完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Mostpeoplemaketreehousesusin

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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分 满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Most people make treehouses using a pile of wood a hammer and some nails. Mitchell Joachim an architect from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a(n) _36_ vision. He pictures a day when homes will be created from __37__.

Joachim's vision ___38__ an idea called pleaching (编织) where tree branches are grown so that they __39__ weave together. Since the growth patterns of trees are  _40_ by wind and sunlight it may be __41_ to control the way a tree develops.

These Fabricated Tree House Habitats would use trees grown into shapes as housing. One of the __42_ of these designs is that trees would not have to be cut down __43_.

"A 100 percent treehouse would take _44_ to create " Joachim said．__45_ the climate a house could take anywhere from 5 to 30 years to grow. Fortunately there's a way to __46_ the process. Joachim suggests including __47_ materials such as sod (草皮) grasses and living branches in the housing designs. "This material would be able to move __48_ the house grows " Joachim said．

A home would become an actual ecosystem a community of plants animals and bacteria working together. The trees would also give off water vapor that would assist in _49__ the homes. Solar panels and wind would help provide  _50__. The tree homes might even have soil pockets __51_ plants could grow from the structure itself.

Work has already __52_ on Joachim's first design—a house made from 50 percent recycled and 50 percent living things. Joachim is confident about the __53__ of his work as he uses natural products _54_ nature.

"The environment and its study are very important. We need to respect nature don’t _55_ " he said．

36．A．similar     B．excellent C．strange     D．different

37．A．living trees      B．small trees       C．living things     D．wild plants.

38．A．agrees with      B．is considered as      C．is based on     D．comes up with

39．A．luckily    B．naturally        C．partly      D．separately

40．A．effected   B．affected  C．attempted        D．intended

41．A．possible   B．impossible       C．important        D．necessary

42．A．designers        B．purposes C．disadvantages D．advantages

43．A．on purpose      B．for wood C．by chance        D．at ease

44．A．troubles   B．great efforts    C．a few months   D．years

45．A．Depending on B．Judging by      C．Protected from       D．Suffering from

46．A．speed up B．carry on   C．slow down       D．smooth away

47．A．compound       B．chemical C．ecological       D．industrial

48．A．for    B．as     C．so     D．because

49．A．cleaning   B．heating    C．cooling    D．lighting

50．A．food        B．energy     C．beauty     D．charming

51．A．where      B．which      C．that D．and

52．A．stopped    B．completed       C．controlled       D．begun

53．A．pleasure    B．happiness        C．benefit     D．importance

54．A．going against   B．without destroying C．by destroying     D．coming from

55．A．think you are it       B．do it ourselves        C．take it for granted    D．put it like this

Answer 1

36-40 DACBb 41-45 ADBDA 46-50 ACBCB 51-55 ADDBC

解析:

随着人们环保意识的增长，保护大自然，爱护大自然已经成为人们的共识。最近美国建筑家设计了一种更环保的建筑方式，让活生生的树自然长成一座房子。

36. D    由下文可知，Joachim的主意与上面提到的不同。

37. A    由下文意义可知，这座房子是由活生生的树建成的。

38. C    Joachim主意是建立在“将树枝编织在一起这种想法”上。用be based on表示“建立在……的基础上”。

39. B    由上文的pleaching，树枝在成长的过程中，“自然”编织在一起。

40. B    植物的生长受风和阳光的“影响”。

41. A    有可能控制树林生长的方式。

42. D    由上文“将树木自然长成房子的形状”，显然是指这种设计的优点。

43. B    这种设计的优点是不用将树砍倒来取木材，at ease“自由自在”。

44. D    由下文from 5 to 30 years to grow可知，此处意为“一座100%的活树房子要很多年才能建成”。

45. A    依靠自然的气候的条件，要5 到30年才能长出一座房子来。

46. A    由句中的副词Fortunately可知，有办法“加快”房子修建的进程。

47. C    由下文例出的材料sod grasses and living branches判断，此处应为“生态材料”。

48. B    此处为时间状语从句，意为：在生长的过程中，这些材料能够动。

49. C    由上文“发出水蒸气”，自然可得出“使房子凉爽”。

50. B    根据主语“太阳能帆板和风”的功能推断，是给房子提供能源。

51. A    此处是非限制性定语从句，先行词soil pockets表示地点，所以用where。

52. D    由上下文可知，此项工程已经开始。并非“完成、控制或停止”。

53. D    由下文他说的The environment and its study are very important可知，此处表示“他深信他工作的重要性”。

54. B    他使用的是不破坏自然的天然材料。D项coming from与natural products的意义重复。

55. C    由上文的“尊重大自然”(respect nature)，可得出“想当然，漠不关心”。think we are it 自鸣不凡；do it ourselves自作主张；put it like this解释。