16.Architecture and urban design are struggling for a green fever dream:Everywhere you look there are plans for sustainable(可持續(xù)發(fā)展)buildings and eco-cities.
This year,the dreamers'goal is even bigger:"eco-cities"going beyond the last century's development patterns and delivering us to a low-carbon,green future in stylish comfort.In part,the dream reflects a push for energy efficiency,recycled materials and lower carbon emissions(排放).The dream also includes an effort to turn buildings green by covering them in plants.Green roofs appear on Wal-Marts,and green walls appear on hotels,banks,museums-even at the mall.
All of this is surely a good idea,at some level.But today's green urban dream is too often about bringing a technologically controlled version of nature into the city and declaring the problem solved,rather than looking at the deeper causes of our current environmental and urban discontents.
Today's signature eco-building,Apple's"spaceship"campus now under construction in Silicon Valley,is a good example of the shortcomings of the green dream.Though said to be sustainable and energy efficient,it is by any measure a complex,massively resource-intensive(密集的)and expensive building,achievable only by one of the richest corporations on Earth.
Projects like this are really the fulfillment of a set of blue-sky dreams.In the end,those dreams are about leaving Earth itself behind for an engineered habitat,in the sky or at
least on the roof.
Instead of making"nature"into a feature of eco-cities,architects and planners must work to design better relationships between our cities and nature,and to promote just relationships between the people in them.This year's Pritzker Prize winner,the Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena,is a case in point.He is less interested in making technologically impressive buildings than in co-operating with residents themselves to design low-cost,efficient housing solutions for the urban working class,especially in the wake of natural disasters.It is a more productive path forward than growing plants on tall buildings.

32.What's the dreamers'goal this year?C
A.To build sustainable and bigger eco-cities.
B.To change the former development patterns.
C.To create a green future in fashionable ways.
D.To provide people with low-carbon action plans.
33.What can we know about Apple's"spaceship"campus?C
A.It's an eco-building with signatures.
B.Its construction has been completed.
C.It consumes lots of money and resources.
D.It's the best example of the urban green dream.
34.What's the tone of the text?B
A.Humorous.
B.Serious.
C.Optimistic.
D.Depressing.
35.Which statement may Alejandro Aravena agree with?B
A.Disaster-proof buildings are worth any cost.
B.Architects should create user-friendly buildings.
C.Growing plants on tall buildings is really practical.
D.A technologically controlled version of nature is a must.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了可持續(xù)發(fā)展問題,并舉例當(dāng)今科技雖然發(fā)達(dá)但消耗大量資源和資金,急需改變,建筑師等都應(yīng)該注意設(shè)計(jì)人性化作品.

解答 32.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段"This year,the dreamers'goal is even bigger:"eco-cities"going beyond the last century's development patterns and delivering us to a low-carbon,green future in stylish comfort"可知今年的目標(biāo)是以時(shí)尚的方式創(chuàng)造綠色的未來;故選C.
33.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第四段"Though said to be sustainable and energy efficient,it is by any measure a complex,massively resource-intensive(密集的)and expensive building"可知蘋果的"太空船"消耗大量的資金和資源;故選C.
34.B.推理判斷題.通讀全文,可知文章主要講了可持續(xù)發(fā)展問題,并舉例當(dāng)今科技雖然發(fā)達(dá)但消耗大量資源和資金,急需改變,因此整篇文章語調(diào)嚴(yán)肅專業(yè);故選B.
35.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"architects and planners must work to design better relationships between our cities and nature,and to promote just relationships between the people in them"可知Alejandro Aravena同意建筑師應(yīng)該創(chuàng)造人性化的建筑;故選B.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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