[单项选择]According to building societies, house prices in England in 2005 ______.

[单项选择]According to building societies, house prices in England in 2005 ______.

[单项选择]Before building a house, you will have to （　） the government's permission.
A. get from
B. follow
C. receive
D. ask for

[单项选择]According to the passage, modern societies control supply and demand ______.
A. by fixing prices in specific industries
B. by means of money and the price mechanism
C. by keeping a watchful eye on relative price changes
D. by direct intervention in the pricing of goods and services

[单项选择]According to the passage, agricultural societies produced larger human populations because agriculture
A. created more varieties of food
B. created food surpluses
C. resulted in increases in leisure time
D. encouraged bartering

[单项选择]Before building a house, you will have to （） the government's permission.
A. get from
B. follow
C. receive
D. ask for

[单项选择]Before building a house, you will have to ______ the government's permission.
A. get from
B. follow
C. receive
D. ask for

[单项选择]According to the passage, in primitive societies, ______.
A. custom was regarded as a part of the law
B. distinction was made between law and custom
C. changes in custom could hardly be noticed
D. a law was altered with the changes of custom

[单项选择]Which factor pushed up house prices
A. Many young men, who live alone, have increased demand for houses.
B. Many young men need to rent more houses.
C. It is easy to apply for a mortgage for young generation.
D. The number of older people, many of whom live alone, becomes bigger and bigger.

[单项选择]

As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do—it—yourself" (DIY) trend (趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
"We needed furniture(家具) for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. "(76) John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a two-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and iris wife died. He has a full—time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for ＄ 420. "I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."
John and Jim are not unusual people. In o
A. makes shoes in his home
B. does his extra work at night
C. does his own car and home repairs
D. keeps house and looks after his children

[单项选择]Building the new house ______ the family as many as twenty thousand dollars.
A. takes
B. spends
C. pays
D. costs