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It’s a good idea in the UK to arrange a mortgage with a bank before you start looking. This is when the bank tells you how much money they will lend you so you have a good idea of how much you can afford.
The next step is to go to an estate agent and see what sort of properties they have available in your budget range and in your area. If you see something you like, the estate agent will arrange for you to view the property, so that you can see the house or flat for yourself.
If you see something that takes your eye, you put in an offer. The vendor (卖家) can accept or decline this offer, and if the vendor accepts it, you can move forward with the sale. However, as you don’t pay any money at this point, the offer isn’t legally binding (具有约束力), and in theory, you can pull out of the offer at any time that you like.
Your next step will probably be to get a structural survey done. A qualified surveyor will inspect the house and write a report that illustrates any structural problems, like damp or drainage problems.
If you still want to go ahead with the sale, you need to appoint a lawyer to do the legal paperwork.. If you already own a house, you might also be busy trying to sell it. Many house owners prefer to sell to first-time buyers (those people who don’t already own a home), as they are not in a chain (waiting for other people to buy the house before they can buy their next house).
Finally, once the contracts are signed and exchanged, you complete on your house. You get the keys and you can move in whenever you want. Then you might want to throw a house-warming party. Congratulations!
小题1: Which of the following shows the right order of what happens before the people in the UK move into a new house?
a. ask for a company which represents others of properties
b. decide how much to borrow from the bank
c. examine the structure of the house
d. hire a lawyer and make a contract
e. offer the seller the right money
f. visit the house and discuss a price with the seller
A.b, a, f, d, c, e | B.b, a, f, c, d, e |
C.b, a, f, e, d, c | D.b, f, d, e, c, a |
A.People can borrow the whole money for a new house from a bank. |
B.People care for mortgages, interest rates and the prices &house. |
C.The sellers are more interested in the first-time buyers. |
D.After getting the keys, the owners sometimes have a party. |
A.Owners. | B.Surveyors. |
C.Lawyers. | D.Collectors. |
A.give some advice on the house |
B.introduces a book on travelers |
C.give some tips to buyers |
D.introduces a guide to visitors |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:本文介绍了英国人买房的过程,给买房人提供了一些实用的建议。
小题1:细节题:依据全文,正确顺序为b. decide how much to borrow from the bank--a. ask for a company which represents others of properties--f. visit the house and discuss a price with the seller--c. examine the structure of the house--d. hire a lawyer and make a contract--- e. offer the seller the right money,选B项。
小题2:细节题:本题首先是注意审题,认真阅读全文,主要从第二段最后一句“This is when the bank tells you how much money they will lend you so you have a good idea of how much you can afford”可知不是所有的钱都可以从银行借的,选A。
小题3:细节题:阅读全文,可知文章提到主人,调查员和律师,选项D“收藏家”文中未提及。
小题4:主旨题:由文章第一段People in the UK often talk about their homes: their mortgages (按揭), the interest rates, and rising prices.可知是给买房的人的建议,答案是C。
点评:本文介绍了英国人买房的过程,给买房人提供了一些实用的建议。这类文章结构清晰易懂,阅读时注意把握题干,可以快速的把握文章的结构和内容。做题时可以先看题目,带着问题看文章,有的放矢。考查细节题较多,要求考生能根据上下文的语义串联和题目的具体要求,还有做出适当的延伸和推理。
核心考点
试题【People in the UK often talk about their homes: their mortgages (按揭), the interes】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t. For starters, they provide an insider’s perspective on how men think, feel and behave. When dealing with male relatives, coworkers and even boyfriends, another man’s point of view can be incredibly useful. Three hours spent analyzing a situation in a café with your girlfriends can’t compete with a quick chat to a guy friend.
Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls. Without the judgmental gaze of other females, there is less pressure to dress up and compete for attention.
Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.
Yet in reality, as gender roles loosen and equality becomes a norm in the workplace, it has become much more common for platonic friendships to blossom.
“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for romance,” explains psychologist Linda Sapadin to Psychology Today magazine. “Now they work together and share sports interests and socialize together.”
“My boyfriend has met all of my guy friends so he’s quite accepting of me hanging out with them,” says Nellie. “Because we’ve been dating so long, there’s a level of trust where he knows I will make the right decision when choosing who to be friends with.
“He understands that the kind of time that I spend differs between guys and girls. When I’m out with the girls, we’re gossiping or talking about clothes but when I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”
小题1: What is the best title of the passage?
A.Platonic friendship can be fun and liberating. |
B.Platonic friendship can take the place of boy-or-girl friendship. |
C.Man friendship is far more exciting than woman friendship. |
D.Both man friendship and woman friendship are necessary forgirls. |
A.are hard to maintain in modern society. |
B.are impossible for most boys and girls. |
C.are quite reasonable and thought highly of by most people. |
D.are quite interesting and accepted by more and more and moregirls. |
A.Becausemen were at home and women were in the workplace. |
B.Becauseboth men and women are too shy to make friends. |
C.Because they were hard to keep in touch and only bymarrying cantheystay in touch with each other. |
D.Becausewomen were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for friendship. |
A.Her boyfriend enjoys she and her guy friend stay together. |
B.When I’m out with the boys, we’re not gossiping or talking about clothes. |
C.Sometimes whatmy guy friends giveisjustwhatI need. |
D.My boyfriend trusts me so heaccepts my decision. |
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craig list Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craig list says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?
A.Finding a job. |
B.College students’ part-time jobs. |
C.Craig list Web site. |
D.The relation between study and work. |
A.sell your old things |
B.do some shopping online |
C.create your own announcement board |
D.get useful information about 450 cities |
A.work on the airplane | B.buy a parachute |
C.publish a book | D.find a suitable job |
A.companies often put job information in local shops |
B.the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA |
C.Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers |
D.California Career Services mainly serves university students |
A.Three. | B.Four. | C.Five. | D.Six. |
My first piece of advice is to look in your fridge. What are you buying at the grocery store? Think about it: if you don"t buy junk food or snacks, your kids won"t eat them at home. Now if you"re like me — both of your kids are at school, you"ll know you can"t police them every second of the day. This is the time when you"ll need to talk to your children about their food choices. If you don"t know the right food choices, there are so many free resources on-line to guide you.
Try new things. I was very surprised to find out my 4-year-old daughter likes balsamic vinegar — she calls it the "black sauce". She likes to have it with tomatoes and cucumbers. You just never know what your kids might like.
Don"t get stressed if you can"t always prepare something healthy. You may sometimes leave the house and forget to take something out for dinner, or you are running late and there"s no time to cook before you have to take one of the kids somewhere. However, you can still make healthy choices while dining out. Many of the fast food restaurants offer fruit and milk instead of soda. I like to buy organic frozen pizzas from the organic market — for a quick dinner solution(解决办法). All the ingredients are natural. What I do is to serve the pizza with something raw: lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, or fruit to try to give the kids something healthy with that meal.
In closing, take baby steps. Don"t try to change your family"s eating habits in one go, or you"ll go nuts.
小题1:This passage is written mainly to us
A.explain why today’s kids are overweight |
B.tell us the importance of healthy eating |
C.give parents some healthy eating tips |
D.teach parents what to cook at home |
A.make sure their fridge is full of food. |
B.teach their children how to eat healthily |
C.check their children’s grades at school |
D.provide their children with their favorite food |
A.never take their kids to a fast food restaurant |
B.eat out in a nice restaurant with their kids at times |
C.choose healthy food while eating out with their kids |
D.cook healthy food for their kids however busy they are |
A.tell children what to eat at school |
B.find free resources on healthy eating online |
C.put balsamic vinegar on tomatoes or cucumbers |
D.try to change a family’s eating habits in a very short time |
But the study found that participants who made their own offers were less successful in sealing the deal and ,when they were successful? worried they overpaid Many shoppers found the process of researching an offer to be a hassle. “ Americans are very busy,and it’s less time-consuming to be the one receiving the offer rather than the one proposing the offer ” Conlon said. u People tend to be happier when they’re in the receiver role. ”
Online spending in the United States is expected to jump 45 percent in the next four years, from $ 226 billion this year to $ 327 billion in 2017,according to Forrester Research Inc. Nevertheless, researches into this prosperous market remain largely focused on the strategies of companies, rather than those o£ shoppers. Conlon’s study is ,obviously, a rare exception.
Conlon got the idea for the study after considering the difference between two popular sites for hotels and airline flights, priceline.com, which takes bids, and hotwire.com ,which provides offers. Using these two models ,Conlon and his fellow researchers conducted a series of experiments with more than 850 people who were charged with booking a fictional hotel room and acquiring a fictional antique car. Not only did participants prefer to receive bids, Conlon said ,but they also secured more deals in that receiver role. Further ,when they had to make the bids ,they were left more mentally taxed and regretful.
From an industry perspective,putting customers in the receiver role may help fill more hotel rooms and airplane seats. “If you’re a business with a lot of products3 ” Conlon said,“you may want to be the one making the offers. ” However, when selling single items, such as an antique car, accepting bids may be a better option since that typically drives up the price, he said.
小题1:What can we learn from Para. 1?
A.The result of the study gives customers more confidence. |
B.Scholars aren’t surprised at the findings of the study. |
C.Online shoppers don’t bargain as much as expected. |
D.E-commerce industry drives more hard bargains. |
A.online shopping is time-consuming |
B.given prices help promote online sales |
C.online businesses provide a lot of products |
D.receiving offers makes online shoppers regretful |
A.burdened | B.numbed | C.relieved | D.challenged |
A.the big advantages of online shopping |
B.the rapid development of online shopping |
C.online shoppers’ preference for taking offers |
D.online companies strategies to improve service |
But just as important, children learn early how to read our body language when they are conversing(交谈) with us. Here are some acceptance signals to let them know you are interested when they are talking to you. Lean(倾斜) towards them. Make good eye contact and smile. Open your arms. Let your hands relax with the palms(手掌) showing: an open, upward palm always show acceptance. If your legs are crossed, make sure you are not crossing them away from your child. These are important because they signal to your child that you are focused on them and are accepting and welcoming them into your world.
By paying attention, we can open those lines of important communication with our children and we can see the truth more clearly. I think it would be a mistake to use these tools to lie, but we need to be aware of the signals we are giving so we can show people that they really do matter to us.
小题1:According to Jan Hargrave, we can tell whether a person is lying by _______.
A.observing his/her left hand’s movements. |
B.looking at how he/ she crosses his/ her fingers |
C.observing whether he/ she uses body language |
D.making good eye contact with him/ her |
A.is hard to master for children |
B.can be understood in different ways |
C.may help improve communication |
D.is more likely to hide the truth |
A.Smile while making eye contact. |
B.Open your arms to them. |
C.Relax your hands with the palms showing. |
D.Cross your leg away from them. |
A.spend more time with their children |
B.learn to read and use body language |
C.pay attention to family communication |
D.try to prevent their children from lying |
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