首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
职业资格
A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors. On one side stand those who ha
A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors. On one side stand those who ha
admin
2022-01-25
67
问题
A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors. On one side stand those who have begun to see clothes dryers as wasteful consumers of energy (up to 6% of total electricity) and powerful emitters of carbon dioxide (up to a ton of C02 per household every year). As an alternative, they are turning to clotheslines as part of what Alexander Lee, an environmentalist, calls "what-I-can-do environmentalism" .
But on the other side are people who oppose air-drying laundry outside on aesthetic grounds. Increasingly, they have persuaded community and homeowners associations (HOAs) across the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, which they say not only look unsightly but also lower surrounding property values. Those actions, in turn, have sparked a right-to-dry movement that is pressing for legislation to protect the choice to use clotheslines. Only three states—Florida, Hawaii and Utah— have laws written broadly enough to protect clotheslines. Right-to-dry advocates argue that there should be more.
Matt Reck is the kind of eco-conscious guy who feeds his trees with bathwater and recycles condensation drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But Otto Hagen, president of Reek’s HOA in Wake Forest, N.C., notified him that a neighbor had complained about his line. The Recks ignored the warning and still dry their clothes on a rope in the yard. "Many people claim to be environmentally friendly but don’t take matters into their own hands," says Reck. HOAs Hagen has decided to hold off taking action. "I’m not going to go crazy," he says. "But if Matt keeps his line and more neighbors complain, I’ll have to address it again."
North Carolina lawmakers tried and failed earlier this year to insert language into an energy bill that would expressly prevent HOAs from regulating clotheslines. But the issue remains a touchy one with HOAs and real estate agents. "Most aesthetic restrictions are rooted, to a degree, in the belief that homogeneous exteriors are supportive of property value," says Sara Stubbins, executive director of the Community Association Institute’s North Carolina chapter. In other words, associations worry that housing prices will fall if prospective buyers think their would-be neighbors are too poor to afford dryers.
Alexander Lee dismisses the notion that clotheslines devalue property assets, advocating that the idea "needs to change in light of global warming" . "We all have to do at least something to decrease our carbon footprint," Alexander Lee says.
What is the HOAs’ attitude towards the regulation of outdoor clotheslines?
选项
A、Concerned. B, Impartial.
B、Supportive.
C、Unclear.
答案
C
解析
态度题。concerned“担心的,关注的”,impartial“公正的”,supportive“支持的”,unclear“不清楚的”。根据第三段中的“But Otto Hagen,president of Reck’s HOA in Wake Forest,N.C.,notified him that a neighbor had complained about his line…‘But if Matt keeps his line and more neighbors complain.I’ll have to address it again’”和第四段可知,HOA协会支持对户外晾衣绳的使用进行管理。故本题选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HO3v777K
本试题收录于:
英语学科知识与教学能力题库教师资格分类
0
英语学科知识与教学能力
教师资格
相关试题推荐
有一则笑话说明了网络的力量:一个人威胁另一个人说:“我可是有背景的人”。而被威胁的人笑着说:“别闹了,我可是有微博的人”。实践表明网络这一新兴媒体是()。①公民参与政治生活的重要平台②公民实现言论自由的唯一途径③党和政府了解民意民情的新渠道
茶文化在我国有悠久的历史。“东方美人”是台湾苗栗出产的一种名茶。它由当地客家人种植,是被小绿叶蝉咬过的乌龙茶叶。很久以前,英国女王偶然品尝到此茶,将悬在茶杯里的茶叶赞叹为“正在跳舞的东方美女”,茶名由此而得,这种茶的曼妙之处还在于可用冰水浸泡,透过冰滴壶,
某大学美术学院教师林某创作了一幅“百鸟朝凤”的工笔画,被商人白某买走,下列说法正确的是()。
设计任务:请阅读下面学生信息和语言素材,设计一节课的教学方案。教案没有固定格式,但须包含下列要点:teachingobjectivesteachingcontentskeyanddifficultpoints
Atahigherlevelofwriting,whichofthefollowingcognitive,skillsshouldNOTencouraged?
Ateacherhandedoutalistoftwenty"if"sentencesandaskedstudentstodiscussandfindoutthegrammaticalrules.What’sth
Thephenomenonof"______"maybethefactortocausethefewestchangesintheEnglishlanguageinrecentyears.
Whichofthefollowingwordsinboldispronouncedwithafallingtone?
Drunkendriving,sometimescalledAmerica’ssociallyacceptedformofmurder,hasbecomeanationalepidemic.Everyhourofever
随机试题
男性,49岁,体检发现右上肺有大小约3.5cm×2.5cm结节状界限不清病灶,疑为肿瘤。在超声引导下作肿物穿刺活检。病理报告为结核,病灶中有明显坏死及结核性肉芽肿形成,此种坏死是
男,60岁。因胃溃疡合并多次大出血,行胃大部切除术。该病人术后5天出现胃出血,最可能的原因是
向云龙电器有限责任公司投资,最多投资_________。与宏达销售有限公司共同建一合伙企业,最多可投资_________。
张山和王海二人因合同纠纷发生争议,诉至法院。法院判决张山赔偿王海20万元。判决生效后,张山未履行判决。王海隧向法院申请强制执行。在执行过程中,张山突然心脏病发死亡,留有遗产一套房屋。张山的唯一法定继承人张小山不愿继承张山的遗产。法院应该作出下列哪项处理?(
在股份有限公司的发起设立中,发起人应当承担的责任是:()
政府部门审查房地产项目是否允许转让的重要指标是()。
背景资料某公路工程完工后,项目经理部及时组织人员编造了工程技术总结。技术总结的内容有工程概况、“新技术、新工艺、新材料、新设备”的推广应用情况。问题:请补充技术总结的内容。
为适应产业结构调整升级的需要,某企业计划裁员10%,并将四个污染严重的车间进行停产。这四个车间的人数正好占该企业总人数的10%。计划实施后,上述四个车间停产,整个企业实际减员5%。此过程中,该企业内部人员有所调整,但整个企业只有减员,没有增员。根据以上信息
点M(2,1,一1)到直线L:的距离为().
Onesummernight,onmywayhomefromworkIdecidedtoseeamovie.Iknewthetheatrewouldbeair-conditionedandIcouldn’t
最新回复
(
0
)