[填空题]Very high waves are destructive when they S36 ______ the land. Fortunately, this S37 ______ happens. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two S38 ______ of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is S39 ______ near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land, the shallow S40 ______ helps reduce its S41 ______ . S42 ______ , waves sometimes strike the shore with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may S43 ______ . Yet S44 ______ . During the most raging storms, S45 ______.S41

[填空题]Very high waves are destructive when they S36 ______ the land. Fortunately, this S37 ______ happens. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two S38 ______ of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is S39 ______ near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land, the shallow S40 ______ helps reduce its S41 ______ . S42 ______ , waves sometimes strike the shore with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may S43 ______ . Yet S44 ______ . During the most raging storms, S45 ______.S36

[单项选择]Markets are typically very efficient when it comes to reacting to changed circumstances. But the housing market is unique. It takes a long time to build homes, and they are expensive. It’s not like you can just order up another batch quickly from China when you sense the market turning. Apartment and condominium projects, which are in high demand, take years to build. Many of the aggressive builders and lenders went bust in 2008 and 2009. And the survivors have remained cautious, with good reason.
Realtors always tell clients that they should make an offer today because the house might not be there tomorrow. In recent years, that ancient sales tactic has been easy to dismiss as baloney. Today, it’s likely to be true.
That’s right. After years of a painful oversupply following the housing crash, it appears we now actually have too few houses on the market. This was the real news lurking behind the latest housing numbers, released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors
A. The inventory is slow to change.
B. Houses are expensive.
C. Houses take years to build.
D. Both B and C．

[填空题]Many people can remember feeling very lonely when we were ________6 The feeling of loneliness is very difficult to____________________7 In order to survive, we all put on a______________________________8 It is easy to get the feeling that everyone except you is making a full, rich and busy life in_______________________9 Your destination is less__________________________________________10