首页
登录
职称英语
Priscilla Ouchida’ s "energy-efficient" house turned out to be a horrible dr
Priscilla Ouchida’ s "energy-efficient" house turned out to be a horrible dr
游客
2025-04-27
20
管理
问题
Priscilla Ouchida’ s "energy-efficient" house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and her engineer husband married a few years ago, they built a $ 100,000, three-bedroom home in California. Tightly sealed to prevent air leaks, the house was equipped with small double-paned (双层玻璃的) windows and several other energy-saving features. Problems began as soon as the couple moved in, however.
Priscilla’s eyes burned. Her throat was constantly dry. She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep. It was as though she had suddenly developed a strange illness.
Experts finally traced the cause of her illness. The level of formaldehyde(甲醛) gas in her kitchen was twice the maximum allowed by federal standards for chemical workers. The source of the gas? Her new kitchen cabinets and wall-to-wall carpeting.
The Ouchidas are victims of indoor air pollution, which is not given sufficient attention partly because of the nation’s drive to save energy. The problem itself isn’t new. "The indoor environment was dirty long before energy conservation came along," says Moschandreas, a pollution scientist at Geomet Technologies in Maryland. "Energy conservation has tended to accentuate the situation in some cases."
The problem appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes rather than old ones. Back in the days when energy was cheap, home builders didn’t worry much about unsealed cracks. Because of such leaks, the air in an average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. As a result, the pollutants generated in most households seldom built up to dangerous levels. [br] What made the Ouchidas’ new house a horrible dream?
选项
A、Lack of fresh air.
B、Poor quality of building materials.
C、Gas leakage in the kitchen.
D、The newly painted walls
答案
A
解析
依据为第二段第一行相关内容。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4055888.html
相关试题推荐
PriscillaOuchida’s"energy-efficient"houseturnedouttobeahorribledr
PriscillaOuchida’s"energy-efficient"houseturnedouttobeahorribledr
PriscillaOuchida’s"energy-efficient"houseturnedouttobeahorribledr
PriscillaOuchida’s"energy-efficient"houseturnedouttobeahorribledr
Someweeksago,ridinginacabfromBostontoCambridge,mydriverturnedan
Someweeksago,ridinginacabfromBostontoCambridge,mydriverturnedan
AstheyturnedintoUpshotRisewherehisparentslived,JackletgoofRuth’
AstheyturnedintoUpshotRisewherehisparentslived,JackletgoofRuth’
AstheyturnedintoUpshotRisewherehisparentslived,JackletgoofRuth’
PriscillaOuchida’s"energy-efficient"houseturnedouttobeahorribledre
随机试题
[img]2019m11x/ct_epekm_epereadcg_0544_201910[/img][br]Ifyouwanttoknowabou
Thequestionofwhatchildrenlearn,andhowtheyshouldlearnit,iscontin
StudiesoftheWeddellsealinthelaboratoryhavedescribedthephysiologic
The【B1】______profession,or"showbusiness",attractsmanyyoungpeople.【B2】
Theuncertaintyofaneventismeasured
下列关于银行监管必要性原理的论述正确的有( )。A.无论是国家所有还是非国家所
患者,女,39岁,主诉有接触性阴道流血,偶有血性排液,有腥臭味。既往体健。经各项
抑制通货膨胀的货币政策有( )。A、降低再贴现利率 B、降低证券保证金比率
在企业进行员工招聘时,()适用于对专业管理人员、科技人员和熟练工人某一方面实际
通常不用于衡量银行盈利性指标的是()。A.每股收益 B.风险调整后资本回
最新回复
(
0
)