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【題目】Places, People and Property with Strutt & Parker

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The world might seem focused on urbanization, but over the past five years of our Housing Futures research, we have seen the emergence of a new trend in housing the desire to move back to rural locations. With advancements in technology, villages are now more connected than ever. Our Housing Futures research, focusing on The Village Revival, identified that 21% of respondents expressed a desire to move to a village, making it probably the most popular location for buyers. Those looking to move cited neighborhood safety (86%), space between neighbors (58%) and a strong community feel (48%) as key factors to leave cities and settle in rural location. Figures show that England’s rural economy produces 210 billion of economic output. In fact, a quarter of all registered businesses are based in rural locations. The expansion of broadband and mobile communications has seen a greater rate of working from home in rural locations compared to urban areas. It seems that the same factors that once drove urbanization — improving economic and social conditions-are now inspiring the village revival. So, if you’re thinking of moving to a more rural location, Strutt & Parker is well placed to help. Our agents take the time to really understand what you’re looking for.
Guide price 795,000 A charming four-bedroom period cottage with contemporary accommodation, located in the picturesque Dorset village of Farmham.	Guide price 365,00 A generous three- bedroom family home in beautiful surroundings with impressive views over the countryside and beyond.
Guide price 775,000 A five-bedroom outstanding house with magnificent coastal views. The house was built in the 19S0s and h s been repainted and redecorated in the last five years by the current owners.	Guide price 190.000 A traditional Hebridean style cottage, constructed of stonewalls offers a fantastic opportunity to acquire a unique holiday cottage which has excellent income producing potential.

【1】Which of the following statements is FALSE about rural locations?

A.Most of the registered businesses are based in rural areas.

B.One fifth people interviewed have a desire to live in rural areas.

C.Villages are more convenient and suitable for living than ever before.

D.Villages usually have a safe, undisturbed but closely connected neighborhood.

【2】Mike is planning to invest in a village cottage (小別墅) and let it to tourists. He is most likely to choose the cottage on the __________.

A.upper left cornerB.upper right corner

C.lower left cornerD.lower right corner

【3】Readers can most probably see the above information _________.

A.in a textbookB.on a website

C.in the newspaperD.in a TV program

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

本文是一則廣告。全世界似乎都在關(guān)注城市化，但在過去5年斯特魯特和帕克房產(chǎn)代理商對住房未來的研究中，他們看到了住房方面出現(xiàn)了一種新趨勢，即希望搬回農(nóng)村地區(qū)。本文介紹了斯特魯特和帕克的四處房產(chǎn)信息。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的In fact, a quarter of all registered businesses are based in rural locations.（事實上，四分之一的注冊企業(yè)都位于農(nóng)村地區(qū)）可知，A項Most of the registered businesses are based in rural areas.（大多數(shù)注冊企業(yè)都位于農(nóng)村地區(qū)）陳述錯誤。故A選項正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)右下角的房產(chǎn)信息…offers a fantastic opportunity to acquire a unique holiday cottage which has excellent income producing potential.（提供了一個極好的機(jī)會獲得一個獨特的度假別墅，有良好的收入潛力）可知，如果想計劃投資一座鄉(xiāng)村別墅，并把它租給游客，這個別墅比較適合。故D選項正確。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)標(biāo)題下的For more properties visit our website struttandparker.com（更多信息請訪問我們的網(wǎng)站struttandparker.com），此處用了動詞visit而不是click“點擊”，由此可知這些信息極可能是來自于報紙。故C選項正確。

在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷。如第3小題，根據(jù)標(biāo)題下的For more properties visit our website struttandparker.com（更多信息請訪問我們的網(wǎng)站struttandparker.com），此處用了動詞visit（訪問）而不是click（點擊），由此可知這些信息極可能是來自于報紙。故C選項正確。