题目内容
An Earthship is a home that is built of materials such as old tires and aluminum cans. It is the idea of a man named Michael Reynolds. Many Earthships are more or less self-sufficient because they provide their own heat, air and water. They often have gardens watered and fed by waste water. They are comfortable and ecologically friendly.
The main material used in building Earthships is tires. Tires are plentiful and
can't be recycled like paper, plastic, and metal. While building supplies for most houses can be very expensive, old used tires are free.
First, the tires are packed tightly with dirt. Each full tire weighs as much as
400 pounds. The tires are then stacked like bricks. The walls are extremely strong. They also help keep an even temperature in the house (between 60 and 70 degrees) without heating and cooling systems.?
The walls inside the Earthship are made of aluminum cans that are held together by cement. Then they are coated with adobe or stucco.?
The roofs of Earthships are sloped so that rain and snow run into large tanks. These tanks hold all the water for the house, and pumps push the water through the pipes. Sometimes, water flows in certain areas of the house as waterfalls! Water that has been used is pumped out into the gardens where owners grow much of their own food.?
In most of these houses, the southern side has huge windows that take in winter sunlight as a source of heat. Summer sun does not come in through the south windows, so it doesn't get too hot in the summer. The house also has solar panels that gather energy for lights and hot water and cooking. The Earthships have all the comforts of a regular house without the high cost of electric bills!?
In a time when we are running out of energy resources, pollution is bad, and waste is piling up, Earthships are the best places to live in. For people who truly care about the environment,Earthships provide a great alternative to traditional houses. You won't be giving up any comforts, and the styles are attractive. We all hope that more and more people will build Earthships and take a huge step toward helping the environment and saving our planet.?
What is the main idea of this passage??
A. Earthships are a good way to live and protect the environment.?
B. Tanks hold water collected from rain and snow.?
C. It's important to grow your own food in a vegetable garden.?
D. People who live in Earthships usually live in the desert.?
Which of the following is NOT explained in the passage??
A. How an Earthship is built.?
B. What an Earthship is mainly made of.?
C. Why the Earthship is so called.?
D. How an Earthship is heated in winter.?
Which evidence best supports the idea that Earthships are environmentally friendly??
A. They were invented by Michael Reynolds.?
B. Water that has been used is pumped out into the garden.?
C. They are comfortable and ecologically friendly.?
D. The tires are packed tightly with dirt.?
It can be inferred from the passage that ________.?
A. a large population are already living in Earthships?
B. the idea of Earthships will attract the attention of governments?
C. the materials for the Earthships will be harmful to the dwellers(居住者)?
D.the northern side of the Earthship has no window?
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
He ________________________________________(总是协助老师做) the experiment at the weekends. (assist)
I would rather you ______________________________(没有逃学) yesterday. (leave)
_________________________________________(Tom从座位上摔下来) got the classmates laughing. (fall)
They would talk long hours together, _________________________??_(他们每次见面). (time)
_________________________________(没有收到答复)，Bill decided to made an application for a loan(贷款) again. (receive)
__________________________________??_(他脸上激动的表情) suggested that he had passed the test. (excite)
Such a loud noise did they make _________________(以至于我无法专心读书)。 (absorb)
Few measures ______________________________(采取措施) to make the waste water clean in the past three years. (take)
_________________________(尽管是个女孩)，Joan of Arc(圣女贞德) showed great bravery in the battle. (as)
We _______________________________ (本不需要乘出租车) to the station; it’s only a five-minute walk from here. (need)
The quality of drinking water in Shanghai will meet European Union standard by 2010 and, a decade later, citizens in Shanghai will drink the best water in the world.These were the goals set out by the Shanghai Water Authority. With the city’s population expected to increase only slightly and the economy to boom by 2020, Chen Yin, and official with the water authority, said Shanghai’s water consumption will not increase from its present amount.Zhang Yue, director of the Urban Construction Division under the Ministry of Construction, said, “Shanghai is the first city in the country to publicize these ambitions. They will not be easy to achieve.”He said water saving will help keep the sustainable development of China’s economy. Saving one cubic meter of water means saving the city’s infrastructure（基础设施）costs by 10,000 Yuan. Last year, Shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustment of industrial structure or the employment of new technology.“The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortages,” Chen said. “The abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.”Shanghai lacks drinkable water. The Huangpu River, which supplies 80 percent of the city’s drinkable water, is nearing exhaustion.The city, therefore, has been exploring new sources from the Yangtze River and growing forests along it to conserve quality water.Besides penning regulations, the authority is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.At present, the city has 600，000 family toilets, each using 13 liters of water per flush. These are to be renovated（整修）to use only 9 liters of water per flush.The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households – at a cost of 40 Yuan each.In three years, all the toilets will be renovated, which saves the city nearly 15 million Yuan every year in water conservation.Another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage（污水）to improve the water environment.At present the city can only treat 44 percent of its daily 5.04 million tons of waste water. To meet the total demand, 27 more sewage treatment factories are to be established with an estimated investment of 18 billion Yuan.41．People in Shanghai get their daily water mainly from _______now.A．the underground B．the rain C．the Yangtze River D．the Huangpu River42．According to the passage, some people have the wrong opinion of using waterbecause .A．the renovating of family toilets will save plenty of waterB．about half of waste water has been treated alreadyC．advanced technology makes people use water as much as possibleD．there is plenty surface water and large amount of rain at present43．The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households to .A．make people’s living more convenient B．improve people’s living standardsC．ease employment pressure D．meet the total demand of water44．Which group of measures are all mentioned in the passage to save water?a．improve drinking water quality b．change some industrial structurec．introduce or use some new technology d．speed the economic development of Shanghaie．renovate some family toilets f．build more sewage treatment factoriesA．a, b, c, d B．b, c, e, f C．b, c, d, e D．a, b, e, f45．We can infer from the passage that .A．the boom of economy will need a larger amount of water in the futureB．citizens today in Shanghai drink the best quality of water in the worldC．not everyone today in Shanghai is aware of water shortageD．all the family toilets will be renovated to save water within 3 years
短文改错 (共10分,每小题1分,满分10分)
Last Sunday my father and I went fishing along a river. We found the water very dirty that we could hardly catch any fish in it. A lot of factories along the river always poured their waste water and rubbish straightly into the river, which made the river polluting. In this way most of the fish in the river was killed. Unless the rivers all over the country are polluted like this, no living things will be exist in the water. As we all know, environmental pollution do great harm to living things and human beings. Now more and more people have realized what serious this problem is. Our government is doing her best to take measure to fight against pollution. We expect that water in every river will be made cleaner and cleaner before long.
Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water —— drink recycled sewage(污水) or die.
With the drought(干旱) continuing, the country is set to be forced to use purified waste water for drinking, even if there is great opposition to the measure
Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier.
“I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water,” said former Premier Peter Beattie. “These are difficult decisions, but you either drink water or you die. There’s no choice. It's liquid gold; it a matter of life and death.”
Beattie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking．
Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel．
But Australians have never liked the idea．
To try to change the way Australians think, John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have Supported Queensland’s move.
“I am very strongly for recycling and Mr Beattie is right and I agree with him completely,” Howard said．
“Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water,” added Turnbull. “All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall.”
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Australians face the choice of life and death．
B. Continuing drought forces Australians to drink recycled sewage．
C. Mr Beattie is worried about his people’s health．
D. We should avoid drinking recycled water to keep healthy．
2.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The drought is the worst one in the droughts recorded in Australian history．
B. Australia’s largest state has become the first state to introduce the policy．
C. No other countries but Australia decides to drink recycled water．
D. Nobody disagrees to the idea of drinking recycled purified water．
3.It can be inferred from what Peter Beattie said that_________.
A. he gives orders to drink purified waste water.
B. if the decision is made, people won't survive the drought
C. it is painful for him to see his people drink recycled sewage
D. it's up to you to make a life or death decision
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