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阅读理解
One Saturday night, while we were sitting around our living room with some old friends, one of them started trying to remember how long we'd lived there.
“Since 1952,” I said. “We paid off the mortgage eight years ago.”
“What did you pay for it?”
“We paid $ 29,500 in 1952.”
My friend nodded knowingly and thought a minute.
“I think,” he said, “that you could get $ 85,000 for it today.”
I don't know why it is such a popular topic of conversation these days, but if any real estate dealers (房地产商) are reading this, I will give them some money-saving advice: don't waste any stamps on me with your offers to buy.
Our house is not an investment (投资). Our house is our home. We live there. It is the place we go when we don't feel like going anyplace. We do not plan to move.
Our house gives me a simple pleasure every time I come home to it. I am warmed by some ambiance (氛围) which perhaps is only dust, but it is our dust and I like it.
There's been much talk of moving, usually brought on by a leak in the roof or a neighbor we don't like. But when anyone asks me how much I think our house is worth, I just smile. They couldn't buy what that house means to me for all the money in both local banks. The house is not for sale.
1.The word “mortgage” means a certain amount of money from ________.
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2.According to the passage, we can learn that the house is a ________.
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A.careful investment
B.careless investment
C.money-losing investment
D.money-making investment
3.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
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A.It was not easy for the writer to pay off the mortgage.
B.People often talk about buying houses.
C.People never lose interest in moving.
D.Some people do not get on well with their neighbors.
4.The writer thinks that his house ________.
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5.The best title for the passage would be ________.
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A.The Structure of My House
B.The Value of My House
C.The Story of My House
D.The History of My House
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Visitors to Switzerland usually include Basel in their list of cities to visit. It has a population of over350 000, the majority of whom speak German. However, it is considered a kind of international city, because it stands at the point where three countries meet. Many visitors go to the place in the city where a small three side marker stays? France on one side, Germany on another, and Switzerland on the third. The Rhine, which divides the city, becomes wide and deep enough just at this point for ships to sail all the way up to the North Sea. Basel is quite an old city, too, having risen five centuries ago. The University Basel was founded in 1860, and it is well-known today.
1.Basel is a ________.
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A.Swiss city |
B.Sweden country |
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C.German |
D.France |
2.Basel is know as a place where ________.
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A.people from three countries often hold meetings
B.the people originally(原来) came from three countries
C.people can stand on the border of three countries
D.the majority of the people can speak three different languages
3.-Why do you suppose people can reach Basel by ship?
-Because they can sail along the Rhine from ________ to the city.
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A.France |
B.Germany |
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C.Switzerland |
D.the North Sea |
4.Basel is also well-known for ________.
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A.being a very modern city
B.having a famous old university
C.having an international market
D.being a city on the Rhine
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
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A.Visitors to Switzerland Must Go to Basel
B.Three Countries' Basel
C.Basel, a Visitor's Must
D.Basel. What a Wonderful City
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