统考英语B阅读理解题库（附答案及译文）

"阅读理解"1. "When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not brin

"" 阅读理解 1."WhenJohnandVictoriaFallsarrivedinNewYorkCityforone-yearstay,theydidnotbringverymanythingswith them.Theyhadplannedeithertoliveinafurnishedapartmentortobuyusedfurniture.Buttheysoonlearnedaboutanew systemthatmoreandmorepeopleareusing.Therentingofhomefurnishings(bed,tables,dishes,andsoon)hasbecome oneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses. Whatkindsofpeoplerenttheirhomefurnishingsinsteadofbuyingthem?Peoplewhoareinternationalbusinessor governmentofficials,foreignstudents,airlineworkers,youngmarriedcouple-peoplewhosejoborbusinessmayforcethem tomovefrequentlyfromonecitytoanother.Theysavealotoftroubleandthecostofmovingtheirfurnitureeachtime. Theysimplyrentnewfurniturewhentheyreachtheirnewhomes.Youngpeoplewithlittlemoneydonotwanttobuycheap furniturethattheymaysoondislike.Theyprefertowaituntiltheyhaveenoughmoneytobuyfurniturethattheyreallylike. Meanwhile,theyfindtheycanrentbetterqualityfurniturethantheycouldaffordtobuy. Onefamily,whonowhavealarge,beautifulhomeoftheirown,likedtheirrentedfurnituresomuchthattheydecidedto keeprentingitinsteadofbuyingnewthings.Butusuallypeopledon'tliketotellothersaboutit.Theideaofrentinghome furnishingsisstillquitenew,andtheyarenotsurewhattheirneighborsmightthink.(248words)" :"JohnVictoriaFalls 译文当和到达纽约开始他们的一年生活时，他们没有随身带很多东西。他们计划要么住在装修 好的公寓里，要么买些旧家具。但是他们很快了解到越来越多的人正在采用的一种新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌 子，盘子等等）已经成为美国发展最快的行业之一。 什么样的人是租用家具而不是买家具的呢？从事国际商务的人，政府官员，外国学生，航空公司工作人员，刚结婚 —— 的年轻夫妇那些由于工作而被迫频繁来往不同的城市的人。他们可以省去每次搬家具的麻烦和费用。他们到一 个新家的时候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年轻人不想买那些他们可能很快就不喜欢的便宜家具。他们宁愿 等到有钱时买他们真正喜欢的家具。同时，他们发现他们可以租比他们买得起的质量更好的家具。 有个家庭，他们有属于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他们太喜欢租来的家具了以至于他们决定继续租用而不买新的 " 家具。但是人们通常不喜欢告诉别人这些。租家具的想法还是很新的，他们不能确定邻居们对此会怎么想。 1."WhichofthefollowinghasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowingbusinesses?_____" "A"."Sellinghomefurnishings" "B"."Rentingfurnishedapartments" "C"."Sellingusedfurniture" "D"."Rentinghomefurnishings"(V) 2."Whydosomepeopleprefertorentfurniture?_____" "A"."Becausethefurnituretheygetinthiswayisnew" "B"."Becauseitsavesthemalotofmoney" "C"."Becauseitsavesthemmuchtroubleandmoney"(V) "D"."Becausetheycanalwaysgetbetterqualityfurnitureinthisway" 3."Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?______" "A"."Theideaofrentingfurnitureisnotacceptable" "B"."Rentingfurnitureisnotpopularinthecouple'shometown"(V) "C"."Onlythosewhodon'thaveenoughmoneytorentfurniture" "D"."Peopleusuallygrowtolikethefurnituretheyhaverented" 4."Whichofthefollowingcanbestserveasthetitleofthepassage?______" "A"."RentorBuy?" "B"."ANewWayofGettingHomeFurnishings"(V) "C"."FurnishedApartments" "D"."ANewldea"