（build）by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even . most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their . (able) to “air condition” a house without . ( use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat . ( slow) during cool nights, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough . (cool) the house during the hot day; . the same time, they warm up again for the night. This cycle . (go) day after day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As . (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly . thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

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    The adobe dwellings (土坯房)  .  （build）by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even   .  most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their   .   (able) to “air condition” a house without   .  ( use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat    .  ( slow) during cool nights, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough   .   (cool) the house during the hot day;  .   the same time, they warm up again for the night. This cycle   .   (go) day after day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As   .   (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly   .   thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.
    

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