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Part H Vocabulary (10%)

Passage Six

Whitening the world ’ s roofs would offset the emissions of the world5 s cars for 20 years, according to a new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Overall, installing lighter-colored roofs and pavement can cancel the heat effect of two years of global carbon dioxide emissions, Berkeley Lab says. It5 s the first roof-cooling study to use a global model to examine the issue.Lightening up roofs and pavement can offset 57 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, about double the amount the world emitted in 2006, the study found. It was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

Researchers used a conservative estimate of increased albedo, or solar reflection, suggesting that purely white roofs would be even better. They increased the albedo of all roof by 0.25 and pavement by 0.15. That means a black roof, which has an albedo of zero, would only need to be replaced by a roof of a cooler color—which might be more feasible to implement than a snowy white roof, Berkeley Lab says. The researchers extrapolates a roof ’ s CO2 offset over its average lifespan, if all roofs were converted to white or cool colors, they would offset about 24 gigatons (24 billion metric tons) of CO2, but only once. But assuming roofs last about 20 years, the researchers came up with 1.2 gigatons per year. That equates to offsetting the emissions of roughly 300 million cars, all the world, for 20 years.Pavement and roofs cover 50 to 65 percent of urban areas and cause a heat-island effect because they absorb so much heat. That’s why cities are significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. This effect makes it harder—and therefore more expensive—to keep buildings cool in the summer. Winds also move the heat into the atmosphere, causing a regional warming effect.

Energy secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate in physics (and former Berkeley Lab director), has advocated white roofs for years. He put his words into actions by directing all Energy Department offices to install white roofs. All newly installed roofs will be white and black roofs might be replaced when it is cost-

effective over the lifetime of the roof. “ Cool roofs are one of the quickest and lowest-cost ways we can reduce our global carbon emissions and begin the hard work of slowing climate change. ” he said in a statement.

86. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. A Decline in Car Emissions B. White Roofs or Black Pavements

C. The Effect of Lightening-up Roofs D. Climate Change and Extreme Weathers

87. As indicated by the passage, black roofs .

A. are better than snowy white ones

B.reflect no heat from the sun

C. are more expensive to build in the urban areas

D. are supposed to be replaced by snowy white ones

88. If they are converted to white or cooler colors, all roofs in the world in their lifetime .

A. can absorb 1.2 gigatons of CO2 a year

B. could serve as 300 million cars in terms of emission

C. would offset the emissions from 300 million cars

D. would offset about 24 gigatons of CO2 as emitted from the cars

89. According to the passage, it is hard and expensive to keep the urban buildings cool because

of .

A. the heat-island effect B.the lack of seasonal winds

C. the local unique weather D. the fast urban shrinkage

90. Energy Secretary Steven Chu implies that .

A. nothing could be more effective in cooling global warming than method he has advocated

B. the method in question still needs to be justified in the future

C. our global carbon emissions can be reduced by half if cool roofs are installed

D. weather change and global warming can be addressed in no time

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