科目：高中英语 来源：2013届辽宁省五校协作体高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers go to waste.
In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly. Most of their feathers are thrown away.
But instead of being buried in land, some feathers could find a future in plastics（塑料）.
One of the products they have developed is a flowerpot（花盆）. It may look like other flowerpots. But the container breaks down in the earth within one to five years. And as it breaks down, it naturally becomes nutrient（营养物） in the soil.
The environmentally friendly flowerpot is the work of two researchers. Walter Schmidt is with the Agricultural Research Service, part of the United States Agriculture Department. Masud Huda is with the Horticultural Research Institute, a private（私人） organization（组织）.
Walter Schmidt has been working to find uses for chicken feathers since the 1990s. Progress in 2002 showed that plastic made from feathers could be formed like other plastics.
He says feathers are much stronger and last（持续） longer than another plant material. "Feathers are stronger. By design, feathers are also more durable（耐用的）. And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."
He points out that traditional flowerpots made from other plastics can last much longer. But he wonders if there is really a need. He says most flowerpots are never re-used.
"Why would you want a plastic that you use for a year to last for two hundred years? It makes no sense. You want to match the product with the use." said Walter Schmidt.
Walter Schmidt and Masud Huda are now adding another chicken product to their flowerpots -- chicken waste. The waste will add more nutrients to the soil as the pot breaks down. The scientists say they hope their flowerpot will be on the market in a year or two.
【小题1】What do people mainly deal with feathers?
| A．Feathers are used to make pillows, coats and other products. |
| B．Most feathers are paid no attention to. |
| C．Most feathers are used as nutrient |
| D．Most feathers are used to make flowerpots |
| A．They won’t last long. | B．They can’t break |
| C．They are environmentally friendly | D．They can be reused |
| A．Too heavy | B．Too old |
| C．Never re-used | D．lasting longer but unnecessary |
| A．Chicken and its feathers | B．How to deal with feathers |
| C．feathers made into flowerpot | D．New flowerpots |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年辽宁省五校协作体高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers go to waste.
In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly. Most of their feathers are thrown away.
But instead of being buried in land, some feathers could find a future in plastics（塑料）.
One of the products they have developed is a flowerpot（花盆）. It may look like other flowerpots. But the container breaks down in the earth within one to five years. And as it breaks down, it naturally becomes nutrient（营养物） in the soil.
The environmentally friendly flowerpot is the work of two researchers. Walter Schmidt is with the Agricultural Research Service, part of the United States Agriculture Department. Masud Huda is with the Horticultural Research Institute, a private（私人） organization（组织）.
Walter Schmidt has been working to find uses for chicken feathers since the 1990s. Progress in 2002 showed that plastic made from feathers could be formed like other plastics.
He says feathers are much stronger and last（持续） longer than another plant material. "Feathers are stronger. By design, feathers are also more durable（耐用的）. And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."
He points out that traditional flowerpots made from other plastics can last much longer. But he wonders if there is really a need. He says most flowerpots are never re-used.
"Why would you want a plastic that you use for a year to last for two hundred years? It makes no sense. You want to match the product with the use." said Walter Schmidt.
Walter Schmidt and Masud Huda are now adding another chicken product to their flowerpots -- chicken waste. The waste will add more nutrients to the soil as the pot breaks down. The scientists say they hope their flowerpot will be on the market in a year or two.
1.What do people mainly deal with feathers?
A．Feathers are used to make pillows, coats and other products.
B．Most feathers are paid no attention to.
C．Most feathers are used as nutrient
D．Most feathers are used to make flowerpots
2.What’s the advantage of the flowerpots?
A．They won’t last long. B．They can’t break
C．They are environmentally friendly D．They can be reused
3.What does Walter Schmidt think of traditional flowerpots?
A．Too heavy B．Too old
C．Never re-used D．lasting longer but unnecessary
4.What do you think is the main idea of the passage?
A．Chicken and its feathers B．How to deal with feathers
C．feathers made into flowerpot D．New flowerpots
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年重庆一中高一上学期10月月考英语卷 题型：单项填空
Some people like wearing fashionable clothes; _______ some birds like brilliant feathers.
|
A．immediately |
B．likely |
C．completely |
D．similarly |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年辽宁省庄河市高一上学期第一次月考英语卷 题型：单项填空
Some people like wearing fashionable clothes; ______, some birds like bright feathers.
|
A．possibly |
B．likely |
C．luckily |
D．similarly |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010届高考二轮复习：动词和短语动词专题 题型：单项填空
We ______certain livings as birds not because they have long legs or short legs,but because they all have
feathers.
|
A．think |
B．classify |
C．look |
D．divide |
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