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(房產(chǎn)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 是一篇新聞故事,講述了人們都關(guān)心的問題,房價一直在漲、漲、漲,以及幾位人士購房經(jīng)歷和對房價的看法.
解答 26.B.考查文章細(xì)節(jié)理解能力.根據(jù)第一段"How high can they go?"is the question on everyone's lips.房價還能怎么高,掛在人們的嘴上的就是這個問題,可知每個人都關(guān)心房價.故選B
27.A.考查推理判斷能力.根據(jù)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 私下付給房主錢,那樣的話他就沒必要給房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人錢了,故選A
28.D.考查文章細(xì)節(jié)理解能力.根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)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."
如果你買了,你覺得你買貴了.如果你不買,你想為自己錯過一個偉大的機(jī)會而自責(zé).所以Tim不知道怎么辦了,故選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,你的房子比你當(dāng)初付的價格更值.故選C
30.A.考查主旨理解能力.房價是人們都關(guān)心的問題,房價一直在漲、漲、漲,所以標(biāo)題是瘋狂的房價.選A
點評 政治類閱讀有一定難度,考生可先閱讀題干要求,帶著問題讀文章,可能會更快更準(zhǔn)的找到答案,達(dá)到事半功半的效果