Question

【題目】When high temperatures are around the country, some things also go up. Here are four things expected to rise along with our desire to stay indoors and best the heat.

①Sales of goods that keep you cool.

Malls are high on the list of places where people often go for free air conditioning outside home in summer.【1】Goods related to keeping cool, like air conditioners, fans or sun care items, are very popular.

②【2】

Pests like stink bugs(椿象) grow fast during summer heat waves, and many agriculture experts are expecting a repeat of last year’s incident that harmed fruit and crops, particularly on the East Coast.

③Energy bills

【3】With all those air conditioners and fans working, it makes sense that energy bills will be higher than average.【4】“Not only are people going to have extremely high energy bills for July, it will also put increased stress on power plants, and we’re going to see more air pollution because of it,” says Angela Fritz.

④Violence

Heat waves may cause violence, right?

Not necessarily, says Richard Larrick, a researcher. He took a unique look at the relationship between violence and heat through baseball. Larrick and his research team examined 57,294 Major League Baseball games taking place between 1952 and 2017 and found that while heat may increase violence, there always has to be a motive. “【5】Instead, heat affects a specific form of violence,” he said.

A. Air pollution

B. Pest population

C. Rising heat is the expected response in any summer

D. Heat does not directly lend to more violence in general

E. More and more people are worried about their expenses

F. As more energy is used, air-quality problems may occur

G. So it’s not a surprise that some sales jump during heat waves.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】B

【3】E

【4】F

【5】D

【解析】當高溫遍及全國各地時，一些東西也上升。本文介紹有四件事會隨著我們呆在室內的愿望而增加。

【1】G

根據上句：購物中心排名很高，在那里夏天人們常常到室外去免費空調。因此，在熱浪中一些銷售猛增并不令人意外。故選G。

【2】B

此空是小標題。根據下文敘述，可知在講像椿象這樣的害蟲在夏天生長很快，和專家們的一些預測。可知B項 Pest population符合題意。關鍵詞pest。

【3】E

根據下文：所有的空調和風扇都在工作，能源賬單高于平均水平是有道理的。可知，越來越多的人擔憂他們的開支。故選E。

【4】F

根據上句：所有的空調和風扇都在工作，能源賬單高于平均水平是有道理的。由此可知，隨著更多的能源被使用，空氣質量問題可能發生。故選F。

【5】D

根據下文：相反，熱影響是一種特定形式的暴力。 由此可知，一般來說，高溫并不能直接導致更多的暴力。故選D。