Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. For example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfaces. One way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. But why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt (柏油) roads?
Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt, a Dutch engineer. He finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. The result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside.
The heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. Most of them ran from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road. Some, however, dive deep into the ground.
When the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. At a depth of 100 metres lies a natural aquifer (蓄水層) into which several heat exchangers (交換器) have been built. The hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warning the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. The aquifer is thus used as a heat store.
In winter, the working system is changed slightly. Water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. This water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. After performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice.
小題1:Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?  
A．Arian de Bondt got his idea from his boss.
B．Large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities.
C．The Dutch engineer’s system has been widely used.
D．Heat can also be collected from asphalt roads.
小題2:For what purpose are the diving pipes used?  
A．To absorb heat from the sun.B．To store heat for future use.
C．To turn solar energy into heat energy.D．To carry heat down below the surface.
小題3:From the last paragraph we can learn that __ 
A．some pipes have to be re-arranged in winter
B．the system can do more than warming up the building
C．the exchangers will pick up heat from the street surface
D．less heat may be collected in winter than in summer
小題4:What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?  
A．What we shall do if the system goes wrong.
B．What we shall do if there are no asphalt roads.
C．How the system cools the building in summer.
D．How the system collects heat in spring and autumn

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C

小題1:細節(jié)判斷題。由文章第二段最后一句可以得出答案。
小題2:細節(jié)判斷題。由文章第四段第一句話的內(nèi)容可以得出答案。
小題3:推理判斷題。由文章最后一段最后一句的內(nèi)容可知，這一系統(tǒng)不僅能給樓房供暖，還可以使牛路上的冰雪融化。
小題4:文章結(jié)構(gòu)題。前面談到這一系統(tǒng)的工作原理以及冬天怎么給樓房供暖，下文應該講的夏天怎么給樓房降溫。
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