首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Retrofitting houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.【C1】______time, money spent on ways to reduce heat
Retrofitting houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.【C1】______time, money spent on ways to reduce heat
admin
2018-06-28
21
问题
Retrofitting houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.【C1】______time, money spent on ways to reduce heat loss from draughty houses should produce a【C2】______return in lower fuel bills. In practice, many are cautious. Some improvements, such as solid-wall insulation and solar panels, can take over 25 years to【C3】______their initial cost. Few owners are willing to wait that long; by then many are likely to have【C4】______and moved on.
Several governments have started finance schemes designed to【C5】______this problem. Since 2008 PACE programmes have offered American homeowners loans to【C6】______improvements, repaid through higher local taxes on the property,【C7】______it belongs to. In Britain, the Green Deal offers loans over a 25-year period, with repayments added to energy bills. Countries including France and Canada have similar【C8】______.
In theory, these schemes should boost investment in common energy-saving measures, such as extra insulation and new boilers,【C9】______the first owner does not have to pay all the costs in advance. But enrolment rates have【C10】______, according to Sean Kidney at the Climate Bonds Initiative, a think-tank. In Britain, just 1% of those assessed for the Green Deal have signed up. In Berkeley, California , home of the first PACE scheme, the【C11】______rate is similarly low.
Homeowners are【C12】______chiefly because the interest rates on the loans look high. The Green Deal charges 7%; some PACE schemes a hefty 8%. As these rates are fixed for decades, they will【C13】______look unattractive when (as now) short-term interest rates are low.
Many people also【C14】______they will save enough on their energy bills to cover the repayments. For instance,【C15】______in Britain that installing loft insulation can cut energy bills by 20% have been dented by a government study that found it【C16】______gas consumption by only 1.7% on average. Others fear that green loans may reduce the value of their home. In America, firms that underwrite mortgages are【C17】______PACE loans.
Green loans have not been a failure everywhere. Around 250,000 households in Germany【C18】______for them each year. They do so【C19】______they need pay only 1% interest on them each year, thanks to an annual public subsidy of 1.5 billion. Whether that is a (an)【C20】______use of taxpayers’ money is another question.
【C3】
选项
A、estimate
B、spend
C、evaluate
D、cover
答案
D
解析
动词辨析题。该句大意为“像换上绝缘墙、太阳能电池板这样的翻新措施往往要花上超过25年的时间才能______成本”。首先,[A]estimate估计和[C]evaluate估价意思接近,可以排除;其次[B]spend花费(费用/成本)代入句中不合语义;故考虑[D]cover。cover the cost表示“支付费用,涵盖成本”,上文说“一些房屋翻新措施可以节约燃料费用”;该句说“一些措施需要25年才能“覆盖/收回成本”,根据上下文语义,[D]项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/3V6Z777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Asimpleideasupportsscience:"trust,butverify".Resultsshouldalwaysbe【C1】______tochallengefromexperiment.Thatsimple
Asimpleideasupportsscience:"trust,butverify".Resultsshouldalwaysbe【C1】______tochallengefromexperiment.Thatsimple
Oldpeoplearealwayssayingthattheyoungarenotwhattheywere.Thesame【C1】______ismadefromgenerationtogenerationand
Itwouldbeinterestingtodiscoverhowmanyyoungpeoplegotouniversitywithoutanyclearideaofwhattheyaregoingtodoa
Twiceayear,inspringandautumn,London’sfashionistasgo【B1】______atthesecondoftheworld’s"bigfour"fashionweeks.Fro
InternetdatashowsthatAmericanyoungeradultshavebecometheprimarygroupmadaboutalteringtheirpersonalappearance.Onc
ArecentBBCdocumentary,"TheTownThatNeverRetired",soughttoshowtheeffectsof【C1】______thestatepensionagebyputting
IntheSecondWorldWara"blockbuster"wasabombthatcouldeliminatewholestreets.Todayitisthekindofhitcreationthat
【F1】Aleakedstudyexamininggenetically-modifiedcornrevealsthatthelab-madealternativetoorganiccropscontainsastartli
KentishTownRoadisahumdrumhighstreetinnorthLondon.Itcontainspawnbrokers,poundshops,hairdressersandsomelong-in-
随机试题
A、 B、 C、 D、 A
关于上颌窦造影的适应证,错误的是
钠通道阻滞剂的抗心律失常药物有()。
在稳定传热条件下,若室内气温高于室外气温,下列有关围护结构传热特征的叙述哪一项不正确?
单位成果在()后,才能验收。
授信业务中最主要的内容是()。
采用成本法核算长期股权投资,下列各项中会导致长期股权投资账面价值发生增减变动的是()。
注册会计师不能认可管理层通过下列()措施支持其在财务报表中将一项关联方交易认定为公平交易。
以下关于图的叙述中,正确的是()。
ThechallengeofmakingaseriousfilmabouttheZodiac,aserialkillerwhoterrorisednorthernCaliforniainthelate1960san
最新回复
(
0
)