has been in use for more than 1,000 years，and is still holding strong.

In Africa，engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money，and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use .Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered.

32．How is bamboo like grass?

A．It is thin and easy to cut. B．It grows everywhere.

C．It grows quickly after its cut short. D．It is short and green.

33．The sentence "while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across" means "Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very ________."

A．short B．strong C．thick D．tall

34．From the text we know ________.

A．most people call bamboo plant trees

B．a bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three days

C．the bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows

D．a bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago

35．Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo?

A．Because it is cheap. B．Because it is colorful.

C．Because it drills fast. D．Because it is used by Asians.

II.根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

We all see and hear about extraordinary people and wonder why we can't be like them. It's not the big things but small things that make someone extraordinary.

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Just because you're the boss doesn't mean you are right every time .Learn to back up your ideas or decisions with reason. Use logic to explain things，not authority. By doing this your decisions might invite criticism，but you will also get an opportunity to improve.

2．They are generous with praise.