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Minutes

Green Building Committee (委员会) Meeting, Wing Lung School

Date and time: 4 p.m. March 5th, 2017

Present: Mr. To (Principle), Ms. Man, Mr. Cheung, Ms. Sin (committee members)

1.Opening

    Mr. To opened the meeting and welcomed Ms. Sin as a new committee member.

2.The Green Building Project

    In order to make Wing Lung School more environmentally friendly and to make students take notice of  environmental problems, such as rising temperature of the Earth, it has been decided that work on The Green Building Project would begin in June.

2.1 Solar panels (太阳能电池板)

    Plans to install solar panels on the rooftop of the main building have been decided.

2.2 Roof garden

    Ms. Man pointed out that a roof garden could make the temperature in the main building become lower. However, it has been decided that the school could not afford to build a roof garden at present.

2.3 Water tank (水箱)

    Plans for the installation (安装) of a water tank on the rooftop to collect water for toilets were passed.

2.4 Timers on light switches

    It has been decided that timers would be installed on light switches in all classrooms so that lights would switch off automatically(自动地) at the end of the day.

3.A speech

    It was agreed that a speech would be given to tell students information about the project at 4 p.m. on March 28th in the school hall.

4.There being no other business, the meeting was ended at 5 p.m.

1.What does the word “minutes” mean in Chinese?

A. 分钟    B. 一会儿    C. 会议记录    D. 统计表

2.Which is one of the purposes of the Green Building Project?

A. To build a roof garden.

B. To install a water tank.

C. To add new committee members.

D. To make students pay more attention to the environment.

3.Which is TRUE about a roof garden?

A. It will be built in the building.

B. It can make the temperature of the building roof  become lower.

C. It won’t be built now because of the high cost.

D. It won’t be built because the committee members don’t agree.

4.How long did the meeting last?

A. An hour.    B. 13 hours.    C. 23 days.    D. 3 months.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The building in Wing Lung School is green.

B. The project is to build houses.

C. Solar panels will be installed soon.

D. Lights will be on itself at the beginning of the day.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】这篇短文是Wing Lung 学校的一个会议记录，记录了一次关于绿色建筑项目的会议。里面包括了会议举行的时间、地点、代表以及关于这个项目的一些具体内容等。

1.词义猜测题。minutes是这篇短文的标题，根据短文的开头Green Building Committee Meeting以及短文的结尾the meeting was ended at 5 p.m可知，这篇短文是一个会议的记录，里面记录了会议的时间、地点、代表以及会议的主要内容等。由此可知minutes不是常见的分钟的意思，应该是会议记录。故应选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中In order to make Wing Lung School more environmentally friendly and to make students take notice of environmental problems可知，这个会议讨论在Wing Lung学校开始一个绿色建筑项目，目的是让学生们增强环境保护意识。由此可知应选D。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中Ms. Man pointed out that a roof garden could make the temperature in the main building become lower可知，房顶花园可以使楼的主体的温度降低。由此可知应选B。

4.细节理解题。根据短文的开头Date and time: 4 p.m. March 5th, 2017可知，会议是在2017年3月5日下午4点开始，再根据短文的最后There being no other business, the meeting was ended at 5 p.m.可知，下午5点结束，所以会议持续一个小时的时间。故选A。

5.推理判断题。根据短文中Plans to install solar panels on the rooftop of the main building have been decided可知，关于安装太阳能帆板的计划已经决定了，也就是说在不久就会安装太阳能帆板。故应选C。green building是绿色建筑，意思是对环境有利，而不是建筑物是绿色的，故A不对；这个项目不是为了建筑房子，而是使学校的建筑物变得更好环保，故B不对；根据lights would switch off automatically(自动地) at the end of the day.可知D不对。

点睛：这篇短文是一个学校会议的记录，短文中有一些小标题，可以提示我们每一部分的主要内容。后面题目的设置有细节理解题、词义猜测题和推理判断题。细节理解题这一题型我们可以从题目中寻找一个关键词，以它为线索，在原文搜索答案。例如第3小题，我们可以用题目中的roof garden为关键词，找到相关的部分，结合选项就可以找到答案。推理判断题要跟难一些，它需要我们根据短文的内容进行判断，第5小题是这样的题型，我们根据原文Plans to install solar panels on the rooftop of the main building have been decided这句话做一个理解的转换可以知道，它跟C选项的意思是相同的，故选C。