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Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won the Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects.

Located on the shore of Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina, the award-winning cube-shaped beach house was built to replace one damaged by Hurricane Hugo years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state.

Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolina’s shoreline were poorly constructed, according to architect Ray Huff, who created the cleverly-designed beach house. Now all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, better-enforced codes. The new beach house on Sullivan’s Island should be strong enough not to be damaged by a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometres per hour.

At first sight, the house on Sullivan’s Island looks anything but(根本不) hurricane-proof. Its redwood shell makes it look like “a large party lantern” at night. But looks can be deceiving. The house’s wooden frame is strengthened with long steel rods(杆) to give it extra strength.

To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings(木桩) buried deep in the sand. Pilings might appear insecure, but they are strong enough to support the weight of the house. They also raise the house above storm waves. The pilings allow the waves to run under the house instead of running into it. “The waves of water come ashore at tremendous speeds and cause most of the damage done to beach-front buildings,” said Huff.

Huff designed the timber pilings to be partially concealed(隐藏) by the house’s ground-to-roof shell. “The shell masks the pilings so that the house doesn’t look like it’s standing with its legs pulled up,” said Huff. In the event of storm, the shell should break apart and let the waves rush under the house, the architect explained.

After Hurricane Hugo, new houses built along South Carolina’s shore line are required

to .

A. be easily pulled down B. look smarter in design

C. meet stricter building standards D. be designed to be cube-shaped

The award-winning beach house is quite strong because .

A. it is strengthened by steel rods B. it is made of redwood

C. it is in the shape of a shell D. it is built with timber and concrete

Huff raised the house 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings in order to .

A. avoid peak winds of about 200 km/h

B. bury stronger pilings deep in the sand

C. break huge sea waves into smaller ones

D. prevent the waves from running into it

It can be inferred from the passage that the house’s shell should be .

A. smooth B. waterproof C. easily broken D. extremely hard

单词拼写（共10题，每小题0.5分，共5分）
1. If the interviewer asked about your family or school, speak with loyalty and __________.（喜爱）
2. Don’t you think it __________（荒唐的）to go out for a picnic in such bad weather?
3. When the old man let out his real __________ （身份）as the president of the multinational company, the woman
was shocked.
4. It's a little__________ (别扭的尴尬的), because he's my friend but I'm still his boss.
5. This __________ （环境的） effect of this new factory could be disastrous.
6. Children and a__________ should be paid more attention to.
7. It is a h__________ thing to see one person make another suffer.
8. He is not a friend of mine，only an a__________.
9. The quality of raw m__________ is essential to the quality of product.
10.His old car c__________ much gasoline, so he decided to buy a new one.

根据句子意思及所给的首字母，把所缺的单词写在横线上。

1.My favourite season is a_________.

2.My brother is 10 years old and he was b_______ in 2003.

3.Could I borrow your c__________ ? I want to take some photos.

4.I said hello to Mary at the school gate with a smile, but she i_______ me and went away.

5.There is nothing in the box. Look, it’s e_________.

6.The boy broke Jack’s window on p________. He wanted to frighten Jack.

7.I’m going to be a singer when I g_______ up.

8.We should stay away from those unsafe foods to keep our body h________.

9.It is raining h_______, we’d better stay at home.

10.You are badly ill and you need an o___________ at once.

11.He won first prize in the competition. We were very p_____ of him.

12.It’s 8:15 now. We can also say a q________ past eight.

13.Bob was very s_______ two years ago. Now he is tall, and he is the tallest in his class.

14.October is the t________ month of the year.

15.It’s cold in Australia in July. People there wear w_______ clothes.

1. If the interviewer asked about your family or school, speak with loyalty and __________.（喜爱）

2. Don’t you think it __________（荒唐的）to go out for a picnic in such bad weather?

3. When the old man let out his real __________ （身份）as the president of the multinational company, the woman

was shocked.

4. It's a little__________ (别扭的尴尬的), because he's my friend but I'm still his boss.

5. This __________ （环境的） effect of this new factory could be disastrous.

6. Children and a__________ should be paid more attention to.

7. It is a h__________ thing to see one person make another suffer.

8. He is not a friend of mine，only an a__________.

9. The quality of raw m__________ is essential to the quality of product.

10.His old car c__________ much gasoline, so he decided to buy a new one.