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
外语
Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellen
Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellen
admin
2010-02-20
86
问题
Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects.
Located on the shore of Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina, the awardwinning cubeshaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by Hurricane (飓风) Hugo 10 years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state.
Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolina’s shoreline were poorly constructed, and enforcement of building codes wasn’t strict, according to architect Ray Huff, who created the cleverlydesigned beach house. In Hugo’s wake, all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, betterenforced codes. The new beach house on Sullivan’s Island should be able to withstand a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometers per hour.
At first sight, the house on Sullivan’s Island looks anything but hurricaneproof. Its redwood shell makes it resemble "a large party lantern (灯笼)" at night, according to one observer. But looks can be deceiving. The house’s wooden frame is reinforced with long steel rods to give it extra strength.
To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings—long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand. Pilings might appear in secure, but they are strong enough to support the weight of the house. They also elevate the house above storm surges. The pilings allow the surges to run under the house instead of running into it. "These swells of water come ashore at tremendous speeds and cause most of the damage done to beachfront buildings," said Huff.
Huff designed the timber pilings to be partially concealed by the house’s groundtoroof shell. "The shell masks the pilings so that the house doesn’t look like it’s standing with its pant legs pulled up," Mid Huff. In the event of a storm surge, the shell should break a part and let the waves rush under the house, the architect explained.
It can be inferred from the passage that the shell should be ______.
选项
A、fancylooking
B、waterproof
C、easily breakable
D、extremely strong
答案
C
解析
推论题。儿要看明白文章最后一句话“海潮涌来时,外壳可以分开,让海浪在房子下面奔涌”,就可做对答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ort7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Verywell.B、Justso-so.C、Excellently.D、Terribly.DHowdidMatthewbehaveatschool?
Thearticleismainlyabout______.Inthesecondparagraph,"thethird"means______.
A、$240.B、$290.C、$250.D、$200.BM:Howmuchistherentoftheapartmentonthesecondfloorofthatbuilding?W:It’stwohund
Wecanmakeupourmindsaboutsomepeoplewithinonlysevensecondsofmeetingthem.Accordingtotheauthor,beforehemeets
Wecanmakeupourmindsaboutsomepeoplewithinonlysevensecondsofmeetingthem.Ifyouwanttobeyourself,youhavetol
Whenwetellothersinformation,wealsoexpressourfeelingsatthesametime.Someadvertisingsloganshavebecome—______and
随机试题
財布を持ってくるのを________。
激励因素与保健因素之间的区别在于()
龋病的定义是
肾综合征出血热早期休克的主要原因是
A.1年B.2年C.3年D.4年E.5年医疗机构麻醉药品处方应当至少保存()。
调查某桥钢筋焊接点100个,其中不合格的有14个,不合格率为14%,为查清甲、乙、丙三个焊工操作哪个存在主要问题,宜采用的质量分析方法是()。
在代理证券资金清算业务中,()是指各证券公司总部以法人为单位与证券登记结算公司之间发生的资金往来业务。
个人汽车消费贷款中,自用车、商用车、二手车贷款金额占所购汽车价格的比例上限分别是( )。
根据《旅游安全管理办法》规定,旅游主管部门应当加强的旅游安全日常管理工作有()。
经济垄断是经济行为主体在市场竞争过程中形成的较强力控制或可以采取的排他性行为。技术垄断,经济主体对技术专利的排他性占有和使用,并因此形成技术壁垒,阻止其他企业进入市场。根据上述定义,下列属于经济垄断的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)