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1、"閱讀理解"1."WhenJohnandVictoriaFallsarrivedinNewYorkCityforone-yearstay,theydidnotbringverymanythingswiththem.Theyhadplannedeithertoliveinafurnishedapartmentortobuyusedfurniture.Buttheysoonlearnedaboutanewsystemthatmoreandmorepeopleareusing.Therentingofhomefurnishings(bed,
2、tables,dishes,andsoon)hasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses.Whatkindsofpeoplerenttheirhomefurnishingsinsteadofbuyingthem?Peoplewhoareinternationalbusinessorgovernmentofficials,foreignstudents,airlineworkers,youngmarriedcouple-peoplewhosejoborbusinessmayforceth
3、emtomovefrequentlyfromonecitytoanother.Theysavealotoftroubleandthecostofmovingtheirfurnitureeachtime.Theysimplyrentnewfurniturewhentheyreachtheirnewhomes.Youngpeoplewithlittlemoneydonotwanttobuycheapfurniturethattheymaysoondislike.Theyprefertowaituntiltheyhaveenoughmone
4、ytobuyfurniturethattheyreallylike.Meanwhile,theyfindtheycanrentbetterqualityfurniturethantheycouldaffordtobuy.Onefamily,whonowhavealarge,beautifulhomeoftheirown,likedtheirrentedfurnituresomuchthattheydecidedtokeeprentingitinsteadofbuyingnewthings.Butusuallypeopledon'tli
5、ketotellothersaboutit.Theideaofrentinghomefurnishingsisstillquitenew,andtheyarenotsurewhattheirneighborsmightthink.(248words)"譯文:"當(dāng)John和VictoriaFalls到達紐約開始他們的一年生活時，他們沒有隨身帶很多東西。他們計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)成為美國發(fā)展最快的行業(yè)之一。什么樣的人是租用家具而
6、不是買家具的呢？從事國際商務(wù)的人，政府官員，外國學(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用。他們到一個新家的時候，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買他們真正喜歡的家具。同時，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
7、居們對此會怎么想。"1."WhichofthefollowinghasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses?_____""A"."Sellinghomefurnishings""B"."Rentingfurnishedapartments""C"."Sellingusedfurniture""D"."Rentinghomefurnishings"(V)2."Whydosomepeopleprefertorentfurniture?_____""A"."Becausethefurnit
8、uretheygetinthiswayisnew""B"."Becauseitsavesthemalotofmoney""C"."Becauseitsavesthemmuchtroubleandmoney"(V)"D".
