Somehousesaredesignedtobesmart.Othershavesmartdesigns.AnexampleofthesecondtypeofhousewonanAwardofExcellencefromtheAmericanInstituteofArchitects.
LocatedontheshoreofSullivan’sIslandoffthecoastofSouthCarolina,theaward-winningcube-shapedbeachhousewasbuilttoreplaceonesmashedtopiecesbyHurricane(飓风)Hugo10yearsago.InSeptember1989,HugostruckSouthCarolina,killing18peopleanddamagingordestroying36,000homesinthestate.
BeforeHugo,manynewhousesbuiltalongSouthCarolina’sshorelinewerepoorlyconstructed,andenforcementofbuildingcodeswasn’tstrict,accordingtoarchitectRayHuff,whocreatedthecleverly-designedbeachhouse.InHugo’swake,allnewshorelinehousesarerequiredtomeetstricter,better-enforcedcodes.ThenewbeachhouseonSullivan’sIslandshouldbeabletowithstandaCategory3hurricanewithpeakwindsof179to209kilometersperhour.
Atfirstsight,thehouseonSullivan’sIslandlooksanythingbuthurricane-proof.Itsredwoodshellmakesitresemble“alargepartylantern(灯笼)”atnight,accordingtooneobserver.Butlookscanbedeceiving.Thehouse’swoodenframeisreinforcedwithlongsteelrodstogiveitextrastrength.
Tofurtherprotectthehousefromhurricanedamage,Huffraisedit2.7metersoffthegroundontimberpilings—long,slendercolumnsofwoodanchoreddeepinthesand.Pilingsmightappearinsecure,buttheyarestrongenoughtosupporttheweightofthehouse.Theyalsoelevatethehouseabovestormsurges.Thepilingsallowthesurgestorununderthehouseinsteadofrunningintoit.“Theseswellsofwatercomeashoreattremendousspeedsandcausemostofthedamagedonetobeach-frontbuildings,”saidHuff.
Huffdesignedthetimberpilingstobepartiallyconcealedbythehouse’sground-to-roofshell.“Theshellmasksthepilingssothatthehousedoesn’tlooklikeit’sstandingwithitspantlegspulledup,”saidHuff.Intheeventofastormsurge,theshellshouldbreakapartandletthewavesrushunderthehouse,thearchitectexplained.
练习题：
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.AfterthetragedycausedbyHurricaneHugo,newhousesbuiltalongSouthCarolina’sshorelinearerequired________.
C.tomeetstricterbuildingstandards
D.tobedesignedintheshapeofcubes
2.Theaward-winningbeachhouseisquitestrongbecause________.
A.itisstrengthenedbysteelrods
D.itisbuiltwithtimberandconcrete
3.Huffraisedthehouse2.7metersoffthegroundontimberpilingsinorderto________.
A.withstandpeakwindsofabout200km/hr
B.anchorstrongerpilingsdeepinthesand
C.breakhugeseawavesintosmallerones
D.preventwaterfromrushingintothehouse
4.Themainfunctionoftheshellis________.
A.tostrengthenthepilingsofthehouse
B.togivethehouseabetterappearance
C.toprotectthewoodenframeofthehouse
D.toslowdownthespeedoftheswellingwater
5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheshellshouldbe________.
1.[C]根据题目中的专有名词Hugo查找到文中第3段第2句。句中的InHugo’swake相当于题目中的afterHugo,由该句是的stricter，better-enforcedcodes可知C正确。
2.[A]第4段开始具体介绍thehouse,根据该段最后一句可知，这幢房子的木制结构用长钢筋加固了，因而特别结实,故选A。
3.[D]根据题干的数字可迅速定位至第5段首，第2、3句阐述这样做的目的是“将房屋抬髙到暴风雨巨浪之上,及让巨浪能在屋下流过。”其中runningintoit与D中的rushingintothehouse同义,故D正确。
4.[B]最后一段第2句提出，外壳可以把木桩遮盖住,所以它主要起“粉饰”作用。
5.[C]根据最后一句可知，如果暴风雨巨浪涌来，外壳就会裂开，让巨浪在房屋下面奔涌而过，因此外壳应该是“易碎的”。
Somehousesaredesignedtobesmart.Othershavesmartdesigns.AnexampleofthesecondtypeofhousewonanAwardofExcellencefromtheAmericanInstituteofArchitects.
LocatedontheshoreofSullivan’sIslandoffthecoastofSouthCarolina,theaward-winningcube-shapedbeachhousewasbuilttoreplaceonesmashedtopiecesbyHurricane(飓风)Hugo10yearsago.InSeptember1989,HugostruckSouthCarolina,killing18peopleanddamagingordestroying36,000homesinthestate.
BeforeHugo,manynewhousesbuiltalongSouthCarolina’sshorelinewerepoorlyconstructed,andenforcementofbuildingcodeswasn’tstrict,accordingtoarchitectRayHuff,whocreatedthecleverly-designedbeachhouse.InHugo’swake,allnewshorelinehousesarerequiredtomeetstricter,better-enforcedcodes.ThenewbeachhouseonSullivan’sIslandshouldbeabletowithstandaCategory3hurricanewithpeakwindsof179to209kilometersperhour.
Atfirstsight,thehouseonSullivan’sIslandlooksanythingbuthurricane-proof.Itsredwoodshellmakesitresemble“alargepartylantern(灯笼)”atnight,accordingtooneobserver.Butlookscanbedeceiving.Thehouse’swoodenframeisreinforcedwithlongsteelrodstogiveitextrastrength.
Tofurtherprotectthehousefromhurricanedamage,Huffraisedit2.7metersoffthegroundontimberpilings—long,slendercolumnsofwoodanchoreddeepinthesand.Pilingsmightappearinsecure,buttheyarestrongenoughtosupporttheweightofthehouse.Theyalsoelevatethehouseabovestormsurges.Thepilingsallowthesurgestorununderthehouseinsteadofrunningintoit.“Theseswellsofwatercomeashoreattremendousspeedsandcausemostofthedamagedonetobeach-frontbuildings,”saidHuff.
Huffdesignedthetimberpilingstobepartiallyconcealedbythehouse’sground-to-roofshell.“Theshellmasksthepilingssothatthehousedoesn’tlooklikeit’sstandingwithitspantlegspulledup,”saidHuff.Intheeventofastormsurge,theshellshouldbreakapartandletthewavesrushunderthehouse,thearchitectexplained.
练习题：
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.AfterthetragedycausedbyHurricaneHugo,newhousesbuiltalongSouthCarolina’sshorelinearerequired________.
C.tomeetstricterbuildingstandards
D.tobedesignedintheshapeofcubes
2.Theaward-winningbeachhouseisquitestrongbecause________.
A.itisstrengthenedbysteelrods
D.itisbuiltwithtimberandconcrete
3.Huffraisedthehouse2.7metersoffthegroundontimberpilingsinorderto________.
A.withstandpeakwindsofabout200km/hr
B.anchorstrongerpilingsdeepinthesand
C.breakhugeseawavesintosmallerones
D.preventwaterfromrushingintothehouse
4.Themainfunctionoftheshellis________.
A.tostrengthenthepilingsofthehouse
B.togivethehouseabetterappearance
C.toprotectthewoodenframeofthehouse
D.toslowdownthespeedoftheswellingwater
5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheshellshouldbe________.
1.[C]根据题目中的专有名词Hugo查找到文中第3段第2句。句中的InHugo’swake相当于题目中的afterHugo,由该句是的stricter，better-enforcedcodes可知C正确。
2.[A]第4段开始具体介绍thehouse,根据该段最后一句可知，这幢房子的木制结构用长钢筋加固了，因而特别结实,故选A。
3.[D]根据题干的数字可迅速定位至第5段首，第2、3句阐述这样做的目的是“将房屋抬髙到暴风雨巨浪之上,及让巨浪能在屋下流过。”其中runningintoit与D中的rushingintothehouse同义,故D正确。
4.[B]最后一段第2句提出，外壳可以把木桩遮盖住,所以它主要起“粉饰”作用。
5.[C]根据最后一句可知，如果暴风雨巨浪涌来，外壳就会裂开，让巨浪在房屋下面奔涌而过，因此外壳应该是“易碎的”。
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