15.While most houses are built up from the ground,a geotect builds an earth-sheltered house in a shallow hole or against the side of a hill.The floor,walls and roof are made of concrete blocks instead of brick,stone,or wood.Large,strong windows brighten the sunniest side of the house.The house looks quite ordinary until a geotect hides it with a deep layer of earth.On top of the earth,a geotect may plant grass or a garden.
Modern geotects are not the first house-hiders.For thousands of years,people from China to North Africa to France have dug underground homes.The Anasazi,a Native American people,once lived round pus (坑) covered with logs and mud.Later,American pioneers like Lanura Ingalls Wilder made"dugout"homes in the banks of rivers.
Geotects work hard to make their houses bright an airy.They put fans in each room to draw fresh air.Large windows are designed so that sunlight pours through them; some windows rise above the roof like glass bowls.Earth-sheltered homes may have indoor gardens,even indoor swimming pools.
A geotect's job isn't easy.Each home he or she builds needs very strong walls to support the weigh of the earth will cover it.Channels and pipes must be laid around the house to suck away rain and ground water.The geotect then has to coat the walls and roof with a special waterproof (防水的)skin.Besides,geotects must also watch their windows-if they don't fit in their frames,spiders and other insects can slip in.
Despite the trouble,geotects love their homes because they're quiet,fireproof,and strong enough to last hundreds of years.Earth-sheltered houses also keep the countryside green and beautiful.Best of all,they help keep the air clean.
59.According to the text,a geotect refers to a person whoB.
A.studies underground houses
B.builds earth-sheltered houses
C.builds houses with logs and mud
D.volunteers to beautify the environment
60.Paragraph 3is mainly about the earth-sheltered houses'C.
A.popularity
B.advantages
C.history
D.applications
61.It can be inferred from Paragraph 4that geotects'roomsD.
A.are usually dark
B.have indoor garden normally
C.have door rising above the roof
D.rely on special tools to create fresh air
62.What do we know about earth-sheltered houses from the last two paragraph?C
A.They are easy to set up
B.They are easy to catch fire
C.They are environmentally friendly
D.They are unable to reduce the noise.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们介绍了earth-sheltered house的建设及发展历史以及其特点,它不仅保持农村的绿色和美丽,还有助于保持空气清洁,十分环保.
解答 59.B.细节理解题.根据文章第一段"While most houses are built up from the ground,a geotect builds an earth-sheltered house in a shallow hole or against the side of a hill"虽然大多数房子建起来,一geotect建立地球庇护一个浅孔或在山坡上的房子,地板,墙壁和屋顶是用混凝土块代替砖.可知geotect指建造地球庇护房子的人;故选B.
60.C.主旨大意题.从第三段的第一句"Modern geotects are not the first house-hiders.For thousands of years,people from China to North Africa to France have dug underground homes"现代geotects不是第一建造的数千年来,从中国到北非人到法国挖地下的家;可知这段主要介绍其历史;故选C.
61.D.细节理解题.从第四段"They put fans in each room to draw fresh air.Large windows are designed so that sunlight pours through them; some windows rise above the roof like glass bowls"他们把球迷在每个房间将新鲜空气.大窗户的设计让阳光穿过它们;一些窗户上升屋顶像玻璃碗;可知这些房子依赖特殊工具创在新鲜空气;故选D.
62.C.推理判断题.从最后一段"Earth-sheltered houses also keep the countryside green and beautiful.Best of all,they help keep the air clean"房屋还保持农村的绿色和美丽.最重要的是,它们有助于保持空气清洁;可知这些房子是环保的;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.