单选题Why is a “selling panic” much less likely in the housing market?A Because most houses are primary residences.B Because people have locked in low mortgaged rates.C Because people could only qualify for smaller mortgages.D Because people don’t believe ho

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单选题
Why is a “selling panic” much less likely in the housing market?
A

Because most houses are primary residences.

B

Because people have locked in low mortgaged rates.

C

Because people could only qualify for smaller mortgages.

D

Because people don’t believe housing market would crash.


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4.When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent tent officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or buw homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.11.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?A.Selling home furnishings.B.Renting furnished apartments.C.Selling used furniture.D.Renting home furnishings.12.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.B.Because it saves them a lot of money.C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.13.What can you infer from the passage?A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.C.Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.14.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A.Rent or Buy?B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.C.Furnished Apartments.D.A New Idea.15.Young people liked renting home furniture because_________A.they have less money.B.they don’t want to buy old furniture.C.the new furniture is of good quality.D.they don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.

更多“单选题Why is a “selling panic” much less likely in the housing market?A Because most houses are primary residences.B Because people have locked in low mortgaged rates.C Because people could only qualify for smaller mortgages.D Because people don’t believe ho”相关问题
  • 第1题:

    Why does the author think the BMGF is the most innovative and successful in history? _________.

    A. Because their money is ruled to be given to the really needy people.

    B. Because they insist that good intentions should lead to good results.

    C. Because their response is immediate if the need is immediate.

    D. Because they have to know that every check from Seattle is actually used.


    正确答案:A
    逻辑推理题。作者为什么认为RMGF是历史上最创新、最成功的基金会?根据全文内容来看,是因为这个基金会的所以基金都是用来帮助世界各地最最需要帮助的人。从四个选项来看,只有A项“Because their money is ruled to be given to the really needy people.”最符合题意,所以正确答案是A。

  • 第2题:

    25. Why do we call the sun"a life-giving star"?

    A. Because it gives us warmth.

    B. Because there are some living things on it.

    C. Because plants and animals can't live without it.

    D. Because people have to live in the dark without it.


    正确答案:C
    z5.C【解析】由最后一段中“The' sun gives us...1t makes life possible on our earth.”可知。

  • 第3题:

    Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of what they do because _______.

    A. they don’t like their parents’ way of life

    B. they are not likely to win over the adults

    C. they have already been accepted into the adult world

    D. they don’t want to be isolated from people of their own age


    正确答案:D

  • 第4题:

    Why do women seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves?

    A) Because they have no visual spatial skills.

    B) Because they are only good at language and verbal reasoning.

    C) Because they are less likely to see their charming or interesting aspects.

    D) Because they rarely use machines such as cars, titles, computers, etc.


    正确答案:C
    答案:C
    [试题分析] 事实判断题。
    [详细解答] 文章最后一句话指出A woman is more likely to see her car,rifle.or computer as a useful tool,而后面的转折句but not in itself fascinating显然是对其说明,可以推断本题答案为C。

  • 第5题:

    .Why do Americans like to go to fast food restaurants?

    A.It is because fast food restaurants are fast,informal,and inexpensive.

    B.It is because people can easily find fast food restaurants.

    C.It is because people like to eat hamburgers.

    D.It is because fast food restaurants sell nearly every kind of food.


    正确答案:A
    根据文章第三自然段中的内容“customers can wear any type of dress whenthey go to a fast food place”可以推断到快餐店就餐可不拘礼节;“Second,they are fast”表示(第二点)快餐店食品供应速度快;“Finally most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive”说明快餐店的又一特点是大多数食物都不贵。由此可选择出正确答案。

  • 第6题:

    Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in manyways because__________.

    A.people there have got so accustomed to their conditions that they seldom think it necessary to change
    B.people there have identical needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty
    C.people there are easy to please
    D.people there are less disputed

    答案:A
    解析:
    由第一段最后一句“although conditions may not be satisfactory,they are at least custom-ary and undisputed”可知答案为A,此选项是对原文的同义转述。

  • 第7题:

    共用题干
    A Letter from Alan
    I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the land called Parson's Place by the football ground .Few people know about this new plan to increase the size of our town.For me,
    Parson's Place is special because it is a beautiful natural area where local people can relax-the small wood has many unusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen and bird-watchers'
    It's very quiet because there are few houses or roads nearby.I think that losing this area will be terrible because we have no other similar facilities in the neighbourhood.
    I am also against this plan because it will cause traffic problems.How will the people from the new houses travel to work?The motorway and the railway station are on the other side of town.
    Therefore,these people will have to drive through the town centre every time they go anywhere.
    The roads will always be full of traffic,there will be nowhere to park and the tourists who come to see our lovely old buildings will leave .Shops and hotels will lose business.If the town really needs more homes,the empty ground beside the railway station is a more suitable place.
    No doubt the builders will make a lot of money by selling these houses.But,in my opinion, the average person will quickly be made poorer by this plan.As well as this,we will lose a very special place and our town will be much less pleasant.
    I am going to the local government offices on Monday morning to protest about this plan and I hope that your readers will join me there.We must make them stop this plan before it is too late.

    Why has Alan written this letter?
    A: To persuade the government to build new houses.
    B: To protest about a new motorway near the town.
    C: To encourage more people in the town to use Parson's Place.
    D: To inform other people about the builders' plans.

    答案:D
    解析:
    细节题。根据第一段“Few people know about… the size of our town.”以及对全文理解可知,Alan写这封信是为了让其他人了解建筑商计划。因此D项正确。
    细节题。根据第一段“For me , Parson's Place is…with fishermen and bird-watchers.” 可以知道答案。因此C项正确。
    细节题。根据第二段中“The roads will always be full of traffic…see our lovely old buildings will leave.”可以知道,如果按照建筑商的计划,公路上将总是有很多车辆,却没有地方来停车。因此A项正确。
    细节题。根据第三段中“But, in my opinion , the average person will quickly be made poorer by this plan.”可知道答案。因此D项正确。
    主旨题。Alan在本文中一直在说抵制建筑商在帕森场上建造房屋的计划。因此B 项正确。

  • 第8题:

    Why has Australia always been a continent with few people?()

    • A、Because Australia is too far away from Europe.
    • B、Because Australia is the least mountainous and most level of the world.s continents.
    • C、Because Australia is separated from the rest of the world by seas.
    • D、Because most of the continent is hot and dry.

    正确答案:D

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    Some old people don’t like pop songs because they can’t ______ so much noise.
    A

    resist

    B

    sustain

    C

    tolerate

    D

    undergo


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    句意:一些老年人不喜欢流行歌曲是因为他们无法忍受那么多的噪音。tolerate忍受,容忍(不好的东西的存在)。resist抵抗,抵制,多指抗拒一些不好的东西,并带有强烈的感情色彩。sustain支撑,维持。undergo经历,遭受,强调过程。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    Why is a “selling panic” much less likely in the housing market?
    A

    Because most houses are primary residences.

    B

    Because people have locked in low mortgaged rates.

    C

    Because people could only qualify for smaller mortgages.

    D

    Because people don’t believe housing market would crash.


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    录音中明确指出“selling panic”(抛售大恐慌)不可能发生原因是“most houseing are primary residences”,即大多数的房屋都主要是住宅,故选A。
    【录音原文】
      Do you think the housing market will crash and prices will go down? If so, what time frame do you suggest? You’re not the only one who’s worried about whether the housing market is another “bubble” ready to burst. Yes, it’s certainly likely that — at some point — housing prices will stop rising as quickly as they have been recently and may even fall somewhat.
      But earlier dire predictions of an impending housing crash in recent times haven’t come about. One reason a “crash” is unlikely is that the housing market is structured much differently from investment markets like stocks or commodities. A “selling panic”, for example, is much less likely in the housing market because most houseing are primary residences. If everyone wanted to sell at once, where would we all live?
      The impact on average price also tends to be gradual because housing price trends are very local; a lot has to do with how the supply of housing in a given area compares to demand. In some markets, where the local economy is in decline and everyone is leaving, housing prices can and do fall. But in areas where the economy is strong and there’s little space for new construction — prices will most likely continue to rise.
      There are plenty of doomsday scenarios out there; A prolonged, steep recession could eventually bring steep housing price declines. A sharp rise in interest rates would likely cool demand for houses and force prices lower — because potential buyers would qualify for smaller mortgages. But many homeowners have locked in low rates and wouldn’t feel the impact of higher rates on their monthly mortgage payments.

  • 第11题:

    填空题
    Why do more middle-aged adults have to take care of their aging parents?Because people are living ____.

    正确答案: longer and longer
    解析:
    根据试卷已给信息可知,该题是因果关系题。与人们的生存或生命状态相关的某事,听的时候要抓住与生存、生命状态有关的词语。如由“live longer and longer”可推知,由于寿命变长,才会出现养老困境。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    People who are closely ______ to each other usually have similar appearances because much of their genetic makeup is shared.
    A

    related

    B

    relevant

    C

    relation

    D

    reliant


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    句意:由于大部分的基因构成相同,血缘很近的人往往长得很像。be related to为固定短语,意为“与…有关”。genetic makeup基因构成。

  • 第13题:

    Why do people replace the term creationism with the term intelligent design nowadays?

    A.Because "intelligent design" represents the modified theory of evolution.

    B.Because they believe God created different species.

    C.Because the term creationism is unscientific.

    D.Because the term creationism is too direct.


    正确答案:D
    解析:人们使用“intelligent design”不仅因为这个词语更带有科学性,而且还因为creationism带有过于明显的宗教色彩。That's too obvious即表达了这层意思。

  • 第14题:

    What is the moral lesson of the story?

    A. An act of kindness may help develop honesty in a person.

    B. An act of kindness may turn all thieves into honest people.

    C. People are honest because they have all been treated kindly.

    D. People are dishonest because they have been treated unkindly.


    正确答案:A

  • 第15题:

    People sometimes don’t pay much attention to what a film is about because _______.

    A.they dislike it

    B.the crowd is too noisy

    C.the landscape is a mighty distraction

    D.the weather is very hot in the summertime


    正确答案:C

  • 第16题:

    B

    Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to,bring water to the deserts. But more and more places of the earth is becoming deserts all the time, Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. Scientists think that people make deserts. People are do-ing bad things to the earth.

    Some places on the earth don-t get very much rain. But they still don-t become deserts.This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants don't let the wind blow the earth away. When 8 little bit of rain falls,the plants hold the water. Without plants,the land can become a desert much more easily.

    ( )26. Why can the land become a desert?

    A. Because some places don't get very much rain.

    B. Because plants don-t let the hot sun make the earth even drier.

    C. Because people don't keep the earth well.

    D. Because scientists haven-t learnt enough about the deserts.


    正确答案:C
    26.C【解析】文章第一段提供的信息表明良田变成了沙漠是人为的。故此题选C。

  • 第17题:

    29. Why do people like teleshopping?

    A. Because they like watching TV.

    B. Because they can do some shopping at home,

    C. Because they like the heavy traffic.

    D. Because they think the things on TV are good.


    正确答案:B
    29.B【解析】主要原因就是不出家门就可以买东西。

  • 第18题:

    Many could not attend good schools,get good jobs,or live in nice houses because of the color of their( ).


    A. faces
    B. skin
    C. bodies
    D. people

    答案:B
    解析:
    解题指导: 要填入词语所在句子的意思是“……由于它们皮肤的颜色”,这里应填入含有“皮肤”意思的词语。故答案为B。

  • 第19题:

    共用题干
    A Letter from Alan
    I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the land called Parson's Place by the football ground .Few people know about this new plan to increase the size of our town.For me,
    Parson's Place is special because it is a beautiful natural area where local people can relax-the small wood has many unusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen and bird-watchers'
    It's very quiet because there are few houses or roads nearby.I think that losing this area will be terrible because we have no other similar facilities in the neighbourhood.
    I am also against this plan because it will cause traffic problems.How will the people from the new houses travel to work?The motorway and the railway station are on the other side of town.
    Therefore,these people will have to drive through the town centre every time they go anywhere.
    The roads will always be full of traffic,there will be nowhere to park and the tourists who come to see our lovely old buildings will leave .Shops and hotels will lose business.If the town really needs more homes,the empty ground beside the railway station is a more suitable place.
    No doubt the builders will make a lot of money by selling these houses.But,in my opinion, the average person will quickly be made poorer by this plan.As well as this,we will lose a very special place and our town will be much less pleasant.
    I am going to the local government offices on Monday morning to protest about this plan and I hope that your readers will join me there.We must make them stop this plan before it is too late.

    In Alan's opinion,why is Parson's Place particularly important?
    A: Because there's a football ground nearby.
    B: Because lots of people live near it.
    C: Because it is a place near the town where people can enjoy nature.
    D: Because local people can get there easily by car from the town.

    答案:C
    解析:
    细节题。根据第一段“Few people know about… the size of our town.”以及对全文理解可知,Alan写这封信是为了让其他人了解建筑商计划。因此D项正确。
    细节题。根据第一段“For me , Parson's Place is…with fishermen and bird-watchers.” 可以知道答案。因此C项正确。
    细节题。根据第二段中“The roads will always be full of traffic…see our lovely old buildings will leave.”可以知道,如果按照建筑商的计划,公路上将总是有很多车辆,却没有地方来停车。因此A项正确。
    细节题。根据第三段中“But, in my opinion , the average person will quickly be made poorer by this plan.”可知道答案。因此D项正确。
    主旨题。Alan在本文中一直在说抵制建筑商在帕森场上建造房屋的计划。因此B 项正确。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    People trusted Freud because ______.
    A

    they found it hard to believe the astrologers

    B

    Freudian theory sounded reasonable

    C

    they couldn’t make a sensible judgment

    D

    they wanted to have insights into human beings


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    推断题。第二段倒数第三句提到弗洛伊德将严肃的医学和心理学术语融入到其理论当中,下一句则指出“This gave them authority.”(这使弗洛伊德的理论显得具有权威性),由此可知弗洛伊德的理论听起来很合理是人们相信他的原因。故选B。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because______.
    A

    young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at college

    B

    many young people are required to join the army

    C

    young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher education

    D

    young people don’t like the intense competition for admission to graduate school


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    大学里退学率增加的原因是“Others find no stimulation in their studies,and drop out…”(第二段末句),即:有些学生对学业没有兴趣,于是就退学,故C项正确。

  • 第22题:

    填空题
    Why do people like smaller cars now?Because the cost of gas has ____.

    正确答案: greatly increased
    解析:
    细节题。从听力原文中 “However, the price of gas has greatly increased in recent years”可知,此处应该填greatly increased。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    A lot of blind people in the world have to suffer because ______.
    A

    ORBIS didn’t do its best to offer help

    B

    there is no good medical knowledge and skills

    C

    some countries can’t afford medical knowledge and skills

    D

    developing countries don’t pay much attention to the blind


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    细节理解题。在谈到有2800人不用受苦,作者紧接着说“Unluckily, rich countries have this knowledge, but developing countries do not”,很多发展中国家不知道这些。下文又提到ORBIS为这些国家提供支持。所以世界上还有许多盲人受苦是因为有些国家无法支付他们学习知识的费用。

  • 第24题:

    单选题
    When seeing others living alone, some people panic because they think singleton is _____.
    A

    abnormal

    B

    diversified

    C

    unimaginable

    D

    disgusting


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    第三段的最后一句作者提到我们的社会是本能的群体社会,当人们看到其他人在不露声色地违反群体社会原则并与“标准”的家庭和夫妻关系原则背道而驰就会大惊小怪,并且猛烈地抨击他们。