Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.注意：请在答题处填入相应的大写字母!Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be 21 wasteful to tear them all down and 22 them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the 23 carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest 24 , the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and 25 our homes, offices and other buildings. “You can’t deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings,” says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some 26 , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that 27 over time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a 28 number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 29 ones like Lincoln’s Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help 30 property owners from rising power costs. A) accommodations B) clumsy C) doubtful D) exceptions E) expand F) historic G) incredibly H) powering I ) protect J) reduced K) replace L) sense M) shiftedN) supplying O) vast 21. ___________