Here is some information about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.In the early 1990s, there were more than 91 million homes, or households(家庭) in the US. About 64% of the people in the US own their homes. The rest(其余的) 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(乡下). Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US and 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 (青少年) in the US have their own bedrooms.An American moves(搬家), 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.小题1:Where do most Americans live? A．Around the country. B．In or around cities. C．In the country. D．In cities. 小题2:How many American families own a cat? A．40% B．64% C．20% D．74% 小题3:Families in the US are . A．becoming bigger . B．becoming smaller C．becoming happy. D．not sure 小题4:Which of the following is TURE? A．Americans move more often than the English. B．The average number in a family now is getting bigger than that in the 1960s. C．The Japanese move . more often than the British. D．Most young people of the US have no bedrooms of their own. 小题5:The best title for the passage is about . A．Americans moving homes all the time B．Pets in American families. C．City families & country families. D．Americans families.
| 小题1:B 小题2:C 小题3:B 小题4:A 小题5:D |
| 试题分析：美国人的生活和人口情况是什么样的呢？有人买房，还有人喜欢租房，大多数人把家安置在城市里或靠近城市的地方。美国人比英国人更喜欢搬家。美国家庭正在逐渐变小。有一半的青少年有自己的卧室。 小题1:细节理解题。由“74%of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. ”可知大多数人把家安置在城市里或靠近城市的地方。故选B。 小题2:推理判断题。由“ Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US and about half that number have cats.”可知有40%的人养狗，养猫的是养狗的人的一半，因此有20%的人养猫。故选C。 小题3:细节理解题。由“Families in the US are becoming smaller.”可知美国家庭正在逐渐变小。选B最佳。 小题4:细节理解题。由“An American moves(搬家), 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.”可知美国人比英国人更喜欢搬家。故选A。 小题5:主旨大意题。由“Here is some information about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.”可知，全文讲了美国的人口生活现状，因此题目应为“美国家庭”。故选D。 |