A smart home in the future
What kind of house are you going to buy? Do you often forget to turn off your light when mmmm iHSiVi ?li you leave a room? Well,the house in the future can help you. We can visit this kind of house called Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Illinois.
The Smart Home can greet you when you walk in the door. It can also turn on the lights, television and music player for you when you come into the room. And when you leave the house,it can turn them off. It is called Smart Home because it makes your life easier.
All the materials (材料) of the Smart Home is green. It is made of recyclable materials like used bottles.
On the top of the house there is a vegetable garden. The house can use the sun in different ways. For example,we can use the sunlight to warm the house in winter. We also use a solar sun oven (太阳能炉子) to cook food.
Although it is expensive to build such a house,it is cheap to live in.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
() 1. What does“recyclable” mean in Chinese according to the passage?
A. 破旧的 B. 可循环利用的
C. 绿色的 D. 高级的
() 2. Why is it called a Smart Home?
A. Because it is beautiful.
B. Because it makes life easier.
C. Because there is a garden on the top.
D. Because it uses the recyclable materials.
() 3. What's on the top of the house?
A. A solar oven. B. A beautiful park.
C. A vegetable garden. D. A used bottle.
() 4. How many ways are mentioned to use the sun power?
A. Five. B. Four. C. One. D. Two.
阅读提示:未来的房子是什么样的呢？它将是一个智能的房子，它会在很多方面帮助我们。这种房子的建筑材料全部是由可循环利用的材料做成的。
1. B词义猜测题。根据句中的like used bottles可知，用过的瓶子 属于可循环利用的，所以该词含义为“可循环利用的”，因此答案 为B.
2. B细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可知，未来的房子可以使生 活更容易，因此答案为B.
3. C细节理解题。由第四段第一句可知，房顶上有个蔬菜园，因此 答案为C.
4. D推理判断题。由第四段未来的房子对太阳能的利用可知，提 到了取暖和做饭两方面，因此答案为D.
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