【单选题】
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Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices markedA、B,C、andD、Choose the best one and mark your answers onANSWER SHEET 1.
Skyscrapers are also enormous {{U}} (23) {{/U}}, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition {{U}} (24) {{/U}}17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New YorkCity raised the {{U}} (25) {{/U}} daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts-- enough to {{U}} (26) {{/U}} the entire city ofAlbany for a day. Glass-wailed skyscraper can be especially {{U}} (27) {{/U}}. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times{{U}} (28) {{/U}} through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation boarD、To lessen the strain {{U}} (29) {{/U}} heating and air-conditioning equipment, {{U}} (30) {{/U}} of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses {{U}} (31) {{/U}} with silver or gold mirror films that reduce {{U}} (32) {{/U}} as well as heat gain. However, {{U}} (33) {{/U}} skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and {{U}} (34) {{/U}} neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put severe pressure on a city’s sanitation {{U}} (35) {{/U}}, too. If fully occupied, the two World TradeCenter towers in New YorkCity would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year--as {{U}} (36) {{/U}} as a city the size of Stamford,Connecticut, which has a {{U}} (37) {{/U}} of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also {{U}} (38) {{/U}} with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffiC、
Still, people {{U}} (39) {{/U}} to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them--personal ambition and the {{U}} (40) {{/U}} of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.
B．light
C．glare
D．gaze
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
本题测试词义搭配。brightness意为“光亮，明亮”；light意为“光，光亮”； glare意为“耀眼的光，眩目的光”；gaze意为“凝视”。句子的主语是silver or gold mirror films(银色或金色镜子薄膜)，所填之词应该与后面的heat gain意思接近，所以应选C。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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