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In the 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers
In the 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers
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2013-06-17
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In the 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists 【S1】______ out that a cluster of tail buildings in a city often 【S2】______ public transportation and parking lot capacities.
Skyscrapers are also 【S3】______ consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City 【S4】______ the peak dally demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts—enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.
Glass-walled skyscrapers can be 【S5】______ wasteful. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall 【S6】______ half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall 【S7】______ with insulation board. To 【S8】______ the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to 【S9】______ double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that 【S10】______ glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.
A pointed B overburdened C of D filled
E improves F mildly G lavish H raised
I abandon J lessened K lessen L use
M reduce N especially O economical
【S2】
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答案
B
解析
根据上下文的逻辑,这里的意思应该是“有害于”,或者“增加负担”
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大学英语四级
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