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
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
2013-08-03
78
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 CO
2
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. HOA’s 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 homogenous(统一协调的)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 wanning." "We all have to do at least something to decrease our carbon footprint," Alexander Lee says.
In the last paragraph Alexander Lee recommends that
选项
A、clotheslines should be banned in the community.
B、clotheslines wouldn’t lessen the property values.
C、the globe would become warmer and warmer.
D、we should protect the environment in the community.
答案
D
解析
段落细节题。在最后一段,Alexander Lee提出,鉴于全球变暖我们的观念需要改变,至少要做到尽可能减少碳物质的排放。因此选项D符合题意。A与原文意思相反;B虽然是Alexander Lee的观点,却不是他要提倡的,故不选。C并不是Alexander Lee的观点。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/pBLK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
InAmerica,olderpeoplerarelylivewiththeiradultchildren.Butinmanyothercultureschildrenareexpectedtocare【C1】____
Whatdoestheman’sfatherwanthimtodo?
Manistheonlyanimalthatlaughs.Whyisthistrue?Whatmakesusrespondaswe【C1】______topleasurableexperiences?Whatis
Acommonassumptionabouttheprivatesectorofeducationisthatitcatersonlytotheelite.【C1】______recentresearchpoints
TwinstoImpairedFertilityofWomenAwomanwithatwinbrotherhasfewerchildren.Twinbrotherscanleavequiteanimpres
ABCentertainmentchairmanLloydBraunwalkedintoVincentirestaurantinBrentwood,LosAngeles,andextendedahandtohisbos
Thedemonstrationisto
IshallbebusynextMonday.I______classesthewholemorningandalectureintheafternoon.
PeterfeltveryguiltyfornotbeingabletoreunitewithhisfamilyonChristmasEve,sohedecidedto______.Hewantedtowor
______disagreeonwhetherthecheerleadersareentertainingorjustanirritatingdistraction.
随机试题
锥虫的免疫逃避机制主要是
膀胱三角区有蒂乳头状瘤,治疗最好选择
对某一45岁男子,进行健康危险因素的评价,评价结果为评价年龄49.5岁,增长年龄为43.5岁,说明
采用下列方式筹集的资金中,不列入企业资本结构管理范围的是()。
钢筋混凝土预制桩应在混凝土达到设计强度的()方可运输。
下列选项中,对调解的理解错误的是()。
投资收益在国际收支结算中应当计入()。
A、沙漠里B、草原上C、森林中D、山脚下A第一段告诉大家火车是在沙漠里行使,所以房子也应该在沙漠里,选择A。
Acertificateofdeposit(CD)isissuedbyadepositoryinstitution【56】thattheholderhasdepositedattheinstitutionacertain
Comparisonandcontrastareoftenused______inadvertisements.
最新回复
(
0
)