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(1)About two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by the year 2020 and, according to the United Nation
(1)About two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by the year 2020 and, according to the United Nation
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2018-05-11
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(1)About two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by the year 2020 and, according to the United Nations, approximately 3. 7 billion people will inhabit urban areas some ten years later. As cities grow, so do the number of buildings that characterize them: office towers, factories, shopping malls and high-rise apartment buildings. These structures depend on artificial ventilation systems to keep clean and cool air flowing to the people inside. We know these systems by the term"air-conditioning".
(2)Although many of us may feel air-conditioners bring relief from hot, humid or polluted outside air, they pose many potential health hazards. Much research has looked at how the circulation of air inside a closed environment—such as an office building—can spread disease or expose occupants to harmful chemicals.
(3)One of the more widely publicised dangers is that of Legionnaire’s disease, which was first recognised in the 1970s. This was found to have affected people in buildings with air-conditioning systems in which warm air pumped out of the system’s cooling towers was somehow sucked back into the air intake, in most cases due to poor design. This warm air was, needless to say, the perfect environment for the rapid growth of disease-carrying bacteria originating from outside the building, where it existed in harmless quantities. The warm, bacteria-laden air was combined with cooled, conditioned air and was then circulated around various parts of the building. Studies showed that even people outside such buildings were at risk if they walked past air exhaust ducts. Cases of Legionnaire’s disease are becoming fewer with newer system designs and modifications to older systems, but many older buildings, particularly in developing countries, require constant monitoring.
(4)The ways in which air-conditioners work to "clean "the air can inadvertently cause health problems, too. One such way is with the use of an electrostatic precipitator, which removes dust and smoke particles from the air. What precipitators also do, however, is to emit large quantities of positive air ions into the ventilation system. A growing number of studies show that overexposure to positive air ions can result in headaches, fatigue and feelings of irritation.
(5)Large air-conditioning systems add water to the air they circulate by means of humidifiers. In older systems, the water used for this process is kept in special reservoirs, the bottoms of which provide breeding grounds for bacteria and fungi which can find their way into the ventilation system. The risk to human health from this situation has been highlighted by the fact that the immune systems of approximately half of workers in air-conditioned office buildings have developed antibodies to fight off the organisms found at the bottom of system reservoirs. Chemical disinfectants, called" biocides" , that are added to reservoirs to make them germ-free, are dangerous in their own right in sufficient quantities, as they often contain compounds such as pentachlorophenol, which is strongly linked to abdominal cancers.
(6)Finally, it should be pointed out that the artificial climatic environment created by air-conditioners can also adversely affect us. In a natural environment, whether indoor or outdoor, there are small variations in temperature and humidity. Indeed, the human body has long been accustomed to these normal changes. In an air-conditioned living or work environment, however, body temperatures remain well under 37℃ , our normal temperature. This leads to a weakened immune system and thus greater susceptibility to diseases such as colds and flu.
The word "inadvertently" in Para.4 probably means______.
选项
A、intentionally
B、indeliberately
C、definitely
D、imminently
答案
B
解析
语义题。第三段最后两句指出,研究表明在这种楼房外面的人如果从空调排气管旁走过也会有风险。由于设计了新的通风系统,对旧系统进行了改造,军团病的病例减少了,但是许多旧楼房,特别是发展中国家的旧楼房,需要持续进行监控。第四段首句指出,空调系统清洁空气的各种方式也会inadvertently带来健康问题。从前面的论述可知,空调系统致病是因其设计不完善而产生的,不是故意所为,故[B]为答案,同时排除[A];第三段一直提到这种设计缺陷会给人们带来风险,但是不一定绝对会致病,因此排除[C];空调系统致病已经发生,不是即将发生,故排除[D]。
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