Test 2（解析版）2023-2024学年高一英语阅读理解完形填空增强训练（上海专版）.docx

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阅读理解+完形填空读理解

Test2

Directions:Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

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A．efficiency????????B．employ????????C．effective?????????D．chemicals????????E．accelerating

F．existing????????G．projected?????????H．trapped?????????I．power????????J．simultaneously????????K．artificially

ThispastJulywasthehottestrecordedmonthinhumanhistory.HeatwavessmashedtemperaturerecordsworldwideandevenbroughtsummertemperaturestoChileandArgentinaduringtheSouthernHemisphere’swinter.It’smorethanjustamatterofsweatydiscomfort.IntheU.S.alone,itkillsmorepeopleeachyearthanfloods,tornadoesandhurricanescombined.Asclimatechangeworsens,accessto1cooledspacesisrapidlybecomingahealthnecessity.

Yetstandardair-conditioningsystemshave2usinaviciouscycle:thehotteritis,themorepeopleusetheAC—andthemoreenergyisusedasaresult.NicoleMiranda,anengineerresearchingsustainablecoolingattheUniversityofOxfordsays:“it’snotonlyaviciouscycle,butit’sa(n)3one.”Accordingto2018datafromtheInternationalEnergyAgency(IEA),theworldwideannualenergydemandfromcoolingis4tomorethantripleby2050.

It’sbecomingincreasinglyclearthathumanscannotoutrunclimatechangewiththesameair-conditioningtechnologywe’vebeenusing.Onewell-knownproblemwithcurrentACsystemsistheirrelianceonrefrigerant5,manyofwhicharepotentialgreenhousegases.About80percentofastandardACunit’sclimate-warmingemissionscurrentlycomefromtheenergyusedto6it,saysNiharShah,directoroftheGlobalCoolingEfficiencyProgramatLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratory.

Standardair-conditioningsystems7coolanddehumidifythrougharelativelyinefficientmechanism:inordertocondensewateroutoftheair,theyovercoolthatairpast