinds.

D. Today we use paper in many ways.

 

Answer 1

答案：DBCAA
提示：

1. Hardwood trees such as oaks (橡树) and maples (枫树 ) have wood with very short fibers.所以选择D。 2. 参见文章第二段。 3. blend的意思是混合。 4. so you only see the newspaper's comics (连环画), not the stock market report on the other side!所以选择A。 5. 文章没有提到的是A。