高房价让越来越多美国人选择租房
高房价让越来越多美国人选择租房

                                                                                                      

It was reported(报道) that there were about 43 million American renters in 2017. They spent $485.6 billion in renting houses. It’s $4.9 billion more than 2016. Last year, renters family spent nearly $11,300 on average. The highest-paying renters live in New York City and Los Angeles. The number of Americans choosing to rent rather than buy their houses is becoming bigger.
About 1 million new renters join the market each year, and new renters are older and richer, according to a recent(最近的) report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Economist(经济学家) Terrazas said that house prices are so high that people can’t afford to buy a house.

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1.How many Americans rented houses in 2017?

A 4.3 million.

B 4.9 million.

C 43 million.

D 430 million.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句It was reported that there were about 43 million American renters in 2017. 可知据报道2017年美国约4300万租房者，故选C。

2.How much money did people spend in 2016 in renting houses?

A $4.9 billion.

B $480.7 billion.

C $485.6 billion.

D $490.5 billion.

解析：选B。B 数字计算题。根据第一段第二三句They spent $485.6 billion in renting houses. It’s $4.9 billion more than 2016.可知2017年在租房上的花费达4856亿美元，比2016年多49亿美元，2016年花费为4856-49=4807亿美元，故选B。

3.__________ Americans choose to rent houses.

A Fewer

B More

C No

D Some

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句The number of American choosing to rent rather than buy their houses is becoming bigger.可知选择租房而不是买房的美国人数量增长，也就是更多人选择租房了，故选B。

4.There are about__________ Americans beginning to rent houses every year.

A 1 million

B 43 million

C 4.9 million

D 485.6 million

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句About 1 million new renters join the market each year可知每年有大约100万新租户，故选A。

5.Why don’t people buy a house?

A Because people like to rent houses.

B Because houses are expensive.

C Because houses are cheap.

D Because people move so often.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句 Economist Terrazas said that house prices are so high that people can’t afford to buy a house.可知高房价使得人们买不起房子，即房子太贵了，故选B。