文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了今天,成千上万的人参加绿色建筑会议,建筑对人类和环境有益的想法在未来几年将越来越有影响力。而作者他们也一直在寻找使材料对人类和地球安全的方法。
1 . The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm’s attention is the design of buildings. Today, thousands of people come to ________ building conferences, and the idea that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly ________ in years to come. Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren’t designed for ________ use. The “energy-efficient” sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis ________ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So for 20 years, we’ve been looking for ways to make these materials ________ for people and the planet.
Home builders can now use materials, such as green paints, that release significantly ________ amounts of chemical compounds, which people believe don’t ________ the quality of the air. ________, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being “less bad” but on creating ________ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil or ________ by industry again and again. For example, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer has already ________ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable.
Look at it this way: no one ________ to create a building that destroy the planet. But our current industrial systems are basically causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So ________ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are ________ a positive approach. We’re giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a ________ effect on the world. It is not just the building industry, either. Entire cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building.
1. A.commercial | B.green | C.traditional | D.simple |
2. A.efficient | B.changeable | C.influential | D.effective |
3. A.relevant | B.indoor | C.flexible | D.forward |
4. A.revealed | B.displayed | C.exhibited | D.discovered |
5. A.careful | B.comfortable | C.stable | D.safe |
6. A.reduced | B.revised | C.delayed | D.defined |
7. A.destroy | B.deny | C.dissolve | D.depress |
8. A.Anyway | B.Besides | C.Anyhow | D.However |
9. A.exactly | B.completely | C.partially | D.superficially |
10. A.restored | B.regain | C.reused | D.retain |
11. A.developed | B.stretched | C.researched | D.constructed |
12. A.sets off | B.sets about | C.sets out | D.sets up |
13. A.instead | B.because | C.out | D.regardless |
14. A.adjusting | B.adopting | C.adapting | D.admitting |
15. A.functional | B.sensible | C.beneficial | D.precious |