Question

Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans own their homes and the rest rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).
74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average（平均）,2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves, on the average，twelve times in his or her life. In Japan, a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.
【小题1】According to (根据) the passage ,where do most Americans live?

A．In the countries.	B．Around the farms.
C．In the towns near the sea.	D．In or around the cities.

【小题2】 How many American families own a cat?

A．40%

B．26%

C．74%

D．20%

【小题3】Families in the US are              .

A．becoming bigger

B．becoming smaller

C．no change

D．not sure

【小题4】Do all the children in the US have their own bedrooms?

A．Yes, they do.	B．No. Half of them do.
C．No, 5% of the them do.	D．I don’t know.

【小题5】The passage is about _________________.

A．people and homes in the United States

B．dogs and cats in American homes

C．teenagers’ bedrooms

D．moving house

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】B
【小题5】A解析:

【小题1】细节理解题，由文中74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities得知.
【小题2】推理判断题，狗为40%，猫是狗的一半，故选D
【小题3】细节理解题，由文中Families in the US are becoming smaller.得知
【小题4】细节理解题，由文中第四段得知
【小题5】推理判断题，由短文大体意思得知