Can you imagine living in a house built by recycled waste?
Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating beautiful floors with wood pieces, kitchen counters from ivory -colored bones and roofs out of license plates （牌照）．
The fantastic houses which spring from his imagination are made almost entirely of materials which would otherwise have ended up in a garbage area．
People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years; using whatever is available to build shelter, Phillips said．If you think about carefully what could be used, then building materials are everywhere．
The thirteen homes he has built so far would fit better in an art museum than the residential streets of Huntsville, a conservative town of about 35 ,000 people．
Living in these houses is a bit like living in a roadside attraction．Almost every day, somebody knocks on the door and says ' Is there any way that we could see?' said Edie Wells, an artist who rents a room in the Bone House．Her home features a stairway made of bones, floors covered in wine corks （软木塞） and beer bottle caps．Wells said visitors are most impressed when they see a bathroom with its walls, floor and ceiling entirely covered with broken mirror pieces．
In addition, each house is highly energy efficient with plenty insulation （隔热材料） , an on-demand solar hot water heater and a system that can collect and recycle rainwater to clean the toilet and wash clothes．
Phillips founded Phoenix Commotion 12 years ago with the aim of creating a new model for sustainable housing．For as little as $ 10,000 it builds affordable homes for single parents, low-ine families and artists．
The pany has used hundreds of tons of construction waste by recycling the materials into habitable buildings．
Phillips tries to spread his recycled-house idea by speaking at events across the United States, and by using the Internet to reach out to like-minded individuals．Phillips said: I'm not going to be saving the world anytime soon．But there needs to be at least some visibility for this model in this century．
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the homes built by Phillips?A．environmentally-friendlyB．energy efficientC．convenientD．cheap【小题2】What do we know about Dan Phillips?A．He is serious and hard-working．B．He is full of imagination and intelligence．C．It didn't take him long to build the houses．D．He didn't give speeches in the United States．【小题3】According to the passage, the houses are like artful treasures because they are .A．made of bonesB．museumsC．admired by peopleD．made of various trash【小题4】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A．Home Builder Dan PhillipsB．Green HomesC．Home Builder Dan Phillips Tunis Trash into Green HomesD．A Home Builder' s LifeC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章讲述了Dan Phillips利用垃圾作为建筑材料建房子。
【小题1】推理题。回收利用垃圾应该是环保，便宜。由In addition, each house is highly energy efficient with plenty insulation。可知B也是优点。但是C并未提及。
【小题2】推理题。由第二段的The fantastic houses which spring from his imagination可知Dan Phillips充满想象力。由Phillips founded Phoenix Commotion 12 years ago with the aim of creating a new model for sustainable housing可知他充满intelligence。
【小题3】推断题。根据文章可知所有的建筑都是用各种各样的垃圾做成的。这也正是这些建筑的特别之处。
【小题4】主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章是关于Dan Phillips利用垃圾作为建筑材料建房子。