首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
For millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of reach: "Maybe young couples can no l
For millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of reach: "Maybe young couples can no l
admin
2011-04-26
29
问题
For millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of reach:
"Maybe young couples can no longer afford to buy a ready-made house as their parents did," says 40-year-old building instructor Pat Hennin. "But they can still have a home. Like their pioneer ancestors, they can build it themselves, and at less than half the cost of a ready-made house."
The owner-builders came from every occupational group, although surprisingly few are professional building workers. Many take the plunge with little or no experience. "I learned how to build my house from reading books." says John Brown, who built a six-room home for $25,000 in
High Falls, New Jersey. "If you have patience and the carpentry skill to make a bookcase, you can build a house."
An astonishing 50 percent of these owner-builders hammer every nail, lay every pipe, and wire every switch with their own hands. The rest contract for some parts of the task. But even those who just act as contractors and finish the insides of their homes can save from 30 percent to 45 percent of what a ready-made home would cost.
One survey revealed that 60 percent of owner-builders also design their homes. Many others buy commercial house plans for less than $100 or use plans available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The phrase "take the plunge" (Line 2, Para.3) most probably means ______.
选项
A、decide to build a house
B、decide to pull down a house
C、decide to buy a house
D、decide to rent a house
答案
A
解析
本题为词汇题。从语境上看,文中涉及的是建房,所以A为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/Wm4GFFFM
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
Mostpeople______.Weliveinaright-handedworld.Itmeans______.
Mostpeople______.Monkeys______.
Somepeopleinthecityuseasmuchwaterastheywish,andtakeitforgranted.
Somepeoplethinkthemoreexpensiveaproductis,thebetteritwillbe.(但事实并非如此).
Accordingtothepassage,thecomingofonlinejobsearchingbrings______.Accordingtothepassage,theInternethasrevoluti
Manypeoplefindhomegardening______.Theamountofmoneyyouspendonyourgarden______.
Theyhurriedthereonlytofindthemeetingcanceled.Infact,they______atall.
Nowhereelseintheworld______morebeautifulscenerythaninSwitzerland.
It’sabeautifulwatch,butIcan’tpay
Therewasonceamanwhospentallhistimeinhisglasshouse.Flowerswashisname,andflowerswerehismainjoyinlife.Heg
随机试题
免疫荧光检查显示线状荧光的疾病是
肾素的合成和分泌部位是
前列腺增生症,最主要的症状是
下列哪一种药被称为补气要药
企业基于风险管理、战略投资需求,将债权投资重分类为其他债权投资,应当作为会计政策变更处理。()
ThismorningIhappenedtometaforeignerwhenI51.______wastakewalkinthepark.Itwasagoodchance
鲁迅在评《三国演义》时说:“至于写人,亦颇有失,以致欲显刘备之长厚而似伪,状诸葛之多智而近妖。”这一评述所蕴含的哲理是
基于TCP/IP的互联网服务中,IP协议提供主机之间的(6)分组传输服务 TCP协议提供端口之间的(7)报文传输服务:UDP属于(8)协议,从其下一层接收了数据以后,根据(9)将之分解成UDP数据报;应用层的(10)协议可以使用,UDP或TCP协议传输数据
Wearenowlivinginaworldinwhichrobotsaretakingovermuchofthework.Robotsmakeourcar,flyourplanes,work【C1】____
Nowadaysmanypeoplearekeenontakingexamsforallkindsofcertificates.Someofthemdothistogetsomeadvantagesinthei
最新回复
(
0
)