2017年河北专接本（英语）真题试卷
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There is a tale that straw (稻草) is the worst material from which to build a house, particularly if you are a pig with a hungry wolf around. So the cards were stacked against Warren Brush when local officials learned that he had several buildings made of straw bales (大捆) on his land.
They have tried to fine him a lot. But the case is still unresolved. The problem is that California\’s building codes make no provision for the use of straw. And Mr. Brush has many defenders—among them several university scientists and David Eisenberg, the chairman of the United States Green Building Council\’s code committee. They would like to see the prejudice against straw houses eliminated, for straw is, in many ways, an ideal building material.
It is, for one thing, a great insulator(绝热体). That keeps down the healting bills houses made from it. It is also a waste product that would otherwise be burned, and is therefore cheap. And—very much to the point in a place like California—it is earthquake-resistant. Last year a test conducted at the University of Nevada showed that straw-bale constructions could withstand twice the amount of ground motion recorded in the Northbridge earthquake that hit Los Angeles in 1994.
There are other straws in the wind: a post office in suburban Albuquerque, a school in Maryland, and on office complex in suburban Los Angeles have all been built from straw. Even California is having a rethink, and may change its rules to adapt to straw-bale construction. As Mr. Eisenberg observes, \\
1.By \\(D)
A. Brush disliked playing cards
B. cards were piled around Brush
C. Brush might lose the card game
D. Brush could be in trouble
解析：ABC三项，都采用的是card的原意“纸牌”，而原文与“纸牌”没有任何关系。另外，我们也能从第二段第一句话中，“他们试图给他以重罚”，可以判断，Brush可能会陷入困境。因此正确答案为D。
2.The underlined word \\(A)
A. the prejudice can be removed
B. the prejudice can be ignored
C. the quality of the house can be improved
D. the quality of the house can be guaranteed
解析：从第二段可以得知，David Eisenberg和其他大学时的科学家，是支持用稻草建造房屋的，所以他们想要看到的是“反对用稻草建造房屋的偏见”能被移除。因此正确答案为A。
3.According to paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT the advantage of using straw to build a house?(D)
A. It can keep warm.
B. It is cheap.
C. It is earthquake resistant.
D. It is wind-proof.
解析：由第三段第一句和第二句话可知A项正确。第三句话可知B项正确。第三行可知C项正确。稻草房屋的优点不包括D，稻草是不能防风的。因此正确答案为D。
4.The tale of \\(A)
A. straw is the worst material to build a house
B. straw is the best material to build a house
C. the house should not be built by a pig
D. pigs are good at building houses
解析：由第一段第一句话可以得知，稻草是建造房子的最糟糕的材料，尤其是在外面有一头饿狼的时候，因此正确答案为A。
5.The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to______.(D)
A. show that straw cannot be used to build houses
B. to explain how to build a house with straw
C. describe the prejudice against straw houses
D. introduce a new building material
解析：A项表述错误，稻草是可以建造房屋的。B项是臆造选项，文章并没有介绍如何用稻草建造房屋。C项错误，作者写作目的并不是为了描述人们对于稻草作为建筑材料的偏见，而是为了说明稻草可以作为一种新型建筑材料。文章通篇都在介绍稻草这种建筑材料，因此正确答案为D。
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