Question

任务型阅读。

阅读短文，并按要求完成1—5题。

English homes are usually smaller than American homes, but like Americans, old people, young families and unmarried people do not usually live together.

Many English people love old houses, and these are often more expensive than modern ones. They also love gardening. You will see gardens everywhere in towns, villages, and in the countryside. Some are very small, with just one tree and a few flowers. Others are big, with plenty of flowers and enough vegetables and fruit trees to feed a family.

Half of the families in the U.K. own homes. Millions of these houses are the same, with two or three bedrooms and the bathroom upstairs, a sitting room, dinning room and kitchen downstairs, and a small garden at the back or the front of the house. To pay for their houses, home owners borrow money from a “building society” and pay back a little every month.

One third of the English people live in rented government-owned homes. Many of these are flats, but some are houses, each with a small garden. Other people rent their homes from private owners.

There are great many different kinds of homes in the U.K., but there are not enough! It can be difficult for young people to find a home when they get married and start a family.

1题判断正误（正确写 “T”错误写 “F”）, 2题完成句子，3-4题简略回答问题，5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。

1.English homes are as big as the American homes. （   ）

2.Home owners borrow money from a___________________ and pay back a little every month.

3.How many English people live in rented government-owned homes?

_____________________________________________________________________.

4.What do many English people love?

____________________________________________________________________.

5.___________________________________________________________________.

Answer

1.F

2.building society

3.One third of the English people.

4.Old houses and gardening.

5.英国有很多不同类型的住所，但数量不够（人们住）。

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇说明文。主要介绍英国人的起居。英国的房子通常比美国小，但像美国人一样，老人、年轻的家庭和未婚的人通常不住在一起。许多英国人喜欢老房子，他们也喜欢园艺。有三分之一的英国人住在租来的国有房屋里。英国有许多不同种类的房子，但还不够！年轻人结婚成家的时候很难找到一个家。

1.细节判断题。根据短文中的句子“English homes are usually smaller than American homes,”可知，英国人的房子要小于美国人的房子。与原文不符，答案为F。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“To pay for their houses, home owners borrow money from a “building society” and pay back a little every month.”可知，答案building society。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“One third of the English people live in rented government-owned homes.”可知，有三分之一的英国人住在租来的国有房屋里。故答案为One third of the English people.

4.细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“Many English people love old houses, and these are often more expensive than modern ones. They also love gardening”可知，许多英国人喜欢老房子，他们也喜欢园艺。故答案为Old houses and gardening.

5.此句是There be 结构，表示某地有某物。many different kinds of homes很多不同类型的住所，答案为：英国有很多不同类型的住所，但数量不够（人们住）。

考点：任务型阅读。