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1、實(shí)用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)文檔"閱讀理解"1."WhenJohnandVictoriaFallsarrivedinNewYorkCityforone-yearstay,theydidnotbringverymanythingswiththem.Theyhadplannedeithertoliveinafurnishedapartmentortobuyusedfurniture.Buttheysoonlearnedaboutanewsystemthatmoreandmorepeopleareusing.Therentingofhomefurnishings(
2、bed,tables,dishes,andsoon)hasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses.Whatkindsofpeoplerenttheirhomefurnishingsinsteadofbuyingthem?Peoplewhoareinternationalbusinessorgovernmentofficials,foreignstudents,airlineworkers,youngmarriedcouple-peoplewhosejoborbusinessmayforce
3、themtomovefrequentlyfromonecitytoanother.Theysavealotoftroubleandthecostofmovingtheirfurnitureeachtime.Theysimplyrentnewfurniturewhentheyreachtheirnewhomes.Youngpeoplewithlittlemoneydonotwanttobuycheapfurniturethattheymaysoondislike.Theyprefertowaituntiltheyhaveenoughmone
4、ytobuyfurniturethattheyreallylike.Meanwhile,theyfindtheycanrentbetterqualityfurniturethantheycouldaffordtobuy.Onefamily,whonowhavealarge,beautifulhomeoftheirown,likedtheirrentedfurnituresomuchthattheydecidedtokeeprentingitinsteadofbuyingnewthings.Butusuallypeopledon'tlike
5、totellothersaboutit.Theideaofrentinghomefurnishingsisstillquitenew,andtheyarenotsurewhattheirneighborsmightthink.(248words)"譯文:"當(dāng)John和VictoriaFalls到達(dá)紐約開始他們的一年生活時(shí)，他們沒有隨身帶很多東西。他們計(jì)劃要么住在裝修好的公寓里，要么買些舊家具。但是他們很快了解到越來越多的人正在采用的一種新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌子，盤子等等）已經(jīng)成為美國(guó)發(fā)展最快的行業(yè)之一。什么樣的人是租用家具而不是買家
6、具的呢？從事國(guó)際商務(wù)的人，政府官員，外國(guó)學(xué)生，航空公司工作人員，剛結(jié)婚的年輕夫婦——那些由于工作而被迫頻繁來往不同的城市的人。他們可以省去每次搬家具的麻煩和費(fèi)用。他們到一個(gè)新家的時(shí)候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年輕人不想買那些他們可能很快就不喜歡的便宜家具。他們寧愿等到有錢時(shí)買他們真正喜歡的家具。同時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可以租比他們買得起的質(zhì)量更好的家具。有個(gè)家庭，他們有屬于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他們太喜歡租來的家具了以至于他們決定繼續(xù)租用而不買新的家具。但是人們通常不喜歡告訴別人這些。租家具的想法還是很新的，他們不能確定鄰居們對(duì)此會(huì)怎
7、么想。"1."WhichofthefollowinghasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses?_____""A"."Sellinghomefurnishings""B"."Rentingfurnishedapartments""C"."Sellingusedfurniture""D"."Rentinghomefurnishings"(V)2."Whydosomepeopleprefertorentfurniture?_____""A"."Becausethefurnituretheyg
8、etinthiswayisnew""B"."Becauseitsavesthemalotofmoney"文案大全實(shí)用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)文檔"C"."Becauseitsavesthemmuchtrouble
