Question

When building houses, people used to think about not only the climate of the areas but also the building materials and the fashions for their houses. However, since electricity became more and more expensive, people began to pay much more attention to the energy they could get for their houses and the new ways they could find to protect their houses from both cold and heat.

Now, houses of an old yet new type have been widely built. In some parts of the world, people share their houses with their livestock(家畜).During cold weather, they gather their cows, goats, or other animals and keep them on the first floor of their houses. The reasons are that the animals can be protected from the cold and that they can help to heat the houses as well. The body heat given off by the animals rises to the second floor of the houses, where people live. By sharing their houses with their live stock, people gain a source of heat.

People who live in or near cities do not usually keep livestock. However, home builders use the fact that heat rises. This natural law can be used in building houses in these areas. Instead of keeping livestock on the first floor, builders fill it with large rocks. As they are open to the sun’s rays during cold weather, these rocks take in heat. They also give off the heat, and, of course, the warm air rises into the living areas of the houses. So these houses are energy saving.

House building becomes a great challenge(挑戰(zhàn)) to building designers and energy engineers. They try to meet this challenge by learning from old traditions and by using modern technology. And someday in the future, people will be able to live in more energy-saving houses.

1.What did people begin to consider as electricity was no longer cheap?

A. The climate of their areas.　 B. The energy for their houses.

C. The fashions for their houses.　 D. The building materials for their houses.

2.People in some areas gain a source of heat by________.

A. keeping their livestock downstairs　 B. protecting their livestock from the cold

C. sharing their houses only with their cows D. living on the second floor with their livestock

3.The underlined words "natural law" in the third paragraph refer to the fact that_________.

A. heat raises the temperature in the houses　 B. heat goes in the upward direction

C. heat goes up if temperature is raised　 D. heat increases the temperature of rocks

4.From the passage, we can conclude that____________.

A. people will no longer consider building materials in the future

B. energy saving buildings will become more popular in the future

C. almost all people will move into the houses heated by large rocks

D. energy engineers will devote themselves only to modern technology

A

 

Answer 1

1. B。這是一道細節(jié)判斷題，從第一段的“since electricity became more and more expensive, people began to pay much more attention to the energy they could get for their houses”，可以判斷出人們開始在蓋房子的時候考慮能源的問題了。

2. A。這還是一道細節(jié)判斷題，從第二段的“In some parts of the worlds, people share their houses with their livestock”和下文可以看出人們和家畜住在一起目的是為了利用它們身上熱能。

3. B。該題為客觀信息題，題干要求解釋“natural law”的含義，認真看一下文章就會看到this natural law，this這個指示代詞提示我們它前面的信息非常重要，也就是heat rises這一信息，找到這一信息，就找到了解題的鑰匙。

4. B。該題是一道歸納主旨大意題，難度比較小，文章從一開始就在論述由于能源越來越貴，人們蓋房觀念上的轉變，到文章的最后一句點題：And someday in the future, people will be able to live in more energy-saving houses.