B [2015 •湖北八校高三第二次聯(lián)考〗Imagine a house that keeps itself warm in the winter?time. Think of the savings in terms of fuel bills and unfriend?ly emissions. Such houses in fact exist, called "passive hou?ses". The concept of these highly energy-efficient buildings took root in the 1990s, before slowly consolidating as a niche construction (生態(tài)位構(gòu)建)concept in the 2000s. Are passive houses now actively moving into the mainstream as sustain?able buildings?

For Brian McGarry, an economics lecturer who built a family house based on passive housing criteria in the Pyrenees this year, the arguments look convincing. As his first full winter in the low energy house draws in, we asked him to keep us informed. Do passive houses work?

I had never heard of a passive house in February 2012, when I purchased a plot of land. Nor did I expect that I would be persuaded to build a pre-constructed ， custom-designed house based on energy-efficient passive house criteria. It promised to be easier and quicker to build, cheaper to run, and more comfortable to live in. The objective was to incor?porate the fundamental concepts of passive energy manage?ment into my project: an airtight and highly insulated build?ing envelope; large south-facing double or triple-glazed win?dows (if possible, filled with argon gas) that passively cap?ture the energy of the sun; a heat recovery ventilation(通風(fēng)設(shè)備)system to provide fresh air; and a simple, low-cost heat?ing system consisting of a modern wood-burning stove, a bathroom heater and a portable radiator backup for when the sun doesn't shine and temperatures decline. No significant limitations were placed on the design, and it had excellent en?vironmental credentials (認(rèn)證).Moreover, the cost was no more than a conventional build.

After six months in use, the house is proving to be both cheap to run and remarkably comfortable—staying cool in the hot summer was effortless, as long as the windows were shuttered or shaded from the sun. Now staying warm in the cold, high-altitude December climate also seems easy, so far.

Winter arrived in force in the Pyrenees in November, with abundant snowfalls and temperatures as low as minus 8° Celsius. Though early days, the house has responded well ： the stove is lit during cold evenings but the portable radiator has not yet been needed. This type of construction seems not only to make economic and environmental sense, but to en?hance our quality of life, too.

5.We can learn from Paragraph 1  that passive houses

 A.     consume extra energy to keep warm in winter and cool in summer

B.     had been introduced for a decade before the birth of the theory

C.     appeal to both the self-builders and those constructors

D.     refer to a certain house comfortable, costly and also pleasing

6.Regarding the passive energy management, the houses have characteristics EXCEPT •

 A.     using south-facing windows to take in solar energy

B.     providing energy for taking a shower when it's rainy

C.     supplying fresh air with a special heat recovery system

D.     placing more demands and restrictions on the design

7. How did Brian McGarry find his self-built passive house? 

A. Very unaffordable.       B. Energy-consuming.

C. Comfortable to live in.      D. Awkward to use.

8. What is the writer's attitude towards the passive house?
A. Supportive.                B. Critical.

C.  Oppositive.               D. "Doubtful.

B [文章大意]本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了生態(tài)位構(gòu)建房屋的好處。

5.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第四句"The concept of these highly energy-efficient buildings took root in the 1990s, before slowly consolidating as a niche construction(生態(tài)位構(gòu)建)concept in the 2000s."可知B為正確答案。A項與文章內(nèi)容不吻合。C項說非常受自建房者和建筑人員歡迎，這顯然與文章不一致。根據(jù)第一段第二句''Think of the savings in terms of fuel bills and unfriend?ly emissions."可知D錯誤。

6. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第段倒數(shù)第二句"No significant limita?tions were placed on the design…，，可知，passive house對于設(shè)計并沒有特別明顯的限制。A、B、C均為其主要特征，由第三段均可找到相關(guān)依據(jù)。故選D項。

7. C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句"After six months in use, the house is proving to be both cheap to run and remarkably comfortable―staying cool in the hot summer was effortless…"可知選C項。A、B、D很明顯與文章意思不一致。

8.A推理判斷題。通讀全文，特別是第一段的關(guān)鍵詞savings, warm和最后一段最后一句可判斷作者持支持態(tài)度。故選A項。

題目來源：全品高考短平快體型組合集訓(xùn)英語新課標(biāo) > 精練37 閱讀理解（新聞報道類）+閱讀理解（科普知識類）+閱讀七選五+語法填空

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：

Ⅲ.短文改錯[2015 .東北三校高三二聯(lián)]

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最

多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

     增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（A )，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

      刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

     注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

         2.只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起）不計分。

The Magic Tree House series are among the most popu?lar book series ever writing for children. It tells a story of two kids, Jack and his sister Annie， seem to be very excited about finding a tree house in the woods. A tree house is mag?ic and can transport him to various places and various times in history. It turned out that King Arthur from Camelot needs help. However, Jack's head librarians, Morgan le Fay, sends him and Annie to help. They end up go to many different places and time periods through history on their adventures which attract to readers a lot. The series so far has had over 40 books and is likely to grow.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：


II.完形填空[2015.天津市和平區(qū)高三二模]

   "Are you going shopping today?" my husband, Roy, asked when I answered the telephone. "I 9  to," I said. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. My money was 10  and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.

   For a few seconds, Roy sat 11 on the other end of the line. The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I couldn't wait to break through. "Why do you ask?" I whispered,     12 what he might say.

"Nancy, there's a family with six kids that will not have anything to 13 for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you're at the store, could you 14 buy something for them?" My head began to spin when I was thinking about the fifty dollars I had 15 for our family's Thanksgiving dinner.

In the back of my mind I 16 the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. 1 put my head down on my desk, already feeling 17 There was no way possi?ble, 1 thought. But the compassion (憐憫)I heard in my husband's 18  struck a nerve inside me.

I replied, " 19 ， but only if God helps."

I finished my work and 20 all the way to the nearest grocery store. I entered the parking lot and noticed a big 21 in the grocery store window ： Turkeys―29 cents a pound. "Thank God！" I said to myself.

  I went inside, but when I read the sign my heart 22 . "Limit one." But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager. I 23 the problem. He made an exception. To my 24 ， I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old child who had 25 my heart, even though I had never met her.

Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home 26 with children of all ages. I will never forget the  27  on the six kids' faces.

By far, that was the greatest  28 of my life.

9. A. plan                                B. refuse
C. fail                                D. agree

10.A. private                             B. enough
C.  endless                         D. limited

11.  A. nervously                         B. silently
C.  friendly                          D. excitedly

12. A. arranging                          B. receiving
C.  fearing                           D. blaming

13.  A. eat                            B. do
C. pay                                D. say

14.  A. freely                           B. possibly
C.  gently                            D. regularly

15.  A. lent                           B. pulled
C.  hidden                          D. saved

16.  A. invited                         B. organized
C.  counted                         D. connected

17. A. affected                          B. defeated
C.  satisfied                         D. bored

18. A. voice                            B. face
C.   heart                            D. body

19.A. Bad                             B.Poor
C.  Sure                              D. Afraid

20.  A. angered                         B. worried
C.  wondered                         D. prayed

21.  A. flower                          B. sign
C.  book                             D. word

22. A. sank                             B. fell
C. ended                               D. held

23. A. explained                         B. promised
C.  required                         D. corrected

24. A. horror                            B. sadness
C.  credit                             D. surprise

25. . broken                             B. stolen

C.  operated                        D. supported

26. A. covered                          B. shaped
C. filled                              D. made

27. A. sorrow                           B. loneliness
C.  disappointment                D. smiles

28. A. year                             B. season
C.  Thanksgiving                   D. reward


查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：

學(xué)校校報面向在校高三學(xué)生組織英語征文活動，請以"我的髙三生活"為主題寫一篇英語短文，具體內(nèi)容如下：

1.生活安排；

2.學(xué)習(xí)計劃；

3.理想的大學(xué)及專業(yè)。注意：

1.詞數(shù)100左右；

2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3.開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

My last year in the senior high school has already

started.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：

B [2015 .山東威海一中高三模擬] Coral reefs(珊潮ft) are not just beautiful to look at,but also very useful. They shelter nearly 25 % of ocean life and provide food for billions of people. However, like many other species,this amazing ecosystem(生態(tài)系統(tǒng))is in danger of dy?ing out ！

There are two main reasons for the destruction—the ris?ing carbon dioxide levels caused by global warming as well as human influences like bottom operation. While not much can be done about the former, the loss caused by the latter can be reduced.

Bottom operation involves dropping nets to the ocean bed and then dragging them up when filled with fish. This action damages the ocean floor, causing the coral branches to sepa?rate from the reefs. While that is very discouraging, the good news is that if these branches are found quickly, they can be saved. At present,that work is being performed by volunteer divers. But the method has only limited success because they cannot stay long underwater, nor reach depths of over 200 metres where some of the deep-sea coral grows.

However,this is not the case for coralbots―the robots that can constantly seek out broken branches. A team of 'cor-albots', each individually working to simple rules will piece together damaged bits of coral, allowing them to regrow. They are programmed to be able to distinguish between other things and the coral. The robots work together in groups,sim?ilar to bees. If one coralbot is damaged then the others will still be able to complete the task.

Dr Lea-Anne Henry said,"The project of using coralbots offers us the possibility to restore (修復(fù))the function of reefs. It is in the final stage of testing. Once ready? the re?searchers hope to build hundreds of them and use them effec?tively in the waters off Scotland and then hopefully in the o-ceans across the world."

5.     Which of the following is a cause of the clanger that coral reefs are facing?

 

A.     The appearance of new creatures.

B.     The seriously polluted sea water.

C.     The activities of volunteer clivers.

D.     Human activities like bottom operation.

6.     Compared with volunteer divers,coralbots__________ .

 

A.     can stay longer underwater

B.     must work as bees do

C.     can distinguish what is coral

D.     can never be damaged

7.     What does the underlined word "them" in the last para?graph refer to?

A. Coralbots.                            B.  Broken branches.

C. Working bees.                      D.  Bits of coral.

8.     We can infer from the passage that ____________ ，

 

A.     bottom operation has affected most underwater crea?tures

B.     broken branches of coral can regrow if saved in time

C.     hundreds of the coralbots have worked well in the oceans

D.     with the coralbots all damaged coral reefs can be re?stored

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：

There are distinctions between reading for informa?tion and reading for understanding. 9  

The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. 10 Such ma?terials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don't have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.

The second sense is the one in which we read some?thing that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader's understanding.

11 Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here "learning" means understanding more, not remembering more information.

What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. 12 Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, suc?cess of communication is achieved.

13 It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or informa?tion can probably be read for entertainment as well.

A.    Thus, we can employ the word "reading" in two distinct senses.

B.    Such communication between the unequals must be possible.

C.    We can get access to the content of those materials easily.

D.    The writer must be "superior" to the reader in un?derstanding.

E.    The writer should have a better communicating skill.

F.    Besides gaining information and understanding, there's another goal of reading―entertainment.

G.    Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：


Ⅱ.完形填空[2015 •河北普通高中高三教學(xué)質(zhì)量監(jiān)測]

The former Smiths singer Morrissey has been in hospital on several occasions during the last 18 months. He has an?nounced that he is being 9   for cancer in the hospital now,10  he hasn't revealed what type of cancer he has.

Despite his diagnosis, the 55-year-old songwriter, whose first name is Stephen, 11 he isn't afraid of death. He ac?cepts that it is 12 that comes to us all. Though knowing that he has a severe 13 ， he has a 14 attitude. "If I die, then T die. And if I don't, then I don't. Right now I feel 15 ." aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat 16 , but that's what illness can do, I'm not going to 17 about that because I'll sit when I'm dead. " He also says. 

Morrissey's 2012 tour performance 18 in South America and continued through Asia and North America. Morrissey's recent health issues 19 him to cancel his US tour. After knowing that he cancelled a number of 20 ， fans have been worried about the state of Morrissey's health for a few years.

Morrissey also  21  he's at an age when he should have stopped making music, and he thinks he may 22 from songwriting and performing once he has completed his first novel about himself. At that time he can do what he enjoyed most while working.Shortly after the 23 of his 10th studio album in July,

he said, "Many composers of classical music died at age 34. And I'm still  24  ， and nobody knows what to do with me.

   Because my novel is coming along well, my task is 25 ，that is, it can be published next year before I die."

   Life is all about 26 Facing the illness, it's your choice that  27 how you live life. Morrissey sets a good 28  for us to follow.

9.A. treated                                B. discovered
C.  obtained                           D. noticed

10.  A. so                                B. but

C.  still                               D. however

11.  A. suspects                          B. hopes
C.  insists                            D. advises

12.A. nothing                             B, anything
C.  everything                       D. something

13.A. operation                          B. performance
C.  interest                           D. illness

14. A. powerful                           B. mad

C.  positive                          D. terrible

15.A. crazy                             B. cool
C.  handsome                       D. good

16. A. unfair                                B. unkind

C.  unknown                        D. unhealthy

17. A. complain                           B. set
C.  worry                      D. learn

18. A. performed                         B. started

C.  paused                           D. interrupted

19. A. forced                               B. allowed
C.  dragged                          D. pushed

20. A. shows                               B. tours

C.  parties                            D. meetings

21.A. required                            B. claimed
C. ordered                             D. warned

22. A. remove                             B. survive
C.  retire                              D. escape

23.A. display                              B. change
C.  revision                          D. release

24.A. alive                              B. wealthy
C.  busy                              D. weak

25. A. difficult                            B. simple
C.  necessary                       D. helpful

26.A. experiences                       B. lessons
C.  choices                           D. decisions

27. A. affects                            B. makes
C.  shares                            D. raises

28.A. tip                                B. figure
C.  goal                              D. example

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：

Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a

vacation. Some of my friends who had been here before

said 25.   was a wonderful holiday destination.

Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.

After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We

had made our reservation six months 26.   (early) ，but the man at the front desk said there had been a

mistake. We 27.    (tell) that our roomshadn't been reserved for that week, 28.  ________ for the week after. I didn't understand 29.  this would hap-

pen and my credit card had already been charged 30.   the reservation. What's more, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 31.  (surprise) helpful. She apologized for the mistake and

gave us a spare VIP room on 32.     top floor.

We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren't charged extra.The next day my brother and I went to the beach 33.   we watched some people play volleyball.

We got a little 34.   (sunburn) , but the day had been so relaxing that we didn't mind.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：

Chinese characters help improve IQ Chinese characters may be the reason why local children aged between 6 and 12 display a higher IQ than their peers in Britain, Germany and Australia.

The pictographic nature of the Chinese writing sys?tem helps to inspire the thinking ability of children. Their intelligence develops better while they learn the characters. 9 

I am a retired Chinese-language teacher from Malaysia. From my experiences, I have long noticed that Chinese-medium-educated students always excel in mathematics as compared with those taught in other lan?guages. 10 The words for numerals are all monosyllabic(單音節(jié)的)in Chinese. In contrast, their equivalents(對應(yīng)詞)in Malay have two or three syllables, like sa-tu, du a, ti-ga, em-pat, li-ma, e-nam. 11 Their English equivalents-- one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ten, hundred, thousand, mil?lion―include multi-syllabic words, too.

12 Children easily find that it is in the Chinese language that they can do the job fastest. Children taught in Chinese find it easier to learn numerals and can do their calculations much faster. This has been repeatedly proved by reports on Chinese-medium-educated students winning prizes in the International Mathemati?cal Olympiad.

Mathematics has a lot to do with IQ tests, as it is well proved that children good at numbers tend to have a stronger reasoning ability. 13 Teach the children Chinese so that they can think in the language. Keep their cutting edge in mathematics with the aid of Chinese characters, and this will improve their IQ.

A.    The secret lies in the Chinese characters.

B.    They are much quicker at learning languages.

C.    This was discovered by Dr Zeng， assistant professor of psychology at NUS.

D.    The difference between them is striking when it comes to memorizing the multiplication table.

E.    So, I would like to call on Chinese parents to treas?ure the language of our ancestors.

F.    It takes a longer time to pronounce these words.

G.    Therefore, I'm going to teach mathematics if possible.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案