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Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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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 5 percent, there’s no telling,” remarked one realtor(房产中介) 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. My friends thought that I was overpaying then. Five years later, I had to move. I sold it for $230,000, 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 $510,000!”
It is a seller’s market. Homebuyers 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 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 he 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 don’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 1 we know that .
A．the housing price is not a daily topic at all
B．everyone is concerned about the housing price
C．no one would like to talk about the housing price
D．the housing price is a difficult question to talk about
27．Why would Donna pay $20,000 more to the owner under the table?
A．Because Donna wanted to save money.
B．Because it was worth more than the price.
C．Because Donna was tired of the realtor.
D．Because Donna never cared about money.
28．What do we know about Tim?
A．He made 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 that .
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 passage?
A．Crazy Housing Prices
B．The Homebuyers
C．Whether to Buy a House or Not
D．The Future of Housing Prices
B
A Korean wave is sweeping across China, with many Chinese women worshiping South Korean actors Kim Soo-hyun and Lee Min-ho as demigods (像神一样受崇拜的人). Chinese netizens always have different opinions over South Korean TV dramas, but there is no doubt that programs from the neighboring country are now enjoying a new round of popularity in China. And a big part of the credit for that goes to You Who Came From The Star, the South Korean TV series which is on the air now.
You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs (继承者们) have been subjects of hot online discussions throughout Asia. Besides, the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, read by the hero in You Who Came From The Star was a hard-to-get item on Amazon for a while.
The two TV programs have several common elements(要素): a tall, handsome, and rich hero who loves the heroine blindly and always protects her, and an equally handsome man madly in love with the same woman. Both programs describe the purity of love, which is expressed through a kiss or a warm hug. Perhaps that’s the secret of their success; perhaps people still like Cinderella-type stories.
The widening wealth gap is a matter of social concern both in South Korea and China, and the challenges that young people face in their hope for a better life might have caused many ordinary girls to dream of marrying rich, caring men. This is precisely what the popular South Korean TV dramas describe. In fact, South Korean TV dramas are tailored to meet the market’s demands.
Many netizens even said at an earlier time that South Korean TV dramas had become popular because of their stereotyped (模式化的) themes: traffic accidents, cancer and other incurable diseases. But all that has changed with the success of You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs, which Chinese directors can use as examples, as well as inspiration, to improve their productions.
31．What is the main reason for a new round of popularity in China?
A．The dramas are from the neighboring country North Korea.
B．Most of the Chinese Netizens have voted for them.
C．The actors in the dramas are all gods.
D．It is because of “You Who Came From The Star”.
32．Which is NOT included in the elements for the success of South Korean dramas?
A．Charming pure love stories.
B．A tender kiss and a warm hug.
C．Handsome and rich heroes.
D．The heroine’s blind love with the rich.
33．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means that they are designed to .
A．develop in a large scale B．be measured to a certain size
C．meet popular taste purposely D．be shown in a big market
34．The main purpose of stereotyped themes in South Korean dramas is to .
A．present an idea B．attract TV viewers
C．make them colorful D．arouse some challenges
35．In the last sentence, about Chinese Dramas, the writer expressed his .
A．expectation B．satisfaction
C．excitement D．requirement
