题目内容
16.Architecture and urban design are struggling for a green fever dream:Everywhere you look there are plans for sustainable(可持续发展)buildings and eco-cities.This year,the dreamers'goal is even bigger:"eco-cities"going beyond the last century's development patterns and delivering us to a low-carbon,green future in stylish comfort.In part,the dream reflects a push for energy efficiency,recycled materials and lower carbon emissions(排放).The dream also includes an effort to turn buildings green by covering them in plants.Green roofs appear on Wal-Marts,and green walls appear on hotels,banks,museums-even at the mall.
All of this is surely a good idea,at some level.But today's green urban dream is too often about bringing a technologically controlled version of nature into the city and declaring the problem solved,rather than looking at the deeper causes of our current environmental and urban discontents.
Today's signature eco-building,Apple's"spaceship"campus now under construction in Silicon Valley,is a good example of the shortcomings of the green dream.Though said to be sustainable and energy efficient,it is by any measure a complex,massively resource-intensive(密集的)and expensive building,achievable only by one of the richest corporations on Earth.
Projects like this are really the fulfillment of a set of blue-sky dreams.In the end,those dreams are about leaving Earth itself behind for an engineered habitat,in the sky or at
least on the roof.
Instead of making"nature"into a feature of eco-cities,architects and planners must work to design better relationships between our cities and nature,and to promote just relationships between the people in them.This year's Pritzker Prize winner,the Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena,is a case in point.He is less interested in making technologically impressive buildings than in co-operating with residents themselves to design low-cost,efficient housing solutions for the urban working class,especially in the wake of natural disasters.It is a more productive path forward than growing plants on tall buildings.
32.What's the dreamers'goal this year?C
A.To build sustainable and bigger eco-cities.
B.To change the former development patterns.
C.To create a green future in fashionable ways.
D.To provide people with low-carbon action plans.
33.What can we know about Apple's"spaceship"campus?C
A.It's an eco-building with signatures.
B.Its construction has been completed.
C.It consumes lots of money and resources.
D.It's the best example of the urban green dream.
34.What's the tone of the text?B
A.Humorous.
B.Serious.
C.Optimistic.
D.Depressing.
35.Which statement may Alejandro Aravena agree with?B
A.Disaster-proof buildings are worth any cost.
B.Architects should create user-friendly buildings.
C.Growing plants on tall buildings is really practical.
D.A technologically controlled version of nature is a must.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了可持续发展问题,并举例当今科技虽然发达但消耗大量资源和资金,急需改变,建筑师等都应该注意设计人性化作品.
解答 32.C.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"This year,the dreamers'goal is even bigger:"eco-cities"going beyond the last century's development patterns and delivering us to a low-carbon,green future in stylish comfort"可知今年的目标是以时尚的方式创造绿色的未来;故选C.
33.C.推理判断题.根据文章第四段"Though said to be sustainable and energy efficient,it is by any measure a complex,massively resource-intensive(密集的)and expensive building"可知苹果的"太空船"消耗大量的资金和资源;故选C.
34.B.推理判断题.通读全文,可知文章主要讲了可持续发展问题,并举例当今科技虽然发达但消耗大量资源和资金,急需改变,因此整篇文章语调严肃专业;故选B.
35.B.细节理解题.根据文章最后一段"architects and planners must work to design better relationships between our cities and nature,and to promote just relationships between the people in them"可知Alejandro Aravena同意建筑师应该创造人性化的建筑;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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27.A.opinion | B.impression | C.information | D.intention |
28.A.make | B.keep | C.handle | D.change |
29.A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
30.A.questions | B.comments | C.explanations | D.remarks |
31.A.hold | B.follow | C.evaluate | D.form |
32.A.happy | B.lively | C.reliable | D.punctual |
33.A.message | B.motto | C.saying | D.suggestion |
34.A.again | B.more | C.instead | D.later |
35.A.steps | B.control | C.charge | D.risks |
36.A.improved | B.acted | C.looked | D.reflected |
37.A.easily | B.carefully | C.confidently | D.proudly |
38.A.introduced | B.recognized | C.identified | D.considered |
39.A.confirmed | B.decided | C.realized | D.acknowledged |
40.A.with | B.below | C.of | D.by |
41.A.developed | B.discovered | C.took | D.formed |
42.A.accept | B.care | C.judge | D.wonder |
43.A.bored | B.lazy | C.sad | D.afraid |
44.A.trust | B.patience | C.curiosity | D.interest |
45.A.accessible | B.enjoyable | C.possible | D.favorable |
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