WEEK SEVENTEEN-【优可·必掌握】高考英语完形填空与阅读理解

to tear them all down. An enormous amount of energy and 2 (resource)went into the construction of those houses.And it would take 3 average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources 4 (lose)by destroying an old one.So in the broadest sense,the 5 (green)home is the one that has already been built.But at the same time.nearly half of U.S.carbon emissions come from heating.cooling 6 powering the buildings.They can't deal with climate change without dealing 7 existing buildings. The oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient,mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air. 8 (fortune).there are a vast number of relatively simple changes 9 can green older homes.And efficiency upgrades can save more than just the earth;they can help protect property owners from 10 (rise)power costs. 美区俑 优回 掌握 Reading Good Books 阅读好书 Devote some of your leisure,I repeat,to cultivating a love of reading good books.Fortunate 我再说一遍，把你的一部分 空闲时光用来培养阅读好书的爱好 完形填空 indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine book-lovers.For book-lovers have some 吧。那些设法把自己培养成为真正 noteworthy advantages over other people.They 爱好读书的人确实是幸运的。因为 爱读书的人比别人有着明显的好 铜读理解 need never know lonely hours so long as they have books around them.The better the books,the 处。只要手头有书，他们就从来不 more delightful the company.From good books, 知寂寞。书越好，读来越是津津有 moreover,they draw much besides entertainment. 味。他们从好书中不但得到乐趣， They gain mental food such as few companions can 而且受到很多教益。他们从中获得 supply.Even while resting from their labors they are, 的那种精神食粮，从其他地方是很 through the books they read,equipping themselves 难得到的。即使是在工作休息时， to perform those labors more efficiently.This albeit 通过读书，他们的工作效率也更高， they may not be deliberately reading to improve their 尽管他们未必有意识地想到读书是 mind.All unconsciously the ideas they derive from 为了提高才智。在全然不知不觉中 the printed pages are stored up,to be worked over by 他们从书中吸取的知识积累起来， the imagination for their future profit.