单选题 Building a house costs quite a lot of money.
Suppose you plan to build a house. Your first step will be to find a right piece
of land. Your choice will depend on many different things. You will probably try
to find a sunny place, with pleasant surroundings near shops and bus stops, not
too far from your friends and the place where you work. Next
you will find a good builder, and together with the builder you will work out a
plan. The builder will draw the plan. It will show the number of rooms, their
position and size, and other parts, which must be noticed, such as windows,
doors, and electric outlets. The builder will work out how much money is needed
to build your house. He will work out the cost of the wood, bricks, the glass,
and everything else that must be used in building the house. Later on, when he
starts to build, this estimate must be corrected and revised. His estimate is
based on existing prices, but prices of such things may change, and many other
things may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when
he builds the house. When the builder gives his estimate, you
may wish to change your plan. (You may also wish to change your builder, if his
estimate is too high!) You may find that the house you wanted at first costs too
much, or that you can spend a little more and add something to your plan. The
builder's estimate depends on the plan, but the final plan depends on the
builder's estimate.
单选题
The first thing for a person to build a house is ______.
A. to get as much money as possible
B. to find a suitable piece of land
C. to work out a plan
D. to make an estimate
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 由短文首段的第三句“Your first step will be to find a right piece of land.”(你的第一步就是选好一块合适的地)可知此句正是该题答案的出处。
单选题
The phrase "draw a plan" in this passage means ______.
A. making a picture of a building or a room
B. making a plan
C. working out a plan
D. pulling a picture out of a room
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 解答该小题的重点是要理解好“draw a plan”这个短语中的关键词plan。plan在本短文中反复出现了八次，第一次出现以动词形式出现，其他七次都是名词。作名词用时其常见用法有二：计划，方案：平 面图，纸张。plan在与draw连用时，就表明：画一张建筑物的平面图。B项和C项都是把plan理解为“计划”或“方案”了，而D项则理解成“把一张图画从屋里找出来”，这是无稽之谈。由此答案非A莫属。
单选题
When the builder starts to build a house, his estimate will have to be
corrected and revised because ______.
A. it is wrongly worked out by a workman
B. the future owner of the house thinks the estimate is so high that he
cannot afford the building
C. the prices of building materials and the expenses of labor may be
different from the original prices and expenses
D. estimates are usually mistaken in the beginning