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1、老方法造“新”空调阅读短文并回答问题Astheclimatecrisismakestheworldhotter,peoplearelookingtostaycool.By2050,therecouldbethreetimesasmanyairconditioningunitsontheplanetastherewerein2018.InIndia,forexample,theInternationalEnergyAgencybelievesairconditioningcouldaccountfor45%ofpeakelectricitydem
2、andby2050unlessthingschange.ThevastmajorityofIndia’selectricitysupplystillcomesfromcoal.Combinedirtyenergywithhydrofluorocarbons,thegreenhousegasesusedinairconditioningunits,andyouhaveasolutionthat’scompoundingtheprobleminthelongterm.Luckily,aNewDelhiarchitectanddesigner,Mon
3、ishSiripurapu,founderofAntStudio,islookingattheissueofcooling.Indiaisnostrangertopassivecoolingsystems:thefamousstepwellsofRajasthanhaveusedwaterevaporation（蒸发）toofferrelieffromtheheatforover1500years.Butforhissolution,SiripuraputurnedtotheAncientEgyptians.NamedtheCoolAnt,Si
4、ripurapu’ssystemcomprisesahoneycomb-likenetworkofterracotta（赤陶）tubes.Wateriscirculatedbyanelectricpumpoverthesurfaceofthestructure.Waterevaporatesfromtheterracottasurfacewhenairpassesthroughthetubes,coolingtheair.AntStudio’sfirstmodelinafactoryinNoida,UttarPradesh,istoppedup
5、with200litersofwatereveryweek,recycledbythefactory,andused3to4hoursaday,sixdaysaweek.“Wearetryingtore-adaptthisinmanyplacesfordifferentneeds,”saysSiripurapu.Thereisgrowinginterestinareturntovernaculararchitecture（乡土建筑）,usinglocalizedmethodsandmaterials,andbioclimaticarchitec
6、ture,designedtotakeaccountofthelocalclimatewithoutusingadditionalenergytocoolorheatbuildings.“Civilizationcannotcontinuebuildingthesamewaythatwearedoing,”Siripurapusays.“Asarchitects,weareusedtolookingatasingleclient...wedon’treallylookatthebiggerpicture,”headds,“Butnowwecan
7、beverysustainableandmakesomethingreallygood.”如今，人们的工作、学习和生活都离不开空调。空调给人们带来众多好处的同时，也对环境造成了巨大的破坏。而随着社会的发展，新型环保空调逐渐成为了未来的趋势。1.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordprobablymeaninparagraph1?A.Fixing.B.Worsening.C.Lessening.D.Testing.2.Whatisthesecondparagraphmainlyabout?A.Theintroductiontothe
8、stepwellsinIndia.B.ThedescriptionofSiripurapu’scoolingsystem.C.AncientEgypt
