Was the London Olympics a success? Many people hold different opinions. However one thing is certain, London could win a gold medal for hosting the “greenest” Games ever, BBC News reported.
Previous Olympic hosts have been criticized for the environmental damage they have caused through construction, waste. and transport. But things had to be different in London because seven years ago it bid for the Olympics through the concept of “a One Planet Olympics”.
What is most impressive is that London used the construction of the Olympic Park as an opportunity to clean up polluted areas — 2 million tons of contaminated (被污染的) soil were removed and 200 old factory buildings, were torn down, according to sustainablebusiness.com. But that’s not all —. 99 percent of the debris (廢瓦礫) were reused to build the Olympic Park. For example, part of the Olympic Stadium’s roof is made from 2,500 tons of steel tubes recycled from old gas pipelines.
As well as using recycled materials, all venues were built with green building techniques. The Olympic Stadium is the lightest one ever built, which minimized the amount of steel and concrete needed. Also, the handball field has lighting pipes on the roof that reduce electricity use by 40 percent, according to sustainablebusiness.com.
The effort that London made to deal with waste also deserves praise. Water used for drinking and watering plants was from collected rainwater or recycled wastewater. In this way. about 30-40 percent less water was used in total. Waste food packages were either recycled or processed and turned into renewable energy.
As one of the best connected places in Europe, London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of public transport. For example, it had trains deliver half of the building materials, instead of cars, which greatly reduced carbon emissions.
The clean anti-doping (反興奮劑) result also added to the greenness of the Games. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) said that the devices used this time were the most accurate and advanced. Only one athlete tested positive for a banned drug on the day of competing, which is why the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, has praised anti-doping efforts at the London Games.
【小題1】To make the Olympic Park green, London _______.

A.recycled 2 million tons of contaminated soil
B.removed 99 percent of the debris from the city
C.built the Olympic Stadium mostly with recycled materials
D.a(chǎn)pplied green building techniques to the construction work
【小題2】The underlined word “minimized” in the fourth paragraph probably means
A.increased as much as possible
B.reduced as much as possible
C.made good use of
D.took little notice
【小題3】What can we conclude from the article?
A.The London Olympics cost less than the other Olympics ever held.
B.London has possessed the most advanced techniques to deal with waste.
C.Public transport is made good use of in London during the Olympic games.
D.The anti-doping result in the London Olympics turned out to be dissatisfactory.
【小題4】Which of the following best shows the structure of the text?

【小題5】What is the best title of the passage?
A.How to deal with the anti-doping
B.How to use recycled materials
C.London’s green games
D.London’s public transport


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析:這篇短文主要介紹了倫敦奧運會的組織工作,分別從場館建設(shè),廢物利用,交通和興奮劑問題等方面說明了這是一屆綠色環(huán)保的奧運會。
【小題1】根據(jù)短文第四段As well as using recycled materials, all venues were built with green building techniques.描述,可知為了讓奧運公園更加綠色,建筑工作應(yīng)用了綠色技術(shù).選D.
【小題2】聯(lián)系下文the amount of steel and concrete needed 描述,可知此處指的是減少了鋼筋水泥的用量.故選B.
【小題3】根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of public transport. 描述,可知在奧運會短文首先用兩段綜述倫人們關(guān)于敦奧運會的看法然后三四段說的是他的建筑工作,第五段說的是廢物利用,第六段說的是他的交通,第七段說的是興奮劑問題.故選B.
【小題4】這篇閱讀的內(nèi)容可知前兩段是總說,后面的是分說,應(yīng)選B。
【小題5】這篇短文主要介紹了倫敦奧運會期間的組織工作,通過閱讀短文可知倫敦很好地利用了公共交通工具這是一屆綠色環(huán)保的奧運會,故選C.
考點:體育類短文閱讀。

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