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1、英语专业四级阅读理解模拟题AsimplepieceofropehangsbetweensomeenvironmentallyfriendlyAmericansandtheirneighbors.Ononesidestandthosewhohavebeguntoseeclothesdryersaswastefulconsumersofenergy(upto6%oftotalelectricity)andpowerfulemittersofcarbondioxide(uptoatonofCO2perhouseholdeveryye
2、ar).Asanalternative,theyareturningtoclotheslinesaspartofwhatAlexanderLee,anenvironmentalist,calls"what-I-can-doenvironmentalism."Butontheothersidearepeoplewhoopposeair-dryinglaundryoutsideonaestheticgrounds.Increasingly,theyhavepersuadedcommunityandhomeownersassocia
3、tions(HOAs)acrosstheU.S.tobanoutdoorclotheslines,whichtheysaynotonlylookunsightlybutalsolowersurroundingpropertyvalues.Thoseactions,inturn,havesparkedaright-to-drymovementthatispressingforlegislationtoprotectthechoicetouseclotheslines.Onlythreestates--Florida,Hawaii
4、andUtah--havelawswrittenbroadlyenoughtoprotectclotheslines.Right-to-dryadvocatesarguethatthereshouldbemore.MattReckisthekindofeco-consciousguywhofeedshistreeswithbathwaterandrecyclescondensationdropsfromhisairconditionerstowaterplants.Hisfamilyalsousesaclothesline.B
5、utOttoHagen,presidentofReck'sHOAinWakeForest,N.C.,notifiedhimthataneighborh,adcomplainedabouthisline.TheRecksignoredthewarningandstilldrytheirclothesonaropeintheyard."Manypeopleclaimtobeenvironmentallyfriendlybutdon'ttakemattersintotheirownhands,"saysReck.HOAsHagenh
6、asdecidedtoholdofftakingaction."I'mnotgoingtogocrazy,"hesays."ButifMattkeepshislineandmoreneighborscomplain,I'llhavetoaddressitagain."NorthCarolinalawmakerstriedandfailedearlierthisyeartoinsertlanguageintoanenergybillthatwouldexpresslypreventHOAsfromregulatingclothe
7、slines.ButtheissueremainsatouchyonewithHOAsandrealestateagents."Mostaestheticrestrictionsarerooted,toadegree,inthebeliefthathomogenous(统一协调的)exteriorsaresupportiveofpropertyvalue,"saysSaraStubbins,executivedirectoroftheCommunityAssociationInstitute'sNorthCarolinacha
8、pter.Inotherwords,associationsworrythathousingpriceswillfallifprospectivebuyersthinktheirwould-beneighborsaretoopoortoafforddryers.Alexand
