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College students may find a greener campus when they return to classes this fall. Some schools are repairing older buildings and constructing new ones that are better for the environment. Other steps include adding wind and solar energy systems and planting vegetable gardens.
George Washington University (GW) is a private school with 200,000 students. The university has two gardens where students volunteer their time.
Over the last ten years GW has developed projects in three main areas—climate, water and ecosystems. They have begun to create projects on the ground to address climate change. They are planning on becoming carbonneutral (平衡的) and, in fact, reducing the_footprint by forty percent by 2025, from creating solar hotwater systems on our rooftops to making our buildings much more energy efficient. The school also offers 140 different classes in sustainability (可持續*發展) and the environment.
Mark Orlouski said, “We see numbers like less than 20% of school having a green building policy five years ago and now upwards of 80% of schools having a policy, which states that their new buildings will be built in a green fashion.”
GW is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. Some neighbors say that while GW is laying to be friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood. The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents.
篇章導讀：本文是一篇説明文。文章主要介紹了喬治華盛頓大學的綠*校園系列環保政策及計劃。
13．The greener campus project aims majorly at ________.
A．welcoming students in the new term
B．repairing and constructing buildings
C．adding wind and solar energy systems
D．making schools environmentally friendly
14．What do the underlined words “the footprint” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The climate change.
B．The quantity of water.
C．The production of carbon.
D．The main areas of the project.
15．What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?
A．Green efforts have already brought in benefits.
B．High school students prefer choosing a greener college.
C．Green building policies attract more high school students.
D．Colleges are making efforts to meet the needs of students.
16．Which one of the problems is GW now facing?
A．It hasn't been so friendly to its neighbors.
B．There have been no green building policies.
C．Rainwater collecting costs too much money.
D．The students are making too many efforts.
【回答】
13.D 細節理解題。根據文章第一段中的“better for the environment”可知，綠*校園計劃是為了使校園更環保。A項文中未提及，B、C兩項是具體做法。故選D。
14.C 詞義猜測題。根據上文“They are planning on becoming carbonneutral (平衡的) and, in fact, reducing”可知此處表示降低碳排放量，the footprint指的是碳排放量。故選C。
15.C 推理判斷題。根據文章第五段最後一句“The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents.”可知，綠*校園政策讓學校發展得很快，從而可以推斷出，綠*校園環保政策吸引更多的高中生。故選C。
16.A 推理判斷題。根據文章第五段最後一句“The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents.”可知，學校迅速發展造成了學生與當地居民的關係緊張，從而可以推斷出，學校的發展導致學校與當地居民關係不太友好。故選A。
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