Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new 47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families. The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs.
Fox Point is operated by Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.
ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.
Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.
Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.
1.What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?
A.To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people.
B.To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.
C.To show how the environment-friendly building works.
D.To compare old and new boiler rooms.
2.What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?
A.Lower running costs. B.Costing less in construction.
C.Less air to be lost in hot days D.Better prices for homeless people.
3.It can be learned from the text that_______________.
A.New York City is seriously polluted
B.people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City
C.a great number of people in New York City don't have houses to live in
D.some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City
4.What is the main purpose of this text?
A.To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.
B.To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.
C.To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.
D.To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.
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Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new 47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families. The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs.
Fox Point is operated by Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.
ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.
Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.
Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.
1.What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?
A.To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people.
B.To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.
C.To show how the environment-friendly building works.
D.To compare old and new boiler rooms.
2.What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?
A.Lower running costs. B.Costing less in construction.
C.Less air to be lost in hot days D.Better prices for homeless people.
3.It can be learned from the text that_______________.
A.New York City is seriously polluted
B.people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City
C.a great number of people in New York City don't have houses to live in
D.some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City
4.What is the main purpose of this text?
A.To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.
B.To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.
C.To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.
D.To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.
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There are over 100 night clubs in the city, but you don’t often see________that is empty.
A.one | B.the one | C.it | D.that |
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Many people in the world live in big cities, which are often dirty and difficult places to live. So, some cities will get bigger. They will also get higher, and lower, because people will begin to live under the ground as well as in tall buildings. Scientists also say that men can begin to live in cities under the sea, when there is not enough space on the land. Of course, these new cities will be very expensive, and difficult to build, but they are not impossible. Already, some countries are building places to live under the ground so their people can go there if there is a new war. There are underground cities in Switzerland(瑞士)and China, built by the government(政府)to help some of the people live during a great war.
But will people change if they live under the ground for a long time?For example some fish go blind if they live in the dark sea for a long time. People will not go blind, because there will be light underground, but they may change in some way. Scientists say that people who live in cities today are losing their senses of smell, touch and taste. They can’t smell the dirty air, they can’t taste the chemicals(化学制剂)in their food. These senses are not as strong as before, when people lived in the country and grew their own food. The city has changed that. What will the underground city change in everyone?
1.People will live under the ground because _________.
A.it’s neither hot nor cold there
B.they’ll be afraid of the war
C.there’ll be less space on the ground
D.they’ll make their life comfortable
2.Some countries try to build some places under the ground so that people will be able to live there _____.
A.when summer comes
B.when a war breaks out
C.because they think it’ll be safer for them
D.when they’re fed up with the life on the land
3._________, so people who will live there won’t go blind.
A.There’ll be enough light under the ground
B.It’ll be easy to go upstairs
C.Glasses will be sold under the ground
D.Medicine will be supplied for free
4.People will lose some senses under the ground because _______.
A.the world are polluted
B.it’s dark there
C.the air is dirty and there are a lot of chemicals in their food
D.they can’t grow their own food in the sun
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People often have this belief _______economic development is bad for the environment, but this does not have to be true.
A.what B.which C.that D.when
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People often have this belief ______ development is bad for the environment, but this does not have to be true.
A.that | B.which | C.where | D.how |
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People often have this belief ___development is bad for the environment, but this does not have to be true.
A which B whose C that D when
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People often have this belief _______ development is bad for the environment, but this does not have to be true.
A. whether B. what C. that D. how
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Honesty may well be the policy, but it often deserts us when no one is watching, psychologists report today. Experiments with an honesty box to collect payments for hot drinks show that people are better at paying up when under the gaze(注视) of a pair of eyes. The surprise was that the eyes were not real, but photographed.
Researchers at Newcastle University set up the experiment in secret. They attached a poster to a cupboard of mugs above an-honesty box alongside a kettle ,with tea, coffee and milk. Over 10 weeks, they alternated each week between images of eyes and pictures of flowers.
Dr. Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study, said that even though the eyes were not real they still seemed to make people behave more honestly. They effect may arise from behavioral characteristics that developed as early humans formed social groups that increased their chances of survival. Individuals had to co-operate for the good of the group, rather than act selfishly.
"If nobody is watching us it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we think we're being watched we should behave better, so people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us, "Dr. Bateson said.
"We thought we'd get a slight effect with eyes, but it was quite striking how much difference they made. Even at a subconscious(潜意识的) level, it seems people respond to eyes, and that might be because eyes send a strong biological signal we have evolved(进化) to respond to."
The finding, which researchers believe sheds light on our evolutionary past, could be turned to practical use. The psychologists say images of eyes could promote ticket sales on public transport and improve monitor systems to prevent antisocial behavior.
1.This passage is mainly about _______________.
A.the policy of honesty |
B.an honesty box to collect money |
C.evolution on honesty |
D.an experiment on honesty |
2.The reason for doing the experiment secretly is that the researchers _____________.
A.wanted to get a comparatively more exact result |
B.had known they wanted to do something illegally |
C.meant to get the co-operation of their colleagues |
D.intended to sell the hot drinks at a higher price |
3.People behave honestly under watchful gaze of eyes because _____________.
A.they want to leave a good impression |
B.they fear to be laughed at by others |
C.they've got the nature through evolution |
D.they take the photo for a real pair of eyes |
4.The underlined phrase" sheds light on" in the last paragraph means _____.
A.causes somebody to become cheerful |
B.makes something easier to understand |
C.comes upon something by accident |
D.brings something into the broad daylight |
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Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything -- not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!' my friends say. 'It's a waste of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!
1.________ is the author’s favourite sport?
A.Skating. B.Fishing.
C.Catching old boots. D.Sitting in a boat.
2.Some fishermen catch old boots and rubbish, so they are ________.
A.lucky B.interested
C.happy D.unlucky
3.What does the author catch?
A.Old boots and rubbish. B.Fish.
C.An empty bag. D.Nothing.
4.Why is fishing the author’s favourite sport?
A.Because fishing is good for health.
B.Because he likes catching old boots.
C.Because it’s a waste of time.
D.Because he likes doing nothing at all.
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When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-tern, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.
Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with .his emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place m leadership.
The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day, or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they become fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation. Today’s work place is all about relationships.
Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor in the work life of most people.
The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence—knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.
1.An employee man have a feeling of fear in the work place when .
A. he is forced to do things
B. he cannot work at his best
C. he feels his brain shut down
D. he thinks of his work as too heavy
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A People tend to associate leadership with fear.
B. Good relationship is the key to business success.
C. Smart people are more functional in the work place.
D. Working conditions affect people’s physical health.
3.To positively influence employees, a leader should first of all .
A. develop his own personality
B. provide better suggestions
C. give his employees a pay raise
D. hide his own emotion of fear
4.Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to .
A. provide a variety of projects for employees
B. help raise employees’ living standards
C. give employees specific instructions
D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions
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