Question

Building a house costs quite a lot of money. Your first __16___  will be to find a 17   piece of land. Your   18   will depend on many different things. You will probably try to find a sunny place, with   19   surroundings near shops and bus stops, not too far from your friends and the place where you work. 20   you will find an excellent   21   , and together with the builder you will work out a   22  . The builder will draw the plan. It will   23   the number of rooms, their position and 24  , and other    25    which  must be  noticed,   26 windows, doors, and electric outlets. The builder will work out how much money is   27   to build your house. He will work out the   28   of the wood, bricks, the glass, and   29   else that must be used in building the house. Later on, when he starts to build,  this estimate must be corrected and revised. His estimate is based on   30   price, but prices of such things may change, and many  other things may happen   31    the time when he makes the   32   and the time when he builds the house.

When the builder gives his estimate, you may wish to change your plan. You may also wish to change your builder, if his estimate is too   33  ! You may find that some of the features you wanted at first cost too much, or that you can spend a little more and    34   something to your plan. The builder's estimate depends on the plan,  35   the final plan depends on the builder's estimate.

16.	A. step	B. plan	C. way	D. idea
17.	A. small	B. large	C. right	D. exact
18.	A. land	B. choice	C. house	D. preference
19.	A. quiet	B. pleased	C. lonely	D. pleasant
20.	A. Yet	B. Next	C. However	D. Though
21.	A. worker	B. engineer	C. builder	D. drawer
22.	A. plan	B. cost	C. suggestion	D. price
23.	A. appear	B. design	C. show	D. recite
24.	A. height	B. width	C. length	D. size
25.	A. rooms	B. doors	C. parts	D. roofs
26.	A. for example	B. such as	C. in other words	D. on the other hand
27.	A. needed	B. spent	C: collected	D. taken
28.	A. numbers	B. amount	C. cost	D. level
29.	A. something	B. everything	C. whatever	D. others
30.	A. rising	B. falling	C. existing	D. remaining
31.	A. by	B. in	C. among	D. between
32.	A. plans	B. design	C. estimate	D. cost
33.	A. expensive	B. high	C. cheap	D. low
34.	A. reduce	B. place	C. add	D. lay
35.	A. but	B. so	C. and	D. then

Answer 1

16．A

解析：此处指建房的第一步(step)是选择一块合适的土地。

17．C

解析：此处指建房选择土地。不是选大、小土地，而是选合适的土地.

18．B

解析： “选址”这个选择取决于很多东西。

19. D 

解析：一般要选择阳光充足，周围环境优美的地方。

20．B

解析：现在指下一步该干什么。

21.  C

解析： 就在此空后面有the builder，所以本空指选一个好的建筑师。

22．A

解析：从下文the builder will draw the plan可知。

23．C

解析：it指代建筑图纸，它的上面是标明了各自的位置。

24．D

解析：图纸上标的是房间数、房间的大小及位置等。

25．C

解析：一座房子不仅仅只有房间，还有其他的部分。

26．B

解析：这些部分比如说(such as)，有门、窗、电线等部分。举出部分例子用such as。

27．A

解析：此处指建筑师也会帮你算出建房要多少钱。

28．C

解析：这些材料得花费多少钱。

29．B

解析：指其他的建房需要的一切。

30．C

解析： 此时的预算只是依当时存在的价钱算的，所以在以后的日子会有浮动。

31．D

解析： 由下文的the time…与the time…可知指两段时间之间。

32．C

解析：指作预算的时间与做房子时的两个时间。

33．B

解析： 当然指价钱要得太高的话，你可能换个建筑师。

34．C

解析： add．．．to为习语，表示“把……添加到……上去”。

35. A

解析：两句话(建筑师的估计取决于计划、计划取决于建筑师的估计)之间存在对比转折关系。