Sometimes,thesimplestideasarethebest.Forexample,toabsorbheatfromthesuntoheatwater,youneedlarge,flat,blacksurfaces.Onewaytodothatistobuildthosesurfacesspecially,ontheroofsofbuildings.Butwhygotoallt
Sometimes,thesimplestideasarethebest.Forexample,toabsorbheatfromthesuntoheatwater,youneedlarge,flat,blacksurfaces.Onewaytodothatistobuildthosesurfacesspecially,ontheroofsofbuildings.Butwhygotoallthattroublewhencitiesarefullofblacksurfacesalready,intheformofasphalt (柏油) roads?
Tenyearsago,thisthoughtcameintothemindofAriandeBondt,aDutchengineer.Hefinallypersuadedhisbosstofollowitup.Theresultisthattheirbuildingisnowheatedinwinterandcooledinsummerbyasystemthatreliesonthesurfaceoftheroadoutside.
Theheat-collectorisasystemofconnectedwaterpipes.Mostofthemrunfromonesideofthestreettotheother,justundertheasphaltroad.Some,however,divedeepintotheground.
Whenthestreetsurfacegetshotinsummer,waterpumpedthroughthepipespicksupthisheatandtakesitundergroundthroughoneofthedivingpipes.Atadepthof100metresliesanaturalaquifer (蓄水层) intowhichseveralheatexchangers (交换器) havebeenbuilt.Thehotwaterfromthestreetrunsthroughtheseexchangers,warmingtheground-water,beforereturningtothesurfacethroughanotherpipe.Theaquiferisthususedasaheatstore.
Inwinter,theworkingsystemischangedslightly.Waterispumpedthroughtheheatexchangerstopickuptheheatstoredduringsummer.Thiswatergoesintothebuildingandisusedtowarmtheplaceup.Afterperformingthattask,itispumpedundertheasphaltanditsremainingheatkeepstheroadfreeofsnowandice.
64.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothefirsttwoparagraphs?___
A.AriandeBondtgothisideafromhisboss.
B.Large,flat,blacksurfacesneedtobebuiltincities.
C.TheDutchengineer'ssystemhasbeenwidelyused.
D.Heatcanalsobecollectedfromasphaltroads.
65.Forwhatpurposearethedivingpipesused?___
A.Toabsorbheatfromthesun.
B.Tostoreheatforfutureuse.
C.Toturnsolarenergyintoheatenergy.
D.Tocarryheatdownbelowthesurface.
66.Fromthelastparagraphwecanlearnthat___
A.somepipeshavetobere-arrangedinwinter
B.thesystemcandomorethanwarmingupthebuilding
C.theexchanger