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【題目】 The global energy crisis is approaching. What can we do? Here are some steps you can take.

Cooling puts the greatest stress on your summer energy bill and the power grid. Just as a tune-up for your car can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up of your heating and cooling system can improve efficiency and comfort. Clean or replace filter monthly or as needed.

For central air conditioning systems and room air conditioners, look for the ENERGY STAR, the federal government’s symbol for energy efficiency. For central air, purchase the system with the highest possible Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio. (SEER)

Use energy efficient ceiling fans either alone or with air conditioning. Ceiling fans do a great job of circulating air. When used with air conditioning, fans allow you to raise the thermostat and cut costs. Ceiling fans cool people, not rooms, so before you leave, turn off the ceiling fan.

Let a programmable thermostat “remember for you” to automatically adjust the indoor climate with your daily and weekend patterns to reduce cooling bills by up to 10 percent. You can come home to a comfortable house without wasting energy and creating pollution all day while you are at work.

Try to make your home airtight enough to increase your comfort, make your home quieter and cleaner and reduce your cooling costs up to 20 percent.

Cut your air conditioning load, and reduce pollution by planting leafy trees around your home and fixing reflective bricks on your roof.

Close blinds or shades on south-and west-facing windows during the day, or fix shading equipment to avoid heat build-up.

Turn off everything not in use: lights, TVs, computers. And use fluorescent bulbs, which provide bright, warm light while using at least two-thirds less energy, producing 70 percent less heat and lasting up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs.

Drive the car that gets better gas mileage whenever possible if you own more than one vehicle. If you drive 12,500 miles a year, switching 10 percent of your trips from a car that gets 20 miles per gallon to one that gets 30 mpg will save you more than 65 per year.

Carpool. The average U.S. commuter could save about 260 a year by sharing cars twice a week with two other people in a car that gets 20.1 mpg-assuming the three passengers share the cost of gas.

【1】According to the passage, the thermostat is used to ________.

A.make rooms quieterB.control room temperature

C.turn off the air conditionerD.reduce room air pollution

【2】We can conclude from the passage that the author probably discourages _________.

A.planting leafy trees around your home

B.turning off the ceiling fan before you leave your house

C.keeping your south-facing windows open during the day

D.using fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs

【3】According to the passage, you can save fuel by _______.

A.using energy-efficient ceiling fans

B.sharing cars with others on workdays

C.turning off everything not in use

D.reducing 10% of your car trips every year

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章介紹了導(dǎo)致能源危機的一些原因并提出了相應(yīng)的解決方法。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中的“Let a programmable thermostat “remember for you” to automatically adjust the indoor climate with your daily and weekend patterns to reduce cooling bills by up to 10 percent.”可知，讓一個可編程的恒溫器“為你記住”去自動調(diào)整室內(nèi)氣候與你的日常和周末模式，以減少高達10%的冷卻費用。由此可知，恒溫器是調(diào)整室內(nèi)氣候，即控制室溫。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第八段“Close blinds or shades on south-and west-facing windows during the day, or fix shading equipment to avoid heat build-up.”可知，作者支持我們在白天關(guān)閉朝南和朝西的窗戶的百葉窗或遮簾，或修理遮陽設(shè)備以避免熱量積聚�？梢酝茢喑觯�作者不贊成白天開著朝南的窗戶。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“Carpool. The average U.S. commuter could save about 260 a year by sharing cars twice a week with two other people in a car that gets 20.1 mpg-assuming the three passengers share the cost of gas.”可知，美國普通通勤者每周與另外兩個人共用一輛每加侖汽油行駛20.1英里的汽車，平均每年可節(jié)省約260英鎊——假設(shè)這三名乘客分攤汽油費用。所以作者建議工作日拼車。故選B。

態(tài)度、觀點及感受類推理判斷題。高考閱讀理解題中有些題目考查考生對文章作者的思想、人物性格傾向等方面的理解。對于判斷情感態(tài)度類題目，考生需要分析段落大意、作者的思路，理解了文章的段落大意、中心思想后，才能判斷出作者的情感態(tài)度。學(xué)會辨別清楚文章的體裁。

高考閱讀理解題涉及各類文章。以議論文為主，文章的主題句往往會直接地表明作者的態(tài)度立場；說明文，因為其體裁的客觀性，所以作者往往采取中立態(tài)度；記敘文，作者往往不直接提出文章觀點，而且作者寫作時也常常帶有某種傾向性，所以我們在讀這種體裁的文章時，要細心捕捉表達或暗示情感態(tài)度的單詞或短語。學(xué)會區(qū)分不同的觀點，尤其要善于找出作者的觀點。我們要注意文中出現(xiàn)的直接引語和間接引語。出現(xiàn)的觀點一般是當(dāng)事人的觀點，而不是作者的觀點。此類試題的干擾項常具有以下特點：或是自己的某種看法或觀點；或是社會的一種普遍傾向；或是與本文無關(guān)或與作者的觀點或看法相反等。學(xué)生容易誤選與自己的看法相吻合的選項。

如第二小題，根據(jù)第八段“Close blinds or shades on south-and west-facing windows during the day, or fix shading equipment to avoid heat build-up.”可知，作者支持我們在白天關(guān)閉朝南和朝西的窗戶的百葉窗或遮簾，或修理遮陽設(shè)備以避免熱量積聚�？梢酝茢喑�，作者不贊成白天開著朝南的窗戶。故選C。