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范畴:人与自然 主题:环境保护 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价:/4
What comes to mind when you think of Sweden? Many people might say flatpack furniture(盒装组件式家具), or perhaps meatballs. But for those who care about the planet, Hyllie may well be in their mind. This suburb of Malmö has been a climate-smart place.
Hyllie became a green area not by accident, but by design. Early in its development, Malmö teamed up with E. ON, a large energy company. Over the past 25 years, they have created something impressive together.
E. ON believes that there is no single solution to a city's energy problems. Today, all kinds of energy sources power Hyllie's heating and cooling. Those include biogas(沼气) and food waste, and there is also solar and wind power.
It's not easy to run a city fully on green energy. After all, you can't order the wind to blow or the sun to shine. E. ON came up with the creative "ectogrid" system. It collects and stores energy before sending it to places where it's needed most. One exciting part of the system is its ability to put "waste energy" to good use. Traditionally, heat from places like data centers(数据中心) is wasted. The "ectogrid" system collects the energy and reuses it to warm homes.
E. ON is now ready to bring the system to more places. It's starting with the rest of Malmö. The city plans to run completely on green energy by 2030.
There's so much we can learn from Hyllie. Is there any "waste energy" around you that could be recycled? Could you help to design a system like "ectogrid", or something even better?
()1. 新考法·行文方式 How does the writer start the passage?
A. By asking a question.
B. By introducing the causes.
C. By telling a story.
D. By listing some numbers.
()2. What can we infer about running a city fully on green energy?
A. It is very easy.
B. It is enjoyable.
C. It faces challenges.
D. It is impossible.
()3. Why does the writer mention the example of data centers in the passage?
A. To show how the system deals with the energy wasted.
B. To explain how to build data centers.
C. To tell readers data centers are important.
D. To describe the history of data centers.
()4. What does the underlined word "impressive" mean?
A. boring
B. amazing
C. common
D. terrible

1. A 行文方式题。由短文开头句可知，作者首先提出了一个问题。
2. C 推理判断题。由“It's not easy to run a city fully on green energy. After all, you can't order the wind to blow or the sun to shine.”可知，完全依靠绿色能源为城市供能并不容易，因为风能和太阳能的获取受自然条件限制，由此可推断，这面临着挑战。
3. A 写作意图题。由“Traditionally, heat from places like data centers ... to warm homes.”可知，提到数据中心是为了举例说明像数据中心这样的地方会浪费热量，从而引出 ectogrid 系统对这种废热的利用。
4. B 词义猜测题。结合上下文可知，马尔默和 E. ON 公司合作 25 年，共同打造了 Hyllie 这个气候智能型区域，并且开发了创新的 ectogrid 系统，这些都是很了不起的成就，所以 impressive 在这里意为“令人惊叹的”，与 amazing 意思相近。