In the late 1970’s,many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems ，and new steel — and — glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Some ecologists (生態(tài)學(xué)家）pointed out that a number of tall buildings in a city often overburden public transportation.
Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers of electric power and water. In just one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City itself has already raised the top daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kw — enough to supply the entire city of Albany in New York area for a single day.
Glass—walled skyscrapers can also be especially wasteful. The heat loss ，or gain， through a wall of half 一 inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical ordinary wall filled with bricks or board. In order to decrease the pressure on heating and air — conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double—layered glass ，and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that could reduce glare (強(qiáng)光）as well as heat gain. However, mirror — walled skyscrapers may raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings as well.
Skyscrapers put a severe pressure on a city's sanitation (衛(wèi)生）facilities, too. If fully occupied, the towers just within the central area of New York would alone produce 2. 25 million gallons of waste water each year^—as much as the city size of Stanford， Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109，000.
小題1:The underlined phrase“ lavish consumers ”in the 2nd paragraph probably means ____
A．trash producersB．great spendersC．pressure makersD．poor customers
小題2:Glass walls of skyscrapers are specially mentioned in order to _____.
A．show how skyscrapers manage to lessen their pressure
B．explain why skyscrapers can control its air conditions
C．describe further how wasteful skyscrapers could be
D．present the stability of skyscrapers in modern buildings
小題3:From the last paragraph we can learn that _____.
A．central New York skyscrapers are a large waste water producer
B．the central area of New York is as large as the city of Stanford
C．more than 109，000 people live in the skyscrapers in New York
D．New York produces 2. 25 million gallons of waste water each year
小題4:When the writer talks about skyscrapers ，his tone sounds _____
A．positiveB．doubtfulC．gratefulD．negative

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：文章介紹了摩天大樓消耗了各種各樣的能源，包括水，電，材料的消耗都是一種浪費(fèi)。
小題1:猜詞題：從后面的句子：the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City itself has already raised the top daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kw — enough to supply the entire city of Albany in New York area for a single day.可知摩天大樓消費(fèi)了很多的電。選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Glass—walled skyscrapers can also be especially wasteful. The heat loss ，or gain， through a wall of half 一 inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical ordinary wall filled with bricks or board. 可知文章提到玻璃墻的摩天大樓也是很浪費(fèi)的，選C
小題3:Skyscrapers put a severe pressure on a city's sanitation (衛(wèi)生）facilities, too. If fully occupied, the towers just within the central area of New York would alone produce 2. 25 million gallons of waste water each year可知紐約中心的摩天大樓也消耗了大量的水，選A
小題4:作者態(tài)度題：文章介紹了摩天大樓對各種能源的消耗，從文章第一段的句子：In the late 1970’s,many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems ，and new steel — and — glass skyscrapers were widely criticized.可知作者提到摩天大樓的語氣是消極的，選D
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