2014河北衡水中学二调英语试题答案(2)

C. saw many dead mice in the dark
D. found a shaft leading to the top
22. Which of the following is the right order of the author’s adventure?
a. The elevator stopped halfway.
b. He entered the round grain barn.
c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.
d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.
A. b-a-c-d         B. a-c-b-d         C. c-a-d-b       D. b-c-a-d
23. After getting out of the chained door, the author might feel _______.
A. inspired         B. relieved        C. surprised        D. disappointed
24.. From the passage, we can learn that the author was probably a boy full of _______.
A. passions   B. dreams       C. curiosity   D. imagination
                                  B

Evening Workshops
Optional evening workshops will be held at small restaurants or other meeting places near the conference hotel. Meals and other costs are not included but are also optional. Locations will be announced at the conference site. Workshops are very loosely organized and most represent discussions that have been held at Society for Economic Botany (SEB) meetings over a series of years.
Workshop 1: Student Network
Date	Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th
Chairs	Hugo de Boer and Arika Virapongse
Sponsor	Society for Economic Botany
Description	Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become familiar with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors(大学指导老师). Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk with students.
Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making
Date	Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th
Chair	David Strauch
Sponsor	University of Hawaii
Description	Digital film making is a particularly useful tool of linking cultural information to recognizable plants. This workshop is aimed towards increasing the quality of material recorded by giving participants greater control over the medium. We will cover technical aspects (e.g. camera settings, audio), technical aspects (framing, lighting, focus), and some ways of presenting the material. Experienced filmmakers are encouraged to attend, and participants are welcome to bring their own camera equipment.
Workshop 3: Collections for Botany  — Collections Development and Management
Date	Friday evening, Feb. 7th
Chair	Jan Salick
Sponsor	Society for Economic Botany
Description	SEB is a network of researchers who have been developing standards for the development of collections of artifacts, plant samples and related materials. Participants discuss successes, problems, and funding sources for solving management issues.

25. One of the purposes of a networking mixer held each year is to ________.
   A. provide students with greater control over the media
   B. link cultural information to recognizable plants
   C. help the students to deal with most of the environment issues 
   D. help the students to be familiar with educational programs
26. Which of the following is true according to the poster?
   A. Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included.
   B. Participants have more than one option on Feb.5^th than another night.
   C. Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings.  
   D. Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience.
27. You are a college student, interested in plants and good at taking TV pictures. Which of the Evening Workshops is most suitable for you?
   A. Botanical Film Making. B. Collections for Botany.
   C. Student Network. D. Society for Economic Botany.
C
The extraordinary Eastgate Building in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles as the termite mound(白蚁堆). 
Architect Mick Pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the Eastgate Building, which has no air-conditioning and almost no heating. The building—the country’s largest commercial and shopping complex—uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building of its size. The Eastgate’s owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air-conditioning equipment didn’t have to be imported.
The complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium(天井) open to the air. Fans suck fresh air in from the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents(通风口). As