Question

【题目】 College students may find a greener campus when they return to classes this fall. Some schools arc repairing older buildings and constructing new ones that arc better for the environment. Other steps include adding wind and solar energy systems and planting vegetable gardens.

George Washington University（GW）is a private school with 200.000 students. The university has two gardens where students volunteer their time.

Over the last ten years GW has developed projects in three main areas-climate, water and eco-systems. They have begun to create projects on the ground to address climate change, They are planning on becoming carbon-neutral（平衡的）and, in fact, reducing the footprint by forty percent by 2025, from creating solar hot-water systems on our rooftops to making our buildings much more energy efficient. The school also offers 140 different classes in sustainability （可持 续性发展）and the environment.

Mark Orlouski said. "We see numbers like less than 20% of school having a green building policy five years ago, and now upwards of 80% of schools having a policy, which states that their new buildings will be built in a green fashion.

GW is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. Some neighbors say that while GW is laying to be Friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents

【1】The greener campus project aims majorly at .

A. welcoming students in the new term

B. repairing and constructing buildings

C. adding wind and solar energy systems

D. making schools environmentally friendly

【2】What do the underlined words "the footprint" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. The climate change.B. The quantity of water.

C. The production of carbon.D. The main areas of the project.

【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?

A. Green efforts have already brought in benefits.

B. High school students prefer choosing a greener college.

C. Green building policies attract more high school students.

D. Colleges arc making efforts to meet the needs of students.

【4】Which one of the problems is GW now facing?

A. It hasn't been so friendly to its neighbors.

B. There have been no green building policies

C. Rainwater collecting costs too much money.

D. The students are making too many efforts.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了乔治华盛顿大学的绿色校园系列环保政策及计划。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章整体内容及第三段Over the last ten years GW has developed projects in three main areas-climate, water and eco-systems.和The school also offers 140 different classes in sustainability （可持 续性发展）and the environment.以及文章最后一段Some neighbors say that while GW is laying to be Friendlier to the environment可知，乔治华盛顿大学想要改善学校环境。故选D。

【2】词义猜测题。根据文章第三段划线词后面的内容from creating solar hot-water systems on our rooftops to making our buildings much more energy efficient.从创造太阳能热水系统在我们的屋顶使我们的建筑更加节能，从而可以猜测出，学校的这个计划是为了降低水量。故选B。

【3】推理判断题。根据文章第五段Some neighbors say that while GW is laying to be Friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents可知，绿色校园政策让学校发展得很快，从而可以推断出，绿色校园环保政策吸引更多的高中生。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。根据文章第五段Some neighbors say that while GW is laying to be Friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents可知，学校迅速发展造成了学生与当地居民的关系紧张，从而可以推断出，学校面临的一个问题是，学校的发展导致学校与当地居民关系不太友好。故选A。

阅读理解通常都会出现词义猜测题，要求考生从上下文理解中概括出生词或短语的词义。考生作此类题型时，首先要找到所猜测词所在文章的位置，然后在理解文章大意的基础之上，对此词前后句反复研读，最后根据前后句猜测出词义。例如小题2要求猜测出the footprint的含义，就是根据文章第三段划线词后面的内容from creating solar hot-water systems on our rooftops to making our buildings much more energy efficient.从创造太阳能热水系统在我们的屋顶使我们的建筑更加节能，从而可以猜测出，学校的这个计划是为了降低水量。