Question

Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans own their homes and the rest rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).
74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average（平均）,2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves, on the average，twelve times in his or her life. In Japan, a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.
【小題1】According to (根據) the passage ,where do most Americans live?

A．In the countries.	B．Around the farms.
C．In the towns near the sea.	D．In or around the cities.

【小題2】 How many American families own a cat?

A．40%

B．26%

C．74%

D．20%

【小題3】Families in the US are              .

A．becoming bigger

B．becoming smaller

C．no change

D．not sure

【小題4】Do all the children in the US have their own bedrooms?

A．Yes, they do.	B．No. Half of them do.
C．No, 5% of the them do.	D．I don’t know.

【小題5】The passage is about _________________.

A．people and homes in the United States

B．dogs and cats in American homes

C．teenagers’ bedrooms

D．moving house

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】A解析:

【小題1】細節理解題，由文中74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities得知.
【小題2】推理判斷題，狗為40%，貓是狗的一半，故選D
【小題3】細節理解題，由文中Families in the US are becoming smaller.得知
【小題4】細節理解題，由文中第四段得知
【小題5】推理判斷題，由短文大體意思得知