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　　A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning．“I think half of them fell off their chairs,”Gerner says．

　　Gerner manages school facilities(设施)for Clark County, Nevada．By 2018, 143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system．Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them．Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes(样品); they plan to construct their schools in 2009．The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings．

　　Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because deign requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate．“One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),”Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says．His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas．“You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool．”

　　Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of the most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings．“I don't believe in the new green religion,”Gerner says．“Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical．I'm interested in that work．”But he wouldn't mind if some green features inspire students．He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power．“You never know what's going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,”he says．

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　　A few years ago, paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that uschool that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student leaming．“I think half of then fell off their chairs,”Gemer says．

　　Gemer manages scholl facilities(设施)for clark county, Nevada, a district roughly the siae of Massachusetts．By 2018,143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system．Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them．Four architecture teans have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes(样品); they plan to consruct their schools xtarting in 2009．The district will then assess how well the xchools perform, and three winners will copy those desiiigns in 50 to 70 new buildings．

　　Green schools are appearing all over, but in clark County, which stands out for its vastness,such aggressive targets are difficult because deign repuirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate．“One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),”Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says．His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas．“You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool．”

　　Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of re most progressive green-design competitions has dorbts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings．“I don’t believe in the new green religion,”Gemer says．“Gemer says．”Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical．I’m interested in those that work．“But he wouldn’t mind if some green featrues inspire students．He says he hopes to set up green energy systens that allow them to liarn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power．”You never know what’s going to start the interest of achild to study math and science,“he says．

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Plea se speak to me in 　　1　　, ” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 　　2　　 speaking in Spani sh．The word s 　　3　　 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 　　4　　 if she learned to speak Engli sh．We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 　　5　　 to store owner s and my teacher s．I wa s determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 　　6　　．“Don't you want to be 　　7　　 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered．Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me．“What? ” I wa s not 　　8　　 with her, either．She 　　9　　 for the Engli sh word s．“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 　　10　　 her, but now she refu sed to an swer．In 　　11　　, we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I wa s 　　12　　．I had expected a meeting at someone' s 　　13　　-a garden club or a parent s’ group．Then I 　　14　　 a sign on a door．My mother wa s 　　15　　 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

　　“I don't under stand．　　16　　 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked．“You'll learn fa ster if you 　　17　　 with me．” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent．She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 　　18　　 you．”

　　I 　　19　　 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 　　20　　 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, e stabien．”

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　I am a sales representative and travel all over England to visit my customers．One cold February morning I was due to visit a store at 9 am．I 　　1　　 my car, bundled my scarf around me and 　　2　　 up the street towards his shop front．

　　The Street where his store was 　　3　　 was partially blocked by two large, ruddy faced workmen who were teaing up the concrete．I prepared myself for the 　　4　　 cat calls(起哄)．I was up early, out in the cold, and probably to be seen as a funny scene by two men I didn't even 　　5　　．

　　Then I stopped and 　　6　　my own father．Both he and my grandfather had 　　7　　 much of their early careers working outside in similar jobs before they 　　8　　 and became engineers．I recalled how hard Dad worked, in all kinds of 　　9　　; how he'd come home with sunburn or frostnip(冻伤)．I realized that if was cold then these two guys were probably 　　10　　, given that it looked as though they'd already been　　11　　for hours．

　　My customer's shop wasn't open yet but I was beyond being annoyed at his 　　12　　．I Went to a coffee sh、op around the comer, 　　13　　 myself a hot chocolate, then two more with whipped cream．I made my 　　14　　 down the Street to wards the workmen．One of them turned to me with a wide smile and 　　15　　 me with a joking "Oh lovey，you shouldn't have! " To his 　　16　　, I passed him the tray with the two 　　17　　 chocolates．I replied, "Maybe not．　　18　　 it's too cold to be working outside today。"

　　I got two looks of genuine(真诚的) 　　19　　, and a timely reminder that it's as easy to be 　　20　　 as it is to pre-judge-but the former is so much nicer!

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