These days a green building means more than just the color of the paint.Green buildings can also refer to environmentally friendly houses，factories，and offices.
Green building means“reducing the effect of the building on the land”，Taryn Holowka of the U.S. Green Building Council (評(píng)議會(huì)) in Washington，D.C.，said.According to Holowka，building accounts for 65 percent of total U.S. electricity use.
But green buildings can reduce energy and water use.Also，the buildings are often located near public transportation such as buses and subways，so that people can drive their cars less.That could be good for the environment，because cars use lots of gas and give off pollution.Green buildings are often built on developed land，so that the buildings don’t destroy forests.
Marty Dettling is project manager for a building that puts these ideas into action.The Solaire has been called the country’s first green highrise building.According to Dettling，“We’ve reduced our energy use by onethird and our water by 50 percent.”
The Solaire cuts energy in part by using solar power.“On the face of the building we have solar panels (光板) which change the sun’s energy into electricity，”Dettling explained.
The Solaire also has lights that automatically turn off when people leave the room.In addition，the building has lots of windows，allowing people to use the sun for light during the day.The Solaire cuts water by reusing it.
Not everyone is eager to move into a green building，however.Some people think that things like solar panels cost more money than more traditional energy sources.Anyhow，Holowka said，“It’s going to be big.”
【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 本文介紹了綠色建筑。在建筑的壽命周期內(nèi)，最大限度地節(jié)約資源(節(jié)能、節(jié)地、節(jié)水、節(jié)材)、保護(hù)環(huán)境和減少污染，為人們提供健康、適用和高效的使用空間，與自然和諧共處。
8.A green building means________.
A.a building that uses no electricity
B.a building that saves energy and water
C.a building occupying less land
D.a greencolored building
解析：選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句和第三段第一句，綠色建筑為節(jié)約能源和水的環(huán)保建筑。
9.A green building is often built on an area of land________.
A.which has already been for buildings
B.which has thick forests around
C.where people of high income live
D.where traveling around by car is most convenient
解析：選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的最后一句可知，綠色建筑常建在已經(jīng)開(kāi)發(fā)過(guò)的土地上，以便不再毀壞森林。
10.When Holowka says in the last paragraph，“It’s going to be big”，she means that green buildings________.
A.will be more comfortable
B.will be more environmentally friendly
C.will become popular in future
D.will take the place of traditional buildings
解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可推知綠色建筑是今后的發(fā)展方向，從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看將會(huì)普及、流行。
11.Which is the main idea of the passage?
A.Dettling designed the first green building in the U.S.
B.Energy shortage calls for buildings of new design.
C.The Solaire serves as a model of high buildings.
D.Green buildings help save the environment.
解析：選D。文章大意題。從全文來(lái)看，本文主要話題是“綠色建筑有助于環(huán)保、節(jié)能”。
主旨大意題(二)
Building a company website is one of the most important parts of creating a successful business.But designing a website can be timeconsuming and expensive.Web designers are difficult to work with, even though you’re paying them.There are cheaper ways to establish your company online, and Wix.com stands out among them.
Wix.com offers free HTML 5 and Flash website design that you can do on your own，without having to pay a pricey web designer.With unlimited space for as many pages as you want, customized looks, photo galleries, blog platform capabilities, and social networking buttons, Wix.com has everything a business of any size needs to make an impact online.You get full control over what information fills in the blanks, and you don’t have to know a thing about HTML to make this work.The way your website looks says a lot about your company.Wix.com does that, and it does it for free.Another thing that makes Wix.com the most affordable option in creating a website is that you don’t have to pay for a separate web host—every page created on Wix.com is hosted on Wix.com, free of charge.
The Internet is the marketplace of ideas: Your company needs to share what you think.If you think just because you don’t sell a product online you don’t need a website, you’re dead wrong.No matter what kind of business you have, if you want to reach an audience, you want to have a website that speaks to people.Wix.com lets you do that as quickly and easily as possible for free.
If you have a bigger budget, Wix.com has more options than just the free website design.You can choose to upgrade(升級(jí))to the adless version which won’t fill up your customers’ screens when they visit your site.But if the most important thing to you is getting your company’s name online right now, try Wix.com today.
【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 本文介紹了一個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)平臺(tái)Wix.com，通過(guò)該平臺(tái)人們可以免費(fèi)或低成本設(shè)計(jì)公司的網(wǎng)站。
1.Wix.com is meant to________.
A.sell products on the Internet
B.attract more customers online
C.build a company’s website cheap
D.collect any possible information
解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的最后一句“There are cheaper ways to establish your company online，and Wix.com stands out among them.”可知，Wix.com用低成本建公司網(wǎng)站。
2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.Ways of finding free service.
B.Advantages of Wix.com.
C.Skills of creating websites.
D.Tricks of running a company.
解析：選B。段落大意題。第二段主要介紹了Wix.com的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，如：它可以提供給用戶免費(fèi)的HTML 5和Flash網(wǎng)站設(shè)計(jì)、無(wú)限的網(wǎng)頁(yè)空間等。
3.If you create a company website on Wix.com, you________.
A.have to be a good web designer
B.won’t do it easily and quickly
C.can share ideas with customers
D.must upgrade to the adless version
解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的第一句“The Internet is the marketplace of ideas：Your company needs to share what you think.”及最后兩句“No matter what kind...you want to have a website that speaks to people.Wix.com lets you do that as quickly and easily as possible for free.”可知，如果你在 Wix.com上建一個(gè)公司網(wǎng)站，你就可以與顧客分享想法。
4.What’s the purpose of the text?
A.To teach a budget lesson.
B.To make an advertisement.
C.To present a website design.
D.To introduce a new business.
解析：選B。寫(xiě)作意圖題。本文主要是在為Wix.com做廣告，介紹它的服務(wù)內(nèi)容及優(yōu)點(diǎn)，讓人們使用該平臺(tái)。文章的最后一句更明確地表明了作者的寫(xiě)作意圖。
