2014年 Passage 4:

题36

The  author believes that the housing sector____.

题37

It can  be learned that affordable housing has____

题38

According  to Paragraph 5, George Osborne may____.

题39

It can  be inferred that a stable rental environment would____.

题40

The  author believes that after 2015, the government may____.

话题

可能主旨

可能态度

段一：

1

infrastructure

基础设施

2

contribute to…:

1） 对…做出贡献  2）(文中含义) 导致…

3

broadband

宽带

4

mention

提到

句1

When the government talks about infrastructure contributing to  the economy，the focus is usually on roads, railways, broadband and energy.

当政府谈到有助于经济发展的基础设施时， 其关注点通常是公路、铁路、宽带和能源。

句2

Housing is seldom mentioned.

住房则很少被提及。

段二：

词汇

5

to some extent

某种程度上

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housing sector

房地产业

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shoulder the blame

承担责任

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communicate the real value

传递真正的价值

9

scale

规模

10

shove for attention

得到关注

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multi-billion

几十亿

12

inevitable

不可避免的

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be politically charged

充满了政治色彩

句1

Why is that? To some extent the housing sector must shoulder  the blame.为什么会这样呢？ 在某种程度上， 住房部门必须承担责任。

句2

We have not been good at communicating the real value that  housing can contribute to economic growth.一直以来我们都不善于阐明住房在经济增长中的真实价值。

句3

Then there is the scale of the typical housing project. 于是就有了典型的住房项目的规模。

句4

It is hard to shove for attention among multibillion-pound  infrastructure project, so it is inevitable that the attention is focused  elsewhere. 在众多价值数亿英镑的基础设施项目中， 住房项目很难获得关注，  所以焦点势必会落在其他地方。

句5

But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has  always been so politically charged.但是， 也许最重要的原因是该问题一直充满着政治因素。

题36

The  author believes that the housing sector____.

A

has  attracted much attention

B

has  lost its real value in economy

C

shoulders  too much responsibility

D

involves  certain political factors

同义

替换

选项=原文的                                    

段三：

词汇

14

affordable

负担得起的

15

desperate

令人绝望的

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waiting list

等候名单

句1

Nevertheless, the affordable housing situation is desperate. 然而， 经济适用房的状况却令人绝望。

句2

Waiting lists increase all the time and we are simply not  building enough new homes.等候批准的申请人名单一直在增加， 而我们却没有建造出足够多的新房子。

段四：

词汇

17

comprehensive

综合的

18

spending review

花费的回顾

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offer an opportunity

提供一个机会

20

rectify

纠正

21

put historical prejudices to one side

把政治偏见放一边

22

address our urgent need

解决我们紧急的需求

句1

The  comprehensive spending review offers an opportunity for the government to  help rectify this.  综合开支审查给政府提供了一个机会来纠正该问题。

句2

It  needs to put historical prejudices to one side and take some steps to address  our urgent housing need. 政府需要将历史性偏见放到一边，并采取一些措施来解决我们对住房的迫切需求

题37

It can  be learned that affordable housing has____

A

suffered  government biases

B

increased  its home supply

C

offered  spending opportunities

D

is appointed  the government

同义

替换

选项=原文的                                    

段五：

词汇

23

comprehensive

综合的

24

spending review

花费的回顾

25

offer an opportunity

提供一个机会

26

rectify

纠正

27

put historical prejudices to one side

把政治偏见放一边

28

address our urgent need

解决我们紧急的需求

句1

There are some indications that it is preparing to do just  that.有一些迹象表明政府正在准备这样做。

句2

The community minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George  Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the  current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their  housing stock debt.社区部长Don Fosster 暗示， 财政大臣George Osborne 可能会对现行的地方政府存量债务的借贷金额上限采取更灵活的政策。

句3

Evidence shows that 60,000 extra new homes could be built over  the next five years if the cap were lifted, increasing GDP by 0.6%.有证据表明， 要是提高上限的话， 额外的6万套新房将于5年内建完， 而这将使GDP上升0.6%。   

题38

According  to Paragraph 5, George Osborne may__

A

prepare  to reduce housing stock debt

B

release  a lifted GDP growth forecast

C

allow  greater government debt for housing 

D

stop  local authorities from building homes

同义

替换

选项=原文的                                    

段六：

词汇

29

indicate

表明

30

hint

表明

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flexible

有弹性的

32

cap

n．限制

33

local authorities

当地政府

34

stock debt

债券

35

lift the cap

取消限制

36

certain

确定的

37

certainty

确定性

38

impact

影响

39

registered provider

注册的房产商

40

revenue

（常指公司或国家的）收入

句1

Ministers should also look  at creating greater certainty in the rental environment, which would have a  significant impact on the ability of registered providers to fund new  developments from revenues.部长们还应当关注提高房屋租赁环境的确定性，这将对注册供应商们使用公司收入来资助新住房建设的能力产生重大影响。

题39

It can  be inferred that a stable rental environment would           .

A

lower  the costs of registered providers

B

relieve  the ministers of responsibilities

C

contribute  to funding new developments

D

lessen  the impact of government interference

同义

替换

选项=原文的                                    

段七：

词汇

41

be down to the government

落实到政府

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grant

补助

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to fund

资助

44

expire

过期

45

coalition

n. 联合

46

return to power

重新执政

47

be unlikely to

不可能

48

era

时代

句1

But it is not just down to the government.但是， 这不只是政府的责任。

句2

While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we  must face up to the fact that the existing ￡4.5bn program of grants to fund  new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended  beyond then.虽然这些措施在短期内会受到欢迎， 但是我们必须勇于面对这样的现实：目前用于投资建设新经济适用房的45亿英镑拨款项目将于2015年到期， 并且不太可能得到延期。

句3

The Labor Party has recently announced that it will retain a  large part of the coalition’s spending plans if it returns to power.工党最近宣布， 如果其再度执政， 将会保留大部分的联合政府支出计划。

句4

The housing sector needs to accept that we are very unlikely  to ever return to era of large-scale public grants. 住房部门需要接受的是， 我们不太可能回到政府提供大规模公共拨款的时代。

句5

We need to adjust to this changing climate. 我们需要适应这种正在变化的趋势。

题40

The  author believes that after 2015, the government may____.

A

implement  more policies to support housing 

B

stop  generous funding to the housing sector

C

renew  the affordable housing grants program

D

review  the need for large-scale public grants

同义

替换

选项=原文的