Question

Not only fashion and music are making a return—houses built in 1970s have proven to be better at cutting energy waste than those built today. The “tea cosy (茶壶套)” design, created in the mid-1970s and built in the early 1980s for low-income people, could provide a blueprint for meeting the Government aims of producing less CO₂ from homes.

The 200 houses were designed to provide low-energy housing, and depend on an inner concrete (水泥) structure that holds in heat, protected by highly insulated (隔热的) setting which produces a “tea cosy” effect. The ordinary-looking houses also depend on more windows on south-facing sides, with northerly facing doors protected by porches (门廊).

A study found the houses are 50 percent more energy efficient than the average home and use a quarter of the average energy for space heating. According to researchers, they use less than two-thirds of the power of homes built to meet 2010 building demands. And they will still be 25 percent more efficient than houses built to even more strict proposed demands for 2013. The design is one of the few that will be able to meet 2016 demands for zero-carbon homes.

They were in the beginning fixed with just one or two gas heaters per home, although most now have central heating, depending on the heat from the sun and high insulation to keep steady temperatures inside the house. To be comfortable, they only need to use heating for three to four months a year, compared with seven months for UK home on average, and can be lived with no heating at all.

With many house builders at present worrying that new homes are going to be much more expensive to build in order to meet the Government’s ambitious targets, the“tea cosy”model meets this need perfectly.

1.The underlined word“blueprint”is closest in meaning to _________.

A. photo        B. model      C. service      D. map

2.The writer develops Paragraph 3 mainly by_________.

A. analyzing data

B. giving examples

C. presenting reasons

D. making comparisons

3.According to the passage, “tea cosy” houses are better at __________.

A. saving heat for energy efficiency

B. producing solar energy at home

C. designing and building materials

D. saving building materials and energy

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文描述了20世纪70年代的茶壶盖设计的房屋更能满足现在高标准严要求的建房，而且通过比较可看出这些茶壶盖设计的房屋更节能，减排。

1.】B 词义猜测题。根据第一段的意思茶壶盖的设计能为满足政府减排的目的提供一个蓝本，接下来一段描述茶壶盖的设计用于当然房屋的设计模式。故画线单词的意思是模型，故选B。

2.】D细节理解题。第三段通过比较说明按照茶壶搞模式设计的房屋比一般的房屋，2010建房标准及更严格的2013建房标准的房屋更节能。故第三段是通过比较展开叙述的。故选D。

3.】A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段的比较和第四段的描述可看出茶壶盖设计的房屋擅长节能，故答案A正确。

考点：考查科教类阅读。