上海市华东师范大学附属东昌中学2023-2024学年高三上学期10月测评英语试题

2024届东昌中学高三英语10月试卷 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. What Can One City Do? People around the world are concerned about global warming and are talking about ways to stop it. The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States, is doing more than just talking. Cambridge wants to become a world leader in energy-efficient buildings. Today, Naema Omar is improving her 80-year-old house in Cambridge. To keep the heat inside in the winter, she is filling the space inside the walls with insulation（绝缘）. Insulation is usually made from chemicals, but in her house, she is using (21) _________ new -- insulation made from recycled blue jeans and other clothes. She has also put in a new type of light called an LED lamp (22) _________ uses only a tiny amount of electricity. The light-bulbs in it last for 20 to 30 years before needing (23) _________ (change). But eco-friendly insulation and lighting are much more expensive than the usual kind (24) _________ _________ many people in Cambridge can't afford them. A group called Cambridge Energy Alliance (CEA) (25) _________ (work) to solve this problem. They want to help every resident and business in the city conserve energy. People can ask the group to come and look at (26) _________ they can make their house or office building eco-friendly. The CEA then makes them a plan to save 15 to 30 percent on heating, gas, water, and electricity. Then the group help people borrow money to pay for the improvements. The money that people save by being (27) _________ (efficient) should be enough to pay back the loan. It was ten years ago that the city of Cambridge decided to try to reduce its carbon emissions. More than 80 percent of the carbon dioxide (28)