2.Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices go up,up,and up."How high can they go?"is the question on everyone's lips."As long as interest rates stay around 5percent,there's no telling,"remarked one realtor(房产中介) in Santa Monica,California.
"It's crazy,"said Tim,who is looking for a house near the beach."In 1993,i bought my first place,a two-bedroom apartment in Venice,for 70.000.Myfriendsthoughtthatiwasoverpayingthen.Fiveyearslater,ihadtomove.Isolditfor230,000,which was a nice profit.Last year,while visiting friends here,i saw in the local paper that the exact same apartment was for sale for 510,000dollars!"
It is a seller's market.Homebuyers feel like they have to feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking price.Donna,a new owner of a one-bedroom apartment in Venice Beach,said,"that's what i did,i told the owner that whatever anyone offers you,i'll give you 20,000 dollars more,under the table,so you don't have to pay your realtor any of it.I was tired of looking."
Tim says he hopes the doesn't get that desperate."Whether you decide to buy or not,you still feel like you made the wrong decision.If you buy,you feel like you overpaid.If you dong't buy,you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity."
Everyone says the bubble(泡沫) has to burst sometime,but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house.Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring."All we can say is that,unavoidably,these things go in cycles,"said the state director of housing."What goes up must come down.But,as we all know,housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down.So you can't lose over the long run.Twenty years down the road,your house is always worth more than you paid for it."
26.From Paragraph 1we know thatB.
A.the housing price is not a daily topic at all
B.everyone is concerned about the housing price
C.nobody would like to talk about the housing price
D.the housing price is a difficult question to talk about
27.Why would Donna pay $20,000more to the owner under the table?A
A.Because Donna wanted to save money.
B.Because it was worth more than the price.
C.Because Donna was tired of the realor.
D.Because Donna never cared about money.
28.What do we know about TimD?
A.He mad a wrong decision.
B.HE chose to wait for a while.
C.He wanted to kick himself.
D.He didn't know what to do.
29.The last sentence of the passage tells us thatC.
A.the housing price will go down
B.you will lose money in the long run
C.buying houses is always worthwhile
D.people always pay more for their houses
30.Which of the following is the best title of the passageA?
A.crazy Housing Prices
B.the Homebuyers
C.whether to Buy a House of Not
D.the Future fo Housing Prices.
分析 是一篇新闻故事,讲述了人们都关心的问题,房价一直在涨、涨、涨,以及几位人士购房经历和对房价的看法.
解答 26.B.考查文章细节理解能力.根据第一段"How high can they go?"is the question on everyone's lips.房价还能怎么高,挂在人们的嘴上的就是这个问题,可知每个人都关心房价.故选B
27.A.考查推理判断能力.根据第三段that's what i did,i told the owner that whatever anyone offers you,i'll give you 20,000 dollars more,under the table,so you don't have to pay your realtor any of it.I was tired of looking. 可知Donna 私下付给房主钱,那样的话他就没必要给房地产经纪人钱了,故选A
28.D.考查文章细节理解能力.根据第四段内容If you buy,you feel like you overpaid.If you dong't buy,you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity."
如果你买了,你觉得你买贵了.如果你不买,你想为自己错过一个伟大的机会而自责.所以Tim不知道怎么办了,故选D.
29.C.考查句意理解能力,文章最后一句Twenty years down the road,your house is always worth more than you paid for it.二十年后,你的房子比你当初付的价格更值.故选C
30.A.考查主旨理解能力.房价是人们都关心的问题,房价一直在涨、涨、涨,所以标题是疯狂的房价.选A
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