Question

Building a house costs quite a lot of money. Your first __16___  will be to find a 17   piece of land. Your   18   will depend on many different things. You will probably try to find a sunny place, with   19   surroundings near shops and bus stops, not too far from your friends and the place where you work. 20   you will find an excellent   21   , and together with the builder you will work out a   22  . The builder will draw the plan. It will   23   the number of rooms, their position and 24  , and other    25    which  must be  noticed,   26 windows, doors, and electric outlets. The builder will work out how much money is   27   to build your house. He will work out the   28   of the wood, bricks, the glass, and   29   else that must be used in building the house. Later on, when he starts to build,  this estimate must be corrected and revised. His estimate is based on   30   price, but prices of such things may change, and many  other things may happen   31    the time when he makes the   32   and the time when he builds the house.

When the builder gives his estimate, you may wish to change your plan. You may also wish to change your builder, if his estimate is too   33  ! You may find that some of the features you wanted at first cost too much, or that you can spend a little more and    34   something to your plan. The builder's estimate depends on the plan,  35   the final plan depends on the builder's estimate.

16.	A. step	B. plan	C. way	D. idea
17.	A. small	B. large	C. right	D. exact
18.	A. land	B. choice	C. house	D. preference
19.	A. quiet	B. pleased	C. lonely	D. pleasant
20.	A. Yet	B. Next	C. However	D. Though
21.	A. worker	B. engineer	C. builder	D. drawer
22.	A. plan	B. cost	C. suggestion	D. price
23.	A. appear	B. design	C. show	D. recite
24.	A. height	B. width	C. length	D. size
25.	A. rooms	B. doors	C. parts	D. roofs
26.	A. for example	B. such as	C. in other words	D. on the other hand
27.	A. needed	B. spent	C: collected	D. taken
28.	A. numbers	B. amount	C. cost	D. level
29.	A. something	B. everything	C. whatever	D. others
30.	A. rising	B. falling	C. existing	D. remaining
31.	A. by	B. in	C. among	D. between
32.	A. plans	B. design	C. estimate	D. cost
33.	A. expensive	B. high	C. cheap	D. low
34.	A. reduce	B. place	C. add	D. lay
35.	A. but	B. so	C. and	D. then

Answer 1

16．A

解析：此處指建房的第一步(step)是選擇一塊合適的土地。

17．C

解析：此處指建房選擇土地。不是選大、小土地，而是選合適的土地.

18．B

解析： “選址”這個(gè)選擇取決于很多東西。

19. D 

解析：一般要選擇陽(yáng)光充足，周?chē)�環(huán)境優(yōu)美的地方。

20．B

解析：現(xiàn)在指下一步該干什么。

21.  C

解析： 就在此空后面有the builder，所以本空指選一個(gè)好的建筑師。

22．A

解析：從下文the builder will draw the plan可知。

23．C

解析：it指代建筑圖紙，它的上面是標(biāo)明了各自的位置。

24．D

解析：圖紙上標(biāo)的是房間數(shù)、房間的大小及位置等。

25．C

解析：一座房子不僅僅只有房間，還有其他的部分。

26．B

解析：這些部分比如說(shuō)(such as)，有門(mén)、窗、電線等部分。舉出部分例子用such as。

27．A

解析：此處指建筑師也會(huì)幫你算出建房要多少錢(qián)。

28．C

解析：這些材料得花費(fèi)多少錢(qián)。

29．B

解析：指其他的建房需要的一切。

30．C

解析： 此時(shí)的預(yù)算只是依當(dāng)時(shí)存在的價(jià)錢(qián)算的，所以在以后的日子會(huì)有浮動(dòng)。

31．D

解析： 由下文的the time…與the time…可知指兩段時(shí)間之間。

32．C

解析：指作預(yù)算的時(shí)間與做房子時(shí)的兩個(gè)時(shí)間。

33．B

解析： 當(dāng)然指價(jià)錢(qián)要得太高的話，你可能換個(gè)建筑師。

34．C

解析： add．．．to為習(xí)語(yǔ)，表示“把……添加到……上去”。

35. A

解析：兩句話(建筑師的估計(jì)取決于計(jì)劃、計(jì)劃取決于建筑師的估計(jì))之間存在對(duì)比轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。