英语2020年密押卷8.pdfVIP

年 专升本 英 考前 套 押预测 八 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。 选择题部分 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或者钢笔填写在答题 纸规定位置上。 2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题纸对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡 皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。 Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension (60marks,60minutes) SectionAPassageReading(每小题2 分,共50分) FormatI Directions: There are 4 passages in this part .Each passage isfollowed by some questions or unfinishedstatements .For each of them there arefour choices markedA, B, C, andD. Youshould decideon thebestchoiceandblacken thecorresponding letter on TheAnswerSheet. (40points) PassageOne Questions 1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage: Given the recent interest in green buildings in the media, Let’s think differently. Instead of focusingon increasingthesupply ofenergy,what ifwefocusonreducingdemand? Can we start with ending the open-door practice of street-front shops? While cool air from these shops is refreshing to pedestrians, it carries a cost. Energy is used in the air conditioning process. So it must be possible to look for changes in regulations that would encourage more energy-saving designs.For instance,if we fix ceiling fans, air-conditioning homes could surely be avoided for part of the year. Ceiling fans use far less energy. They were common in buildings before air conditioners were available. I wonder how many hours in a year air conditioners could stay if ceiling fanswere fixed. In homes built under the small-house policy in New Territories, the ceiling may be too low for ceiling fans. If the 9-meter maximum building height regulations were relaxed, ceiling fans couldbe fixed to reduce energy use.Current thinking in sustainablebuilding design,that is,bring together allpartiestocreateabuildingwithbetterperformancethat achieveenergyreduction. For integrated design to succeed, all parties must come together and think beyond each