1、专业英语八级-阅读理解(二十)及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BREADING COMPREH(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BTEXT A/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)With many car manufacturers preparing to hit the streets with fully electric cars in the next few years, some real estate developers are getting ahead of a possible trend by installing car-charging
2、stations in their apartment buildings.Glenwood Management, which has two dozen rental buildings in the city, will install four charging stations for electric cars in the 400-car parking garage of its newest development: the 569-unit Emerald Green, on 38th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The
3、 charging stations, sold by Coulomb Technologies of Campbell, Calif., should be able to charge any electric car within about four hours, said Howard Heisner, an executive vice president of Glenwood. I know many people interested in electric cars who are only waiting for the right model car and the c
4、harging station infrastructure that meets their needs, Mr.Heisner said. I just want to make sure Glenwoods ready.After observing how the four charging stations are used at Emerald Green, Glenwood may add more stations there. The company also plans to retrofit with charging stations the parking garag
5、es in its 23 existing buildings. Everybody BMW, Mercedes, Chevy, Nissan up to a dozen manufacturers are rolling out electric models in the next two years, Mr. Heisner said. There will be nobody who cant get into an electric car if theyre interested. Emerald Green, which opens its leasing office Sept
6、. 8 and has started monthly rents of $1,900 for studio apartments, is an environmentally responsible building. It will receive credit for the charging stations under the national certification system called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Mr.Heisner said.A few buildings in th
7、e city already have electric car-charging stations. Some offer just 120-volt power outlets, like those found in homes; among them is the Helena, a rental tower at 11th Avenue and 57th Street. Usually, there are no outlets for cars in parking garages, said Douglas Durst, the chairman of the Durst Org
8、anization, which developed the Helena, so weve .just provided those for people who want to charge their cars.Charging stations that provide 240 volts, called Level 2 chargers, can take less than half the charging time of 120-volt outlets, or Level I chargers. Typically, an 8-to10- kilowatt battery n
9、eeds three or four hours at Level 2 to be completely charged. The Albanese Organization, a developer with headquarters in Garden City, N.Y., has installed a combination 120- and 240-volt charging station called the EV Power Pack in the parking garages of two rental buildings in Battery Park City: th
10、e Verdesian at 211 North End Avenue, and at the Solaire at 20 River Terrace. Albanese also plans to install charging stations at the Visionaire, a condominium tower at 70 Little West Street in Battery Park City, though the developers are first collecting feedback from residents about what type they
11、would prefer. Currently, the Visionaire has both 120- and 240-volt power outlets.Also, it remains to be seen if electric cars will appeal to large numbers of consumers. And if they do, its anyones guess which network of charging stations consumers will prefer or if an entirely different method of ke
12、eping electric cars charged may instead evolve, like switching a used battery for a new one at switching stations.Currently, the closest functioning Coulomb charging stations to New York City, according to the companys real-time Web page, are on Long Island, in Oyster Bay and Middle Island. The next
13、 closest is in Lexington, Mass. Coulomb requires drivers who use its charging stations to subscribe to its service, for about $15 to $ 50 a month, depending on use. It reimburses 80 percent of the cost of each charge to the owner of the real estate where the charging station is located. So the owner
14、, or host, gets paid back, and maybe over time, in three and a half to five years, the reimbursements will have paid for the electricity and the capital goods, said Mr.Saffian, the senior vice president of Coulomb. At the same time, whoever owns the parking garage can also charge drivers a fee to pa
15、rk while charging, he said. Mr.Heisner said that Emerald Green hasnt yet worked out its fee structure, but that anyone who rolls up, including nonresidents, will be able to use the charging stations.（分数：25.00）(1).Which of the following is true about Glenwood Management? A. It is the largest real est
16、ate owner in New York. B. It believes its tenants will own more electric cars in the near future. C. It is expanding the business quickly. D. It is the first real estate developer that has charging stations installed.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).It can be inferred from Para. Three that A. the charging stati
17、ons can help raise the rent of the apartments. B. all the famous car manufacturers are interested in electric cars. C. the installation of charging stations is an environment friendly act. D. Glenwood Management has installed charging stations to all its buildings.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to t
18、he passage, what kind of charging stations have NOT been employed? A. Charging stations with Type 1 chargers. B. Charging stations with Type 2 chargers. C. Charging stations with the combination of both types of chargers. D. Charging stations where users can switch batteries.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Fro
19、m Paragraph Seven, we can learn that users of the charging stations A. pay at most $50 a month. B. pay the owner of the real estate only. C. need to pay more if they use them more often. D. may park their cars for free when charging the cars.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the main idea of the passage?
20、 A. The future of electric cars will be a bright one. B. There are still not abundant charging stations for electric cars. C. The real estate developers are preparing for an age of electric cars. D. Buildings with charging stations are more welcomed.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.三、BTEXT B/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)The te
21、rm food miles how far food has traveled before you buy it has entered the enlightened lexicon. Environmental groups, especially in Europe, are pushing for labels that show how far food has traveled to get to the market, and books like Barbara Kingsolvers Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Li
22、fe contemplate the damage wrought by trucking, shipping and flying food from distant parts of the globe.There are many good reasons for eating local freshness, purity, taste, community cohesion and preserving open space but none of these benefits compares to the much-touted claim that eating local r
23、educes fossil fuel consumption. On its face, the connection between lowering food miles and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions is a no-brainer. Seventy-five percent of the apples sold in New York City come from the West Coast or overseas, the writer Bill McKibben says, even though the state produce
24、s far more apples than city residents consume. In light of this market redundancy, the only reasonable reaction, it seems, is to count food miles the way a dieter counts calories.But is reducing food miles necessarily good for the environment?Researchers at Lincoln University in New Zealand recently
25、 published a study challenging the premise that more food miles automatically mean greater fossil fuel consumption. According to this peer-reviewed research, compelling evidence suggests that there is more or less to food miles than meets the eye. It all depends on how you wield the carbon calculato
26、r. Instead of measuring a products carbon footprint through food miles alone, the Lincoln University scientists expanded their equations to include other energy-consuming aspects of production like water use, harvesting techniques, fertilizer outlays, disposal of packaging, storage procedures and do
27、zens of other cultivation inputs.Incorporating these measurements into their assessments, scientists reached surprising conclusions. Most notably, they found that lamb raised on New Zealands clover-choked pastures and shipped 11,000 miles by boat to Britain produced 1,520 pounds of carbon dioxide em
28、issions per ton while British lamb produced 6,280 pounds of carbon dioxide per ton, in part because poorer British pastures force farmers to use feed. These life-cycle measurements are causing environmentalists worldwide to rethink the logic of food miles. New Zealands most prominent environmental r
29、esearch organization, Landcare Research, explains that localism is not always the most environmentally sound solution if more emissions are generated at other stages of the product life cycle than during transport.Eat local advocates a passionate cohort of which I am one are bound to interpret these
30、 findings as a threat. We shouldnt. Not only do life cycle analyses offer genuine opportunities for environmentally efficient food production, but they also address several problems inherent in the eat-local philosophy.（分数：25.00）(1).From the passage we learn that food miles labels A. are awarded to
31、environment-friendly products. B. describe the damage to food caused by transportation. C. indirectly reflect the amount of fuel consumption during transport. D. is designed to advocate people to eat locally.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word no-brainer (Line Four, Para. Two) probably means something A.
32、that lacks intelligence or good sense. B. that is hard to imagine. C. that requires little thought. D. that is characterized by originality.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is true about the research responding to eating local philosophy? A. It takes no account of the environmental cost i
33、n transportation. B. It proves that imported food is more energy-efficient than homegrown food. C. It destroys the basis of the eat-local philosophy. D. It reveals the limitation of food localism.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the pasage, which of the following is true about the author? A. He is
34、still a firm advocate of eating local. B. He becomes a supporter of food traveling. C. He accepts that transport is not necessarily harmful to the environment. D. He believes that life cycle analysis truly measures the environmental impact of eating.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(5).An appropriate title for the
35、passage is most likely to be A. Food Miles Debate Heats Up. B. Homegrown Isnt Always Best. C. Why Should Localism Be Abandoned? D. Possible Solutions Life Cycle Analysis.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.四、BTEXT C/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Itzik Galili really is an artist of the floating world. Born in Israel in 1961, he mov
36、ed to Amsterdam when he was 30 and is shaping up as one of Europes most idiosyncratic choreographers. Mr.Galili holds dual Israeli and Dutch citizenship. He has three children in Israel and visits them every ten days. In addition to his native Hebrew, he also speaks good English and Dutch.Mr.Galili
37、is highly regarded in the Netherlands. Marking the tenth anniversary of the founding of his company, Galili Dance, a new show, Heads or Tales, has been receiving enthusiastic reviews as it tours the country. Fiercely contemporary, Heads or Tales is full of gorgeous imagery, compelling ensemble work
38、and arresting solos. One thing it is not, though, is balletic. Scenes include a naked man being showered with bits of paper, men doing the pogo, and a man and woman engaged in tentative ballet while conducting a dialogue about genocide.Mr.Galilis artistic style is confrontational: athletic, unsentim
39、ental and often witty. He claims not to be specifically political, believing that politics and choreography rarely sit well together. But in For Heavens Sake, a powerful piece that he first staged in 2001 and which he revised last year, the images of occupation conjuring up the Israelis in Palestine
40、, perhaps, or the Americans in Iraq could not be mistaken for anything else.Ten years ago, Mr.Galili moved from Amsterdam to the northern town of Groningen. A friend had called, urging him to apply for a position there as director of dance. Mr.Galili got the job. Groningen is a pleasant place, with
41、an old university, but its claims to lame do not extend too much beyond the industrial processing of sugar-beet and a glorious 15th- century tower. Who would want to go to Groningen? asks Mr.Galili with an ironic smile.Yet in many respects it was a shrewd move. For such a small country, the Netherla
42、nds has an unusual quantity of world-class dance troupes, including the Dutch National Ballet, based in Amsterdam, and the more experimental Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT) in The Hague. Both fill theatres across the globe.In Groningen, though, Mr.Galili is dances top dog. That allows him to work wi
43、th a freedom and intensity that he might not be permitted were he competing with a bigger troupe in a major urban centre. One measure of Galili Dances status is the number of young hopefuls who want to join. The full tally of its performing employees amounts to only ten people. Yet once or, at most,
44、 twice a year, Mr.Galili sees between 350 and 500 applicants over three days each time.Small, for Mr.Galili, is clearly beautiful. His thinking about dance is correspondingly original. Talent, even if discernible from an early stage, develops only slowly. Almost everything begins in improvisation, a
45、nd his aim is never merely to make an audience laugh or cry. There must always be a journey within, he says.Mr.Galili knew nothing about dance until he was in his early 20s. He had had a disrupted childhood, with his parents divorcing and his mother suffering a breakdown. He and two other siblings w
46、ere fostered by three different families, and Mr.Galili recalls with evident pain that he grew up in 17 different places between the ages of five and 18. After doing his military service in Israel in the early 1980s, he caught the dance bug when watching five men dancing to a Greek folk tune; he had
47、 always loved Greek music.（分数：25.00）(1).Choreographers in the first paragraph can be best replaced by A. language teachers. B. movie directors. C. photographers. D. directors of dance.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Galilis dances can be described as all of the following EXCEPT A. creative. B. emotional. C. en
48、ergetic. D. humorous.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following can NOT be used to describe Galili according to the passage? A. An artist who is interested in politics. B. A very popular artist in the Netherlands. C. An artist with dual citizenship and linguistic talent. D. An artist whose thinking about dance is original.（分数：5.0
