题目内容
It is culture more than anything else determines how a nation’s civilization evolves.
- A.that
- B.which
- C.why
- D.as
试题分析:句意:是文化而不是其他的来决定一个国家的文明进展。这里是强调句型,被强调部分是句子的主语,其结构是:It was+被强调部分+that/who+其他。判断强调句型的方法是把It was that这三个词去掉,整个句子不缺成分,意思完整。
考点:考查强调句型的用法。
点评:本题难度适中。强调句型是高中阶段的重难点之一,也是高考的热点,需要考生有分析理解句子的结构的能力。尤其把强调句型与其他从句混合在一起考查更增加了试题的难度。
即学即练:It is what you do rather than what you say ____matters.
A.that B. what C.which D. this
解析:A。这是一个强调主语的强调句型,去掉强调结构,剩下的是Whatyou do rather than what you say matters. 表意完整。
Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was undoubtedly good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Franklin Roosevelt held that a country of homeowners was “unconquerable.” Homeownership could even save babies, save children, save families and save America. A house with a lawn and a fence wasn’t just a nice place to live in or a risk-free investment; it was a way to shape a nation. No wonder leaders of all political types wanted to spend more than $100 billion a year on subsidies(补助)and tax breaks to encourage people to buy.
But the dark side of homeownership is now all too apparent: Indeed, easy lending stimulated(刺激)by the cult of homeownership may have triggered(引起)the financial crisis. Housing remains a drag on the economy. Existing-home sales in April dropped 27% from the previous month, worsening fears of a double-dip. And all that is just the obvious tale of a housing bubble and what happened when it popped. The real story is deeper and darker still.
For the better part of a century, politics, industry and culture lined up to create a fetish of the idea of buying a house. Homeownership has done plenty of good over the decades; it has provided stability to tens of millions of families. Yet by idealizing the act of buying a home, we have ignored the downsides. In the bubble years, lending standards slipped dramatically, allowing many Americans to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing. And we ignored longer-term phenomena too. Homeownership contributed to the hollowing out of cities and kept renters out of the best neighborhoods. It fed America’s overuse of energy and oil. It made it more difficult for those who had lost a job to find another. Perhaps worst of all, it helped us become casually self-deceiving: By telling ourselves that homeownership was a pathway to wealth and stable communities and better test scores, we avoided dealing with these frightening issues head-on.
Now, as the U.S. recovers from the biggest housing bust(破产)since the Great Depression, it is time to rethink how realistic our expectations of homeownership are—and how much money we want to spend chasing them. Many argue that homeownership should not be a goal pursued at all costs.
【小题1】Political leaders wanted to spend money encouraging people to buy houses because______.
A.owning a home was undoubtedly good |
B.homeownership could shape a country |
C.houses could save families and America |
D.homeownership was unconquerable |
A.homeownership has quite a lot of bad effects |
B.there might be another housing breakdown in the U.S. |
C.the existing-home sales will keep decreasing in the U.S. |
D.the result of homeownership is much worse than it appears |
A.Americans choose to live out of urban areas |
B.it is the way to wealth to have one’s own house |
C.it is hard for Americans to get a home loan |
D.homeownership has made many people out of work |
A.Cautious. | B.Ambiguous. | C.Favorable. | D.Optimistic. |