单选题What can be inferred from the passage?AThe housing market once crashed.BThe investment market once crashed.CThe housing market is about to crash.DThe predictions of a housing crash have come true.
单选题
What can be inferred from the passage?
A
The housing market once crashed.
B
The investment market once crashed.
C
The housing market is about to crash.
D
The predictions of a housing crash have come true.
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解析：
录音中提到“But earlier dire predictions of an impending housing crash in recent times haven’t come about. One reason a “crash” is unlikely is that the housing market is structured much differently from investment markets like stocks or commodities.”，由此可见早期预言在最近的时期房地产市场崩溃即将发生，但是这个可怕的预言没有实现。房地产市场不可能崩溃的其中一个原因是房地产市场的构成和像股票或商品期货的投资市场大不相同，由此可推测出投资市场曾经崩溃过，故选B。
录音中提到“But earlier dire predictions of an impending housing crash in recent times haven’t come about. One reason a “crash” is unlikely is that the housing market is structured much differently from investment markets like stocks or commodities.”，由此可见早期预言在最近的时期房地产市场崩溃即将发生，但是这个可怕的预言没有实现。房地产市场不可能崩溃的其中一个原因是房地产市场的构成和像股票或商品期货的投资市场大不相同，由此可推测出投资市场曾经崩溃过，故选B。
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Text 4 When the government talks about infrastructure contributing to the economy the focus is usually on roads,railways,broadband and energy.Housing is seldom mentioned.Why is that?To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the blame.We have not been good at communicating the real value that housing can contribute to economic growth.Then there is the scale of the typical housing project.It is hard to shove for attention among multibillionpound infrastructure project,so it is inevitable that the attention is focused elsewhere.But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has always been so politically charged.Nevertheless,the affordable housing situation is desperate.Waiting lists increase all the time and we are simply not building enough new homes.The comprehensive spending review offers an opportunity for the government to help rectify this.It needs to put historical prejudices to one side and take some steps to address our urgent housing need.There are some indications that it is preparing to do just that.The communities minister,Don Foster,has hinted that George Osborne,Chancellor of the Exchequer,may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt.Evidence shows that 60,000 extra new homes could be built over the next five years if the cap were lifted,increasing GDP by 0.6%.Ministers should also look at creating greater certainty in the rental environment,which would have a significant impact on the ability of registered providers to fund new developments from revenues.But it is not just down to the government.While these measures would be welcome in the short term,we must face up to the fact that the existing￡4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing,set to expire in 2015，is unlikely to be extended beyond then.The Labour party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if returns to power.The housing sector needs to accept that we are very unlikely to ever return to era of largescale public grants.We need to adjust to this changing climate.While the government’s commitment to long-term funding may have changed,the very pressing need for more affordable housing is real and is not going away.The author believes that after 2015,the government may____A.implement more policies to support housingB.review the need for largescale public grantsC.renew the affordable housing grants programmeD.stop generous funding to the housing sector
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