英语报刊复习资料

英语报刊复习资料

二、完形填空

A contract is an agreement between two or more people (1) ________ one person agrees to do something by a specified date in return for something done by (2) ________. Usually the contract is a written document signed and dated by both (3) ________. It must state clearly the consideration, that is, what is to be given or done by one person in (4) _______ for what is given or done by the other. If one person does (5) ________ was promised and the other does not, that other may be sued in court and required by court order to make good. He or she (6) ________ also to be required to pay for damages suffered as a result of the failure to perform. The things (7) ________ by both parties must be stated in definite terms (8) ________ the court will hold that the contract is (9) ________ vague and general to be enforced. (10) ________, the time period within which the work is to be done must be definite or the court will say that the document is not a contract.

1. A. in which B. which C. that D. on that

2. A. another B. other C. the other D. others

3. A. parts B. people C. parties D. aspects

4. A. replace B. change C. payment D. exchange

5. A. that B. what C. the thing D. something

6. A. need B. has C. ought D. may

7. A. to be done B. to do C. done D. being done

8. A. and B. or C. else D. so

9. A. so B. too C. rather D. over

10. A. Similar B. The same C. Similarly D. Too

三、阅读理解

Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to get rid of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no fuel is needed to make the campus s six buildings comfortable.

Some parts of most modern buildings theaters and offices as well as classrooms are more than sufficiently heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter . The technique of saving heat and redistributing it is called heat recovery . A few modern buildings recover heat, but the University s system is the first to recover heat from buildings and reuse it in others.

Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students send out more heat than female students, and the larger a student