2．In the heart of Tokyo，a skyscraper，the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka，is being demolished（拆除）．But there are no explosives in sight．Instead，all that can be seen is the roof slowly sinking as the building shrinks beneath it．
The Demolition is being carried out by the Taisei Corporation，which has developed what it claims is a cleaner and more environmentally friendly way to tear down high-rises．Called the Taisei Ecological Reproduction System，it works from the top down，breaking a building apart floor by floor．The once 140-metre tall hotel is now missing its top 30meters and by May it will disappear．The levels being pulled down are sealed within an enclosure that wraps around the building，while huge jacks（千斤顶 ）slowly lower the original roof down as floors are removed．Fully enclosing（ 围 住 ）the demolition area reduces the dust emitted（散出）from the site compared with conventional methods，say Taisei's Hideki Ichihara．
Before the demolition begins，all non-structural elements of the building are removed by hand．Workers then take out beams（横梁）and concrete flooring．By recycling building materials and getting rid of heavy machinery that runs on fossil fuels（矿物燃料），Ichihara says，the process reduces carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 85percent．"In Japan alone there are 797skyscrapers over 100meters tall，around 150of which will be between 30and 40years old in the next decade，"says Ichihara．This has historically been the age when such buildings are arranged for demolition，but conventional methods are not suitable for such tall skyscrapers．Taisei and its competitors Kajima and Takenaka Corporations need to develop new demolition systems．Kajima's"cut and down"method removes floors from the ground up，while Takenaka's approach is almost the same as Taisei's．
After Tokyo was shaken by earthquakes in March 2011，the billionaire Akira Mori called for the country to stop building skyscrapers over 100meters high．Instead he suggested lower，wider-based structures should be built．Takuro Yoshida，a professor at Kogakuin University in Tokyo，argues that newer engineering techniques could keep buildings safely standing for longer periods．"The idea that buildings are rebuilt on a 30-to 40-year cycle is itself about 20years old，"he says，adding that the ecological benefits of demolition．
33．What do we know about the new demolition？C
A．It needs more fossil fuels．
B．More money is spent on it．behavior？
C．Some work has to be done by hand．
D．Fewer building materials are recycled．
34．What can we infer from Paragraph 3？B
A．Taisei and Kajima Corporations will work together in the near future．
B．Kajima's demolition method is different from Takenaka's．
C．Most skyscrapers in Japan were built about 30years ago．
D．Conventional demolition methods will be abolished in Japan．
35．What would be the best title for the passage？C
A．Lower structures will be popular．farther neighborhoods in the area．
B．Skyscrapers will disappear．
C．Lose height without the dust．
D．Protect the present buildings．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了一个更清洁，更环保的方式拆除摩天大楼，新拆迁有些工作必须手工完成．
解答 33．C．细节理解题．根据第三段：Before the demolition begins，all non-structural elements of the building are removed by hand可知新拆迁有些工作必须手工完成；故选C．
34．B．推理判断题．根据第三段：Kajima's"cut and down"method removes floors from the ground up，while Takenaka's approach is almost the same as Taisei's可知kajima的拆除方法不同于Takenaka的；故选B．
35．C．主旨大意题．根据第二段：The Demolition is being carried out by the Taisei Corporation，which has developed what it claims is a cleaner and more environmentally friendly way to tear down high-rises可知主要讲一个更清洁，更环保的方式拆除摩天大楼；故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
