It doesn’t look like the heart of a green revolution. The huge chimneys stick up above the line of pine trees and don’t make for the most scenic view as you wander around the clear blue waters of the nearby lake.
But it is this power plant that has helped the small Swedish city of Vaxjo become arguably the greenest place in Europe. On closer observation, the only thing emerging from the chimneys is the faintest mists of steam. And inside it smells more like a sauna(桑拿) than a furnace(炉子). That’s because it is not oil fuelling the plant, but woodchip and other wood waste from the area’s sawmills. And as well as generating electricity, it also supplies 90 per cent of this southern Swedish town with heating and hot water.
The gases produced as the wood burns are changed into liquid form, and are purified before they reach the chimney. And instead of wasting this liquid, the power plant pumps it around town. Some runs out of the town’s public taps; the rest is directed through pipes that run through individual heaters, warming homes and offices.
The pile of wood chippings in the yard towers above head height and takes almost five minutes to walk around. That’s enough to keep Vaxjo warm on the snowiest day in winter, or supply it with hot water for a fortnight in summer, and it’s good way of using the paper industry’s waste. As well as the centuries-- old Swedish policy of planting a new tree for every one felled, the ashes swept out of the furnace each day find their way back to the forest as fertilizer(肥料).
It was this green plant that netted Vaxjo the European Union’s award for sustainable(可持续的)development, making it the greenest city on the continent.
However, it is not just the citizen’s consciences and moral histories to which the town’s current day authorities are appealing. They know how to talk to their wallets too. Oil-generated electricity costs about 16,000 kronor a year(￡1,170) per person, while the new power plant’s electricity comes in at two thirds of the price.
They’ve been planning for over ten years to become a “Fossil Fuel Free City”. But according to Anders Franzen, the head of planning and development department at the city council: “The battle in the energy sector has been won, yes, but the next battleground is transport.”
1.What’s the main reason for “inside it smells more like a sauna than a furnace”?
A. It is surrounded by pine trees.
B. It produces lots of hot water.
C. It is fuelled by woodchip and wood waste .
D. It sends out the smoke from the chimneys.
2.It can be concluded from the passage that the power plant .
A. promotes tree planting
B. makes full use of waste
C. relies heavily on paper industry
D. mainly supplies hot water and heating
3.What impresses the town’s current-- day authorities most?
A. The citizens’ consciences.
B. The town’s moral histories.
C. The lower cost of electricity
D. The award for sustainable development
4.What Anders Franzen said in the last paragraph indicates that .
A. they will continue their effort in green plan
B. they have great difficulty in transport
C. they have no room for further development
D. they are perfectly content with the achievement
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It doesn’t look like the heart of a green revolution. The huge chimneys stick up above the line of pine trees and don’t make for the most scenic view as you wander around the clear blue waters of the nearby lake.
But it is this power plant that has helped the small Swedish city of Vaxjo become arguably the greenest place in Europe. On closer observation, the only thing emerging from the chimneys is the faintest mists of steam. And inside it smells more like a sauna(桑拿) than a furnace(炉子). That’s because it is not oil fuelling the plant, but woodchip and other wood waste from the area’s sawmills. And as well as generating electricity, it also supplies 90 per cent of this southern Swedish town with heating and hot water.
The gases produced as the wood burns are changed into liquid form, and are purified before they reach the chimney. And instead of wasting this liquid, the power plant pumps it around town. Some runs out of the town’s public taps; the rest is directed through pipes that run through individual heaters, warming homes and offices.
The pile of wood chippings in the yard towers above head height and takes almost five minutes to walk around. That’s enough to keep Vaxjo warm on the snowiest day in winter, or supply it with hot water for a fortnight in summer, and it’s good way of using the paper industry’s waste. As well as the centuries-- old Swedish policy of planting a new tree for every one felled, the ashes swept out of the furnace each day find their way back to the forest as fertilizer(肥料).
It was this green plant that netted Vaxjo the European Union’s award for sustainable(可持续的)development, making it the greenest city on the continent.
However, it is not just the citizen’s consciences and moral histories to which the town’s current day authorities are appealing. They know how to talk to their wallets too. Oil-generated electricity costs about 16,000 kronor a year(￡1,170) per person, while the new power plant’s electricity comes in at two thirds of the price.
They’ve been planning for over ten years to become a “Fossil Fuel Free City”. But according to Anders Franzen, the head of planning and development department at the city council: “The battle in the energy sector has been won, yes, but the next battleground is transport.”
1.What’s the main reason for “inside it smells more like a sauna than a furnace”?
A. It is surrounded by pine trees.
B. It produces lots of hot water.
C. It is fuelled by woodchip and wood waste .
D. It sends out the smoke from the chimneys.
2.It can be concluded from the passage that the power plant .
A. promotes tree planting
B. makes full use of waste
C. relies heavily on paper industry
D. mainly supplies hot water and heating
3.What impresses the town’s current-- day authorities most?
A. The citizens’ consciences.
B. The town’s moral histories.
C. The lower cost of electricity
D. The award for sustainable development
4.What Anders Franzen said in the last paragraph indicates that .
A. they will continue their effort in green plan
B. they have great difficulty in transport
C. they have no room for further development
D. they are perfectly content with the achievement
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Although it doesn't look like＿，the entire cathedral is made of wood.
A. it B. that C. this D. such
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Although it doesn’t look like _______, the entire church is made of wood.
A． it B． that C． this D． such
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Although it doesn’t look like _______, the entire church is made of wood.
A. it B. that C. this D. such
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The music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks, 1.____ it doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very 2._____(skill)songwriting technique (技巧),” writes Leah Greenblatt with Entertainment Weekly.
Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used to 3._____(write) about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is always 4.___ true and honest. They seem like stories from 5._____ diary and that certainly helps Swift attract her audience.
She 6.____(sell) more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s self-titled debut (首张专辑) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever to 7.______(name) Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly, there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, 8._____ came out late last month, where she again returned 9._____ her own life for material. “The 14 songs are all about the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and10.______(crazy),” says Swift. “So I’ve written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18, 19 and 20.”
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．——May I look at the menu for a little while?
——Of course， ，sir．
A．don’t worry
B．it doesn’t matter
C．enjoy yourself
D．take your time
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---May I look at the menu for a little while?
--- Of course, _______, sir.
A. don’t worry B. it doesn’t matter
C. enjoy yourself D. take your time
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---May I look at the menu for a little while?
---Of course, ______ sir.
A. don't worry B. it doesn't matter C. enjoy yourself D. take your time
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---May I look at the menu for a little while?
---Of course, ______ sir.
| A．don't worry | B．it doesn't matter | C．enjoy yourself | D．take your time |
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Hu Li's heart sank due to the color of the air. Driving 140 kilometers from Tianjin City to Beijing last week, she held her breath as the air became a charcoal grey haze(炭灰色的阴霾).The 39yearold businesswoman has lived in Beijing for a decade, and this past month, she said, brought the worst air pollution she has ever seen. It gave her husband a cough and left her sevenyearold daughter housebound(足不出户).“My husband as well as I is working here, so we have no choice,” she said. “But if we had a choice, we'd like to escape from Beijing.”
The extended heavy pollution over the last month, which caused punishment in return for a day last week－called the “airpocalypse” by internet users－ has largely changed the way that Chinese think about the country's air. On one day, pollution levels were 30 times higher than levels considered safe by the World Health Organization (WHO). Flights were cancelled. Roads were closed. One hospital in east Beijing reported they had treated more than 900 children for breathing issues. Bloomberg found that for most of January, Beijing's air was worse than that of an airport smoking area.
The smog's (烟雾) most threatening aspect is its high concentration(浓度) of PM 2.5 － particulate matter that is small enough to breathe deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream, causing breathing infections, lung cancer and possibly damaging children's development. The WHO has estimated that outdoor air pollution accounts for two million deaths per year, 65% of them in Asia.
1.Which conclusion can we draw from the first paragraph?
A. Hu Li is living in Beijing.
B. Hu Li traveled to Tianjin for business.
C. The haze is harmful to people.
D. The pollution is the worst in Beijing's history.
2.The haze affected people mainly in________.
A. the way they traveled
B. the opinion about national air
C. the way they lived their life
D. the life style of internet
3. From the passage we know high concentration of PM 2.5________.
A. can lead to choke
B. can cause heart cancer
C. will damage children's development
D. will damage people's organ
4.What's the best title for the passage?
A. Hu Li's attitudes to Beijing's haze
B. The damages of Beijing's haze
C. WHO suggests improving Beijing's air
D. What caused air pollution in Beijing
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