问题 选择题

------ It's a long time _____ I last saw you.

------Yes, and it will be another month _____ we can meet again.

A.before; when

B.when; since

C.since; while

D.since; before

答案

答案:D

考查特殊句式。It be 一段时间since…自从…以来有…时间了。第一句句意:自从我上次看见到到现在有很长一段时间了。It be 一段时间before从句;意为:一段时间以后某事才发生。第二句句意:再有一个月以后我们才会再次见面。本题要注意时态的运用。故D正确。

判断题
单项选择题

Home prices slid in November, raising questions about whether the housing recovery is robust enough to maintain a sustained turnaround. From October to November, home prices fell 0.2% after (1) 0.1% in October, according to a report Tuesday by Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller’s home price index. (2) five of the 20 metro areas (3) by the index saw price increases for the month.

On a(n) (4) basis, prices were 5.3% lower in November than in November 2008. Prices were the same as in late 2003. "What we’ve seen (5) the past couple of months is that the pace of (6) has fallen down," says Maureen Maitland of Standard & Poor’s. "Some markets have (7) Is that because we haven’t (8) the foreclosure (回赎权的取消) cycle Because of unemployment We’re not seeing the (9) we were seeing in the last summer months. "

Metro areas that have seen a retreat in home prices (10) Seattle, Charlotte, Las Vegas and Tampa. All four (11) gains they made in recent months (12) . (13) , for the 20-metro index, the annual rate of decline is improving. That (14) , with other recent housing reports that show prices (15) or accelerating, could point to (16) the housing market is starting to (17) its footing, some economists say. Existing home sale prices were $178 300 in December, which is 1.5% higher than December 2008, according to a report this week by the National Association of Realtors. That was the first year-over-year (18) in median price since August 2007.

"The most (19) thing we can say is not only the market is stabilizing, but we’ve seen that housing demand is p," says Bernard Baumohl, with the Economic Outlook Group. "Housing probably will continue to climb upwards through the summer, (20) it could slip a little as the tax credit expires. \

3()

A.documented

B.retraced

C.increased

D.tracked