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课时13 书面表达（一）-感谢信 Ⅰ.阅读理解A We may not be aware of it， but ordinary family homes in the U.S. and the rest of the world are not energy-efficient. Most of their energy goes to heating and cooling， and a lot of it is wasted， as warm air and cool air escape through fireplace chimneys and thin or poorly fitting windows and doors. A passive house loses almost none. “Imagine a thermos(保温瓶)Neill. “You have insulation (隔绝) everywheres basically completely sealed. And so the idea is to build a house like a thermos. So the windows are sealed. Theres insulation completely surrounding the building. We make it as sealed as possible.” A 147-square-meter passive house， presented by ONeill Development Corp. as a demonstration unit just outside Washington， was brought to the site in two boxes. “Once its set and put together， it takes about four weeks to complete the outside construction， to put down carpets，” ONeill said. “If everything is set in place， you put a house like this together in about four months.” The total cost of building it was $325，000， or about 17 percent more than constructing an ordinary house. But its utility (公用事业) bill is only around $20 monthlyken root in the U.S. There was no driving force to push it. However， David Peabody， an architect who designs passive houses said， “I think climate change is now becoming a larger issue. And I think building standards are catching on to that. So people are becoming more aware of energy.” Peabody said the cost of building passive houses could come down. “What really makes sense for truly affordable housing，” he said， “is to build multi-storey buildings.” [语篇解读]　本文是说明文。普1.Why arent ordinary family homes energy-efficient？on around at all. 解析：考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“a lot of it is wasted可知普通住房的能源浪费较多接着下面以保温瓶为例说明被动式节能屋的密封性好由此可推知普通房屋的密封性不好。答案：C2.What is the feature of a passive house？re no windows or chimneys. B.Theres little space to place furniture. C.Its b