Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension ( 40 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
An office tower on Miller Street in Manchester is completely covered in solar panels. They are used to create some of the energy used by the insurance company inside. When the tower was first __26__ in 1962, it was covered with thin square stones. These small square stones became a problem for the building and continued to fall off the face for 40 years until a major renovation was __27__ . During this renovation the building's owners, CIS, __28__ the solar panel company, Solar century. They agreed to cover the entire building in solar panels. In 2004, the completed CIS tower became Europe's largest __29__ of vertical solar panels. A vertical solar project on such a large __30__ has never been repeated since.
Covering a skyscraper with solar panels had never been done before, and the CIS tower was chosen as one of the "10 best green energy projects". For a long time after this renovation project, it was the tallest building in the United Kingdom, but it was __31__ overtaken by the Mill bank Tower.
Green buildings like this aren't __32__ cost-efficient for the investor, but it does produce much less pollution than that caused by energy __33__ through fossil fuels. As solar panels get __34__ , the world is likely to see more skyscrapers covered in solar panels, collecting energy much like trees do. imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of __35__ , but rather one to collect the most solar energy.
A) cheaper B) cleaner C) collection D) competed E) constructed F) consulted
G) dimension H) discovered I) eventually J) height K) necessarily L) production
M) range N)scale O) undertaken
答案解析：
26. E
27. O
28. F
29. C
30. N
31. I
32. K
33. L
34. A
35. J
26. 根据“When the tower was first... in 1962”以及后文描述建筑相关情况，可知这里说的是这座塔在1962年被建造，“constructed”有“建造”之意，所以选E。
27. 根据“a major renovation was...”以及前文提到建筑有问题需要大修，可知这里是说大修被开展，“undertaken”有“从事;开展”之意，所以选O。
28. 根据“the building's owners, CIS,... the solar panel company, Solar century”以及后文他们同意用太阳能板覆盖整栋建筑，可知这里是说建筑所有者咨询了太阳能板公司，“consulted”有“咨询”之意，所以选F。
29. 根据“Europe's largest... of vertical solar panels”以及语境，可知这里说的是欧洲最大的垂直太阳能板收集装置，“collection”有“收集;收集物”之意，所以选C。
30. 根据“A vertical solar project on such a large...”以及后文提到这样大规模的垂直太阳能项目未再重复，可知这里说的是如此大规模的，“scale”有“规模”之意，所以选N。
31. 根据“but it was... overtaken by the Mill bank Tower”以及语境，可知这里是说最终被Mill bank Tower超越，“eventually”有“最终”之意，所以选I。
32. 根据“Green buildings like this aren't... cost - efficient for the investor”以及语境，可知这里说的是像这样的绿色建筑对投资者来说不一定是成本高效的，“necessarily”有“必然地;一定地”之意，这里用否定形式，所以选K。
33. 根据“but it does produce much less pollution than that caused by energy... through fossil fuels”以及语境，可知这里说的是比通过化石燃料产生的能源造成的污染少，“production”有“生产;产生”之意，所以选L。
34. 根据“the world is likely to see more skyscrapers covered in solar panels”以及语境，可知这里说的是随着太阳能板变得更便宜，世界可能会看到更多覆盖太阳能板的摩天大楼，“cheaper”有“更便宜的”之意，所以选A。
35. 根据“Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of...”以及语境，可知这里说的是想象一下建造最高的摩天大楼不是一场高度的竞赛，“height”有“高度”之意，所以选J。
