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【题目】 Fresh green grass. Hundreds of colorful wild flowers. Water running into little pools. Birds making their homes in boxes. The 9, 500-square-metre Augustenborg Botanical Garden may look just like any other well-organized park but there's a difference. It lies on the roofs (屋顶) of industrial and office buildings in the city of Malmo in Sweden.

Green roofs are not a new invention. And now they are getting popular again. The common roofs of a modem city have endless black surfaces with no life or water. Perhaps that's why a garden on a roof becomes such a perfect choice for more and more people.

Green roofs are not just pretty. They also help to moderate the city temperature. The high temperatures on common roofs in the summer can make top floor flats uncomfortably hot. What is more, they play a part in making the cities hotter than the countryside around them, causing the "urban heat-island effect". On a green roof, however, with its plants and water, temperatures change only a little, as they do in a park. This can greatly cut the costs of heating and cooling in the building below.

Also, a green roof takes in rain water, and protects the city drainage(排水) system. ________. And small animals and birds can make their homes on it. Thanks to this, the city may become part of nature, rather than something completely separate from it.

While the cost of building such a roof can still be higher, it can be cheaper in the long term as a result of energy savings. And wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to walk out into a garden high above the city's noise and traffic, whether you're at school or in an office or just at home in a ten-floor block.

【1】The underlined word "moderate" in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to "________".

A.raiseB.controlC.recordD.check

【2】Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 4?

A.A green roof is aliveB.A green roof stops pollution

C.A common roof is noisyD.A common roof increases the cost

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The Augustenborg Botanical Garden is the same as any other well-organized park.

B.Green roofs are now getting popular though they are a new invention.

C.It is worth building green roofs because it costs little.

D.Green roofs can help cut the costs of heating and cooling in the building below.

【4】The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A.discover the problems with green roofsB.introduce the change of green roofs

C.describe the advantages of green roofsD.show the amazing beauty of green roofs

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文以奥古斯登堡植物园为例介绍了什么是绿色屋顶以及绿色屋顶的好处，绿色屋顶不只是漂亮，它们也有助于调节城市温度。此外，绿色屋顶吸收雨水，保护城市排水系统，绿色屋顶充满生机，使这座城市成为自然的一部分。

【1】词义猜测题。raise饲养；control控制；record记录；check核实；根据下文可知在有植物和水的绿色屋顶上，温度变化很小，可推测出该单词意思是“控制”，故选B。

【2】推理判断题。根据“And small animals and birds can make their homes on it.”可知小动物和鸟类可以在上面安家，可推测出绿色屋顶是有生命力的，故选A。

【3】推理判断题。根据“…there's a difference. It lies on the roofs (屋顶) of industrial and office buildings in the city of Malmo in Sweden.”可知它位于瑞典马尔默市的工业和办公大楼的屋顶上，与选项A内容不符，排除A；根据“Green roofs are not a new invention.”可知绿色屋顶并不是什么新发明，与选项B内容不符，排除B；根据“While the cost of building such a roof can still be higher”可知虽然建造这样一个屋顶的成本可能会更高，与选项C内容不符，排除C；根据“Green roofs are not just pretty. They also help to moderate the city temperature.”可知绿色屋顶不仅漂亮。它们还有助于调节城市温度，与选项D内容相符，故选D。

【4】主旨大意题。根据本文以奥古斯登堡植物园为例介绍了什么是绿色屋顶以及绿色屋顶的好处，绿色屋顶不只是漂亮，它们也有助于调节城市温度。此外，绿色屋顶吸收雨水，保护城市排水系统，绿色屋顶充满生机，故选C。