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[填空题]In the United States today, the cost of housing is very high. It is very{{U}} (36) {{/U}}to pay one fourth to one third or a family’s income for a place to live.
The price of a house depends on its size and{{U}} (37) {{/U}}. Big houses are more expensive than smaller ones, and houses{{U}} (38) {{/U}}to the center of big cities are more expensive than ones in the{{U}} (39) {{/U}}or in small towns.{{U}} (40) {{/U}}of the cost, it is very normal for people to buy their houses over a period of time. When a family buys a house, it is{{U}} (41) {{/U}}to borrow money from a bank in regular installments. This kind of bank{{U}} (42) {{/U}}is called mortgage. Families can take 30 years to pay off the mortgage.{{U}} (43) {{/U}}a mortgage it would be impossible for most people to own their own houses.{{U}} (44) {{/U}}. The money they pay for this is called rent. Usually{{U}} (45) {{/U}}. Also when something needs to be repaired, the renters can ask the landlord to fix it.
[简答题]Company presidents in the United States today tend to be young men who begin their careers with educational backgrounds in engineering science, or business management. (Passage Three)
[填空题]In the United States the cost of living has been steadily rising for the past few decades. Food prices, clothing costs, housing expenses, and tuition fees are (36) getting higher and higher. Partly because of (37) need, and partly because of career choices for personal (38) , mothers have been leaving the (39) role of full-time homemaker. Increasingly they have been going out of home and taking (40) jobs in the society.
Making such a significant role change (41) the life of the entire family, especially the children’s. Some (42) are obvious. For example, dinnertime is at a later hour. Mothers leave home early in the morning, feeling (43) because they will not be at home when their children return from school. They suppress their guilt since they believe that their work will benefit everyone in the long run. (44) .
The emotional impact on the children can be significant. After all, they are a
