August 2, 2009

Less use of air conditioners would be better for us all

A strict no-air-conditioning ban was enforced ___1___ 87,000 Taiwanese students 

___2___ the college entrance examinations this month despite temperatures in many areas reaching 34 to 36 degrees Celsius.

Although this long-term practice is being promoted as a pragmatic means to ensure fairness, 

___3___ air conditioning is not available at all exam locations, rather than for environmental reasons, ____4____ it nevertheless offers a good opportunity
 
for the country to reconsider its addiction ___5___ air conditioning.
 
If students can manage without A/C in the heat of examinations, could not the rest of the population go cold turkey once in a while?

If not 'Off,' then 'Down,' since air conditioners consume energy and  ___6___ climate

change in proportion to each degree they are set below ambient temperature.

Vehicle A/C systems can be a cause of sinusitis in some people, while poorly maintained air conditioning may lead to

the proliferation of micro-organisms ___7___ Legionella pneumophila, the cause of Legionnaires' disease.

The problem with new high-tech machines is that they present a sizable contribution to man-made climate change.
 
Cooling agents such as CFCs and their modern replacements are greenhouse gases with far more global-warming potential

than carbon dioxide should they leak into the atmosphere.

It is everyone's responsibility ___8___ minimize his or her own contribution to the problem.

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Ivan : 這次我花很多時間整理,你就好好加油吧,文章常了一點但是不難,題目多了三題給你

因為我覺得你也只有禮拜五會寫,所以就多練習吧,因為我需要知道你問題在哪兒

做題目時後不可以查字典,麻煩你囉。

1. (A) with (B) for (C) to (D) of

2. (A) which take (B) who takes (C) taking (D) taken

3. (A) but (B) yet (C) since (D) X

4. (A) but (B) yet (C) since (D) X

5. (A) from (B) for (C) to (D) of

6. (A) contribute to (B) tribute to (C) attribute to (D) distribute

7. (A) so as (B) such as (C) as (D) so

8. (A) to (B) for (C) with (D) of


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(1) strict  (形) 嚴格的、嚴謹的、完全的

(2) ban  (名)  禁令 (動) 禁止 (+from Ving/N)

(3) 
enforce  (動)  實施、迫使、生效

(4) pragmatic  (形) 務實的、實用的

(5) mean (名) 方法 (要記得他當名詞時後的意思)

(6) nevertheless (副) 然而、仍然

(7) addiction  (名)  成癮、著迷

(8) 
go cold turkey (片語)  戒掉壞習慣

(9) propotion   (名)  比利、比率

(10) 
ambient  (形)  周遭的

(11) 
proliferation  (名)  (動植物) 激增、繁殖

(12) high-tech
(形)  高科技的

(13) replacement
(名) 替代、取代

    By Ivan Wang 2009.08.01 00:27AM (USA time)


 

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