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中国考博辅导首选学校 中国农业大学考博英语2009真题及其解析 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) from each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) In the late 1960’s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointing __1___ that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot __2__. Skyscrapers are also enormous ___3__ , and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition__4___17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the __5__ daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts—enough to__6___ the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass-walled skyscraper can be especially___7__. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times __8__ through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain __9___heating and air-conditioning Geng duo yuan xiao zhen ti ji qi jie xi qing lian xi quan guo mian fei zi xun dian hua: si ling ling liu liu ba liu jiu qi ba ,huo jia zi xun qq: qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi equipment, __10___ of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses ___11__ with silver or gold mirror films that reduce__12___ 中国考博辅导首选学校 as well as heat gain. However, ___13__ skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and __14____ neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put severe pressure on a city’s sanitation __15____, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2. 25 million gallons of raw sewage each year—as __16____ as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a ___17___ of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also ___18___ with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. Still, people __19___ to build skyscrapers for all the