______ the housing price, several measures have been adopted in the last two years.
A. Lowering B. Having lowered C. To lower D. To have lowered
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Attempt a guess at the following question: In the English-speaking world, which country has the least affordable homes? You are wrong if you guessed the US, even with the housing bubble (气泡) and main sadness. Nor is it the UK, where prices have risen because demand is far from supply. According to a recent survey of 227 cities around the globe, you must go south of the equator (赤道) to Australia to find the priciest homes.
The report measured a city’s housing market along the following guidelines. An “affordable” home required three times or less of the average family’s income to purchase. At four times earnings, a home fell into the “unaffordable” category. And a “seriously unaffordable” home needed five times a family’s income. In Australia, homes in the least affordable city cost just about 9.5 times the average income. Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne were only a little under this figure.
Australian officials offered little comment, apart from a general statement on the dismal findings. These prices make the possibility that many Australians will one day own a home largely unbelievable. Land rationing (配给制) and excessive development charges have raised prices, and the problem will only be solved through urgent action by the Rudd government.
Some American cities were also included on the least affordable list, four of which were in California. America is still involved in a mortgage（抵押）crisis, though, affecting the affordability of homes. Yet a number of US cities garnered “affordable” status, namely Dallas and Kansas. Australia had no cities listed in the top fifty places with affordable homes.
The survey suggests that you can find affordable homes in most places, just not if you’re Australian and choose to live down under.
To buy an affordable house, you should pay _____.
A. 3 times or less of the average family’s income
B. 4 times or less of the average family’s income
C. 5 times or less of the average family’s income
D. 9.5 times or less of the average family’s income
What caused the prices of houses to increase in Australia?
A. The rising family’s income.
B. The demand over supply.
C. The excessive development charges.
D. The decrease of land.
The underlined word “dismal” in Paragraph 3 may mean _____.
A. cheerful B. satisfactory C. difficult D. gloomy
What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Affordable Houses
B. A House is a Dream First
C. Housing Bubble
D. Homes Too Expensive
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
“My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in
The children don’t just plan any city . They map and analyze (分析)the housing , energy , and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100 years . With the aid of an architect （建筑师）who visits the classroom once a week , they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations . “Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom,” says the teacher who developed this program. “They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame , because there are no wrong answers in a future context . In fact , as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program , an elected “official” and “planning group” make all the design decisions for the model city , and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser .”
CBEP is a set of activities , games , and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving ; observing , analyzing, working out possible answers , and judging them based on the children’s own standards .
63．The Program is designed .
A．to direct kids to build solar collectors
B．to train young scientists for city planning
C．to develop children’s problem-solving abilities
D．to help young architects know more about designing
64．An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom .
A．to find out kids’ creative idea . B．to discuss with the teacher
C．to give children lectures D．to help kids with their program
65．Who is the designer of the program ?
A．An official . B．An architect . C．a teacher . D．a scientist .
66．The children feel free in the program because .
A．they can design future buildings themselves
B．they have new ideas and rich imagination
C．they are given enough time to design models
D．they need not worry about making mistakes
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012届海南侨中高二下学期期末考试英语卷 题型：填空题
【小题1】 They need to be quick learners and to be d___________(专注于)to the company.
【小题2】They have been living in h_____________ (融洽) with each other for many years.
【小题3】Hong Kong is blessed with the most t___________(传统的) music scene in the world.
【小题4】 The Chinese nation includes more than 50 national m_____________(少数民族）besides the Hans.
【小题5】 I felt rather a___________(尴尬的) when I couldn’t answer the teacher’ question.
【小题6】 He i_____________(继承) a fortune from his father but ran it through in no time.
【小题7】Up to now, people have been expecting the housing price are in d____________ (下降)
【小题8】The children p__________________ (抗议) when they were punished unfairly.
【小题9】A_______________(显然)，you have made a good impression on the visitors.
【小题10】 In a country as d_______________ (多种多样的) as South Africa , all this is to be expected
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江西省临川一中高三上学期联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won’t necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.
We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses. By 1932, when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929. But this doesn’t mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn’t afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone.
Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households. Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities. A 1940 book “The Unemployed Man and His Family”, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job “with tireless search for work.” He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.
The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain. Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.
Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.
Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined. So it’s only when the economy is healthy again that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.
1.In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to __________.
A. tear many troubled families apart
B. bring about a drop in the divorce rate
C. contribute to enduring family ties
D. cause a lot of conflicts in the family
2.In the Great Depression many unhappy couples chose to stick together because_______.
A. starting a new family would be hard
B. they expected things would turn better
C. they wanted to better protect their kids
D. living separately would be too costly
3.In addition to job losses. What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?
A. Mounting family debts
B. A sense of insecurity
C. Falling housing prices
D. Difficulty in getting a loan
4.What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?
A. It will irreparably damage their relationship
B. It will undermine their mutual understanding
C. It will help strengthen their emotional bonds
D. It will force them to pull their efforts together
5.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate
B. Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships
C. A stable family is the best protection against poverty.
D. Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013-2014学年云南省高一上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
In 1970, my five brothers, my sister and I lived in the housing projects of Toronto with our parents. My father was a factory worker, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets of the projects sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around the Christmas in 1970, my father was out of his job and money was tight. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure what they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not disappoint the other kids in the neighborhood.
As my father left the house and went down the walkway, Santa Claus was walking up, with a great sack full of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a Merry Christmas. The happy man handed Dad the sack and walked away down the block.
We never knew who the man was and who showed us great kindness on a snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger. Each year we tell the story of the mysterious Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving gifts to others in need.
1.The author’s father ________.
A. was once the richest man in his hometown
B. was working in a government office
C. had to support a family of 9 people
D. looked like Santa Claus most
2.What happened in 1970?
A. The author’s father was out of work.
B. The author’s mother lost her job.
C. They had a little money left for Christmas.
D. They had the worst Christmas in their lives.
3.The author’s family knew ________.
A. who the mysterious Santa Claus was
B. why the mysterious Santa Claus helped them
C. how they could repay the mysterious Santa Claus
D. they could find the mysterious Santa Claus one day
4.It can be inferred（推断）that ________.
A. the mysterious Santa Claus was one of their relatives
B. the mysterious Santa Claus was a rich man in the area
C. the sack from the mysterious Santa Claus was very expensive
D. the author’s family were all thankful to the mysterious Santa Claus
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