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Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s,
about 50% of the Americans own their homes and the rest 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. Dogs live in about
40% of all homes in the US. 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 early 1990s.
In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves, 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.
1. According to (根据) the passage, where do most Americans live? [ ]
A. in the countries
B. around the farms
C. in the towns near the sea
D. in or around the cities
2. How many American families own a cat? [ ]
A. 40%
B. 26%
C. 74%
D. 20%
3. Families in the US are ________. [ ]
A. becoming bigger
B. becoming smaller
C. no change
D. not sure
4. Do all the children in the US have their own bedrooms? [ ]
A. Yes, they do.
B. No. Half of them do.
C. No, 5% of the them do.
D. I don't know.
5. The passage is about ________. [ ]
A. people and homes in the United States.
B. dogs and cats in American homes.
C. teenagers' bedrooms.
D. moving house.
