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Retrofitting houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.【C1】________time, money spent on ways to reduce hea
Retrofitting houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.【C1】________time, money spent on ways to reduce hea
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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 Ukely 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 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.
【C18】
选项
A、arm with
B、signup
C、write out
D、call on
答案
B
解析
词组辨析题。A项arm with武装;B项sign up注册,签约;C项write out写出;D项call on号召。上文出现过这么一句:In Britain, just 1% of those assessed for the Green Deal have signed up. 该句说:Around 250,000 households in Germany________for them each year. 显然sign up一词为原词复现。且选项中,与for一词形成搭配的只有sign up一项,sign up for表示“注册,报名参加”,故本题答案为B项。
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