首页
登录
职称英语
In the late 1960s’, many people in North America turned their attention to e
In the late 1960s’, many people in North America turned their attention to e
游客
2024-06-15
14
管理
问题
In the late 1960s’, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. (36)______ pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often (37)______ public transportation and parking lot (38)______.
Skyscrapers are also extravagant (39)______, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the (40)______ of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office in New York city raised the (41)______ daily demand for electricity by 120 000 kilowatts—enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical stone wall filled with (42)______ board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning (43)______,builders of skyscrapers have begun to use special glass that reduce glare as well as heat gain. (44)____________.
On top of raising the temperature of the atmosphere, skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city’s sanitation facilities, too. (45)____________—as much as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109 000.
(46)____________. In Boston in the late 1960’s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them—personal ambition and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.
[br]
选项
答案
Skyscrapers, by all accounts, also interfere with television reception, block laird flyways, and obstruct air traffic
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3635080.html
相关试题推荐
Somanypeoplecomplainedabouttheheavytraffic____________(以至市政府最终采取了措施).that
WhatcanpeopleknowfromthecrownofanancienttreefoundinNewYork?[br]W
WhatcanpeopleknowfromthecrownofanancienttreefoundinNewYork?[br]W
WhatcanpeopleknowfromthecrownofanancienttreefoundinNewYork?[br]A
[originaltext]Mostpeoplepicturesharksashuge,powerful,frighteningani
[originaltext]MostpeoplewhoworkinLondongetabreakofaboutanhourf
[originaltext]MostpeoplewhoworkinLondongetabreakofaboutanhourf
Althoughitisusuallyunclearwhostartsthegossip,peopletendtobelieveit.
Althoughitisusuallyunclearwhostartsthegossip,peopletendtobelieveit.
Althoughitisusuallyunclearwhostartsthegossip,peopletendtobelieveit.
随机试题
[originaltext]W:Hi,Kaven.YourroommatetoldmethatIcouldfindyouinthe
保险市场是如何分类的?
银行机构进行信息披露的要求不包括()。A.及时 B.完整 C.真实 D.
已知化学反应进行前后,参加反应的物质种类发生变化,总质量不发生变化,催化剂的质量
砒霜的用量是A.0.009gB.0.03~0.075gC.0.0009gD.0.
保密的重要性不包括哪一项A、不引起医患矛盾 B、不危害他人及社会 C、不引起
亮亮今年10岁,他的生理、心理、社会性都有了一定的发展,以下有关处于该年龄段儿童
关于行政诉讼,下列哪些情形法院可以认定下位法不符合上位法?A:下位法延长上位法规
财政支出总额占国内生产总值的比重,称为()。A.财政支出结构 B.财政支出规
下列各事项中,属于或有事项的有()。A.固定资产计提折旧 B.待执行合同变成
最新回复
(
0
)