单选题Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear?APrices for houses in big cities have started to rise since this year.BPeople buy and sell houses to improve their living conditions.CEconomists believe that residence prices would drop.DEconomists warn people that price rise might slow down.
单选题
Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear?
A
Prices for houses in big cities have started to rise since this year.
B
People buy and sell houses to improve their living conditions.
C
Economists believe that residence prices would drop.
D
Economists warn people that price rise might slow down.
参考解析
解析：
比较结构的理解和判断。录音中提到“despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years”，可知经济学家们已向人们发出警告房价不可能继续像过去几年那样飙升了，换句话说，就是房价可能会下降。因此，选项D与录音原文意思相符。
【录音原文】
In several metropolitan areas, from Miami to Riverside, Calif., where the real estate market is white hot, rapidly rising prices are luring a growing number of ordinary people into buying and selling residences they do not intend to occupy, despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years.
比较结构的理解和判断。录音中提到“despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years”，可知经济学家们已向人们发出警告房价不可能继续像过去几年那样飙升了，换句话说，就是房价可能会下降。因此，选项D与录音原文意思相符。
【录音原文】
In several metropolitan areas, from Miami to Riverside, Calif., where the real estate market is white hot, rapidly rising prices are luring a growing number of ordinary people into buying and selling residences they do not intend to occupy, despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years.
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