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     Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices going up, up, and up.“How high can they go？” is the question on everyone’s lips.“As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, nothing might be able
to prevent housing prices going up, ” said one house seller 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
twobedroom flat in Venice, for $70,000.My friends thought then that I was overpaying.Five years later, I
had to move.I sold it for $230,000, which was a nice profit.Last year, while visiting friends here, I saw in
the local paper that the exact same flat was for sale for $510,000！”
     It is a seller’s market.Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking
price.Donna, a new owner of a onebedroom flat on Venice Beach, said, “That’s what I did.I told the
owner that whatever anyone offers you, I’ll give you $20,000 more under the table, so you don’t have to
pay your house seller any of it.I was tired of negotiating with the house sellers.”
     Tim says he hopes he 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 don’t buy, you want to kick
yourself for passing up a great opportunity.”
     Everyone says the bubble (氣泡) 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, clearly, these things go in regular 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 (被接
受). 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.”

1. If Tim had sold his flat last year, he could have earned________.

A. $510,000  
B. $440,000  
C. $280,000  
D. $160,000

2. Donna paid another $20,000 to the owner secretly because________.

A. she felt like offering 10% more
B. secret money made low price
C. the owner asked for the money
D. she was bored with bargaining

3. We can infer from Tim’s words in Paragraph 4 that________.

A. homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices
B. buying a house is always a great opportunity
C. homebuyers never make the right decision
D. both sellers and buyers become desperate

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the housing bubble?

A. It is something everyone hates to see.
B. Only experts know when it will burst.
C. It is unavoidable in the regular circles.
D. It usually stays for about twenty years
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