7．The behaviour of a building's users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use，according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre （UKERC）．The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions （排放）by 80percent by 2050，part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016．But this report shows that sustainable building design on its own-though extremely important-is not enough to achieve such reductions：the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too．
The study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency （效率），which instead focus on architectural and technological developments．
‘Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything，'explains Katy Janda，a UKERC senior researcher，‘consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design．'In other words，old habits die hard，even in the best-designed eco-home．
Another part of the problem is information．Households and bill-payers don't have the knowledge they need to change their energy-use habits．Without specific information，it's hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices．Feedback （反饋） facilities，like smart meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use； some studies have shown that households can achieve up to 15percent energy savings using smart meters．
Social science research has added a further dimension （方面），suggesting that individuals'behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predicted 一 whether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat （恒溫器），for example．
Janda argues that education is the key．She calls for a focused programme to teach people about buildings and their own behaviour in them．
66．As to energy use，the new research from UKERC stresses the importance ofB．
A．zero-carbon homes
B．the behaviour of building users
C．sustainable building design
D．the reduction of carbon emissions
67．The underlined word"which"in Paragraph 2refers to"D．"
A．the ways
B．their homes
C．developments
D．existing efforts
68．What are Katy Janda's words mainly aboutA？
A．The importance of changing building users，habits．
B．The necessity of making a careful building design．
C．The variety of consumption patterns of building users．
D．The role of technology in improving energy efficiency．
69．The information gap in energy useA．
A．can be bridged by feedback facilities
B．a(chǎn)ffects the study on energy monitors
C．brings about problems for smart meters
D．will be caused by building users'old habits
70．What does the dimension added by social science research suggestC？
A．The social science research is to be furthered．
B．The education programme is under discussion．
C．The behaviour of building users is unpredictable．
D．The behaviour preference of building users is similar．
分析 本文是一篇說明文，主要講述英國承諾，到2050年，英國的二氧化碳的排放減少80%．英國能源研究中心的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，可持續(xù)發(fā)展建筑物的設(shè)計很重要，而改變其使用者的習(xí)慣也很重要．說明建筑物的使用者的行為至少和它的設(shè)計一樣的重要，即人們家庭對于能源的消費量直接影響我們的生活環(huán)境的質(zhì)量．
解答 66．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段首句"The behaviour of a building's users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use，according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre （UKERC）．"可知：根據(jù)英國能源研究中心的研究，建筑物使用者的行為也許至少和它的設(shè)計一樣重要．故答案B正確．
67．D 詞義判斷題．此題考查which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語從句，which指代的是先行詞existing efforts現(xiàn)有的努力．故答案D正確．
68．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段Katy Janda 的話"consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design．"以及后面的"In other words，old habits die hard，even in the best-designed eco-home．"可知建筑物使用者改變習(xí)慣的重要性．故A正確．
69．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第四段"Feedback （反饋） facilities，like smart meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use"可知反饋設(shè)備能夠縮短信息差距．故A正確．
70．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段"Social science research has added a further dimension （方面），suggesting that individuals'behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predicted"可知建筑物使用者在家的行為是私人的并不可被預(yù)測的．故C正確．
點評 健康環(huán)保類文章常是介紹科學(xué)知識、生活常識和環(huán)境保護(hù)方面的短文．閱讀此類短文要以現(xiàn)象或事物為中心進(jìn)行思考，理解現(xiàn)象產(chǎn)生的原因、條件和客觀規(guī)律等．同時要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互關(guān)系等．由于此類文章缺乏故事情節(jié)，很多同學(xué)對此類文章感到費解．文章都是就事論事，需要邏輯推理和想象的時候較少，因此此類閱讀題也沒有同學(xué)們想象中的那么難，只要多加訓(xùn)練，就能較好地答題．
