3．Today，home-ownership has reached extremely high levels．Modern generations tend to believe there is something wrong with them if they rent．However，is high home-ownership really as people imagine？Staring at data first，we realize that the most successful，stable，attractive country in the Western world is Switzerland．It has tiny unemployment； wealth； high happiness and mental-health scores．Does it have high home-ownership rates？Absolutely not．In Switzerland，about seven in ten of the population are renters．Yet，with Europe's lowest home-ownership rate，the nation thrives．Now go to the other end of the misery distribution．Spain has approximately the highest home-ownership rate in Europe （at more than 80%）．But one-quarter of its population are unemployed．
A likely reason is that high levels of home-ownership mess up the labour market．In a sensibly functioning economy it is easy for people to move around to drop into the vibrant job slots thrown up by technological change．With a high degree of owner-occupation，everything slows．Folk get stuck．Renters can go to new jobs．In that way they do the economy a favours．As Friedman said，the rate of unemployment depends on the flexibility of the housing market．
Next we come to economic breakdown．Most analysts accept that at heart it was the housing market-obsessive pursuit of homes，the engendered mortgage（房貸） lending and an unavoidable house-price crash-that sank the Western world．Germany，say，with its more efficient rental market，had a far smoother ride through trouble．
As for the monetary system，in the past few decades，in the hope of getting untaxed capital gains way above their true labour earnings，many people threw their spare cash into buying larger houses or building extra bedrooms．TV programmes about how to make easy money，beautiful rising house prices，and most importantly，our faulty tax system encouraged that．When at some point market broke down，everyone suffered．Our countries ought，instead，to design tax systems that encourage people to invest in productive real activities and in innovation．Renting leaves money free for better purposes．
That also points to the role of sensible budgeting over a person's lifetime．Why should we think that when we die it is necessary to have paid off an entire house？Our children do not deserve it．Let them pay for themselves．We should rent-and enjoy our lives with the money saved．
Finally，moderation usually pays off．Our scientific understanding of how economies function is horribly limited．This suggests that the golden rule should be to avoid extremes．A50-50mix of home-ownership and renting，not the 70-30split that is now observed in so many Western nations，makes sense．

74．The cases of Switzerland and Spain prove thatD
A．low home-ownership rate at about 30% is most favourable for economy
B．home-ownership mainly decides a country's citizens'mental health
C．home-ownership has a lot to do with a country's technological development
D．low home-ownership increases the mobility of job market and economy
75．The main reason to make people invest in housing market isA
A．the problematic taxing approach favouring house buying
B．people's desire to avoid their money from devaluing
C．easy channels to obtain methods to make easy money
D．people's wishes to live in large and more comfortable houses
76．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passageB？
A．Switzerland suffers the worse unemployment in Europe
B．Renting allows more money into more creative economic activites
C．Germany's effective mortgage system saw it through the western economic crisis
D．Our children have the right to enjoy the housing property we have paid off
77．What opinion does the author agree with mostC？
A．People should learn the workings of housing market
B．Laws should be set up to stop people from buying houses
C．An adequate rate of home-ownership should be kept
D．People should follow the good example of Europe in housing investment．

分析 文章講述了自置住房和租房對一國經(jīng)濟的影響，建議把自置住房和租房比例都控制在一定的比例范圍內(nèi)．

解答 74-77  DABC
74題答案是D．歸納總結題．文章第一段瑞士的例子說明低自置住房率有利于經(jīng)濟發(fā)展，高就業(yè)率；而西班牙高自置住房率，失業(yè)率卻很高．故選D．
75題答案是A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)our faulty tax system encouraged that．可知是不合理的稅收制度導致人們?nèi)ネ顿Y房地產(chǎn)行業(yè)．故選A．
76題答案是B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Renting leaves money free for better purposes．可知租房能讓人們空出更多的錢去投資其他項目．故選B．
77題答案是C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)This suggests that the golden rule should be to avoid extremes．A50-50mix of home-ownership and renting，not the 70-30split that is now observed in so many Western nations，makes sense可知一定比例的自置住房和租房應該被推廣．故選C．

點評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟類類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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On the morning of June 5th，as I walked down the sidewalk，my heart   （47）B and my mind became a factory of questions．I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would   （48）C the huge crowd of thousands of people．
After the van arrived，the other runners got out and lined up outside the van，chanting his name，"Ryan!Ryan!"Then all of the people （49）D in，"Ryan!Ryan!"The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground．There he was，in all his    （50）C．
It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch．The runner lit Ryan's torch and then Ryan began his    （51）B．As he took off down the street，the chanting became louder and louder．The  （52）D filled the air and even I felt like I was on cloud number nine．I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！He  （53）A this moment in time--a historic moment--a moment that he was a part of and  （54）C   me to be a part of，too．
Mr．Weinheimer，the next torch runner，bent over and gave Ryan a hug．That moment will last in time forever．It symbolized the whole   （55）D   of the flame：love，excitement，enthusiasm，brotherhood，and life of any man．The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all．

36．A．solutionsB．keysC．routesD．responses
37．A．dangerB．fearC．painD．puzzle
38．A．hidB．preventedC．releasedD．relieved
39．A．changeB．missC．a(chǎn)ttendD．share
40．A．exceptB．forC．duringD．before
41．A．markB．testC．numberD．decorate
42．A．coverB．beginC．continueD．lead
43．A．whileB．a(chǎn)lthoughC．ifD．unless
44．A．politeB．kindC．gratefulD．important
45．A．everB．neverC．a(chǎn)lsoD．even
46．A．a(chǎn)dmitB．refuseC．makeD．repeat
47．A．a(chǎn)chedB．racedC．stoppedD．sank
48．A．explain toB．differ fromC．respond toD．call on
49．A．joinedB．steppedC．pouredD．broke
50．A．potentialB．preferenceC．gloryD．surprise
51．A．trainingB．journeyC．lifeD．struggle
52．A．a(chǎn)nxietyB．satisfactionC．harmonyD．excitement
53．A．deservedB．recalledC．treasuredD．chose
54．A．promisedB．encouragedC．a(chǎn)llowedD．followed
55．A．mysteryB．powerC．informationD．meaning

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