[填空题]Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten
blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of
choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through
carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a
letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the
words in the bank more than once.
When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones--the kind
of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture
magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would
be 1 wasteful to tear them all down and
2 them with greener versions. An
enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those
houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the
3 carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make
up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest
4 , the greenest home is the one that has already
been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U.S. carbon emissions come from
heating, cooling and 5 our homes,
offices and other buildings. "You can’t deal with climate change without
dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the
National Trust. With some 6
, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses
built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built
after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps 7
over time and let in more outside air.
Fortunately, there are 8 number of
relatively simple changes that can green homes, from 9
ones like Lincoln’s Cottage to. your own postwar home. And
efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help
10 property owners from rising power
costs. A. accommodations F. historic
K. replace B. clumsy
G. incredibly L. sense
C. doubtful H. powering
M. shifted D. exceptions
I. protect N.
supplying E. expend J.
reduced O. vast
Since the (21) of the National Environmental Policies Act in 1969, the United States Congress, legislature at the federal level, has (22) a series of laws designed to prevent the air and water pollution and to (23) noise. At the same time, legislatures at the state (24) have also been active in this area, and many states have laws that are similar to the federal laws. (25) ,a state law must not conflict with a federal (26) or (27) an unreasonable burden on interstate commerce.
The city of Burbank in California adopted an ordinance (28) the nighttime takeoffs of jet aircraft between 10 p.m and 7 a.m. Lockheed owned and operated the Burbank Airport. It (29) Brubank to prevent the enforcement of the ordinance.
The judgment is (30) Lockheed. The federal government of the United States has passed laws (31) aviation and noise in the federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Nois A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Although D. However
