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 owned their homes and the rest rented(租) their homes. The rented homes were 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 at home in the early 1990s. In the1960s, 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.
【小題1】Most Americans live ________, according to the passage.

A．in or around the citiesB．in citiesC．a(chǎn)round citiesD．in the country
【小題2】Ho w many American families own a cat?
A．About 40%.B．About 20%.C．About 74%.D．About 26%.
【小題3】On the average, there were ________ people in an American family in 1994.
A．more than 3B．only 3.5C．less than 2D．a(chǎn)bout 2.64
【小題4】________ in the US have their own bedrooms.
A．All of the peopleB．Most of the children
C．Half of the teenagersD．Only some of the teenagers
【小題5】What can we learn from the passage?
A．In the early 1990s, most of the Americans owned their homes.
B．Families in the US are becoming bigger and bigger.
C．A Japanese moves more often than an American.
D．An American moves more often than an Englishman.


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了美國人擁有的房屋情況及其家庭居住情況。包括每個家庭的人均數(shù)量及頻繁的搬家次數(shù)要勝于日英等國。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities.可知，大多數(shù)美國人居住在城市里或城市周圍；故選A。
【小題2】數(shù)字計(jì)算題。根據(jù)短文第二段Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats可知美國家庭有40%的住戶家中有狗，而養(yǎng)貓的數(shù)量是狗數(shù)量的一半，即20%；故選B。.
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段On the average(平均), 2.64 people lived at home in the early 1990s.可知，在20世紀(jì)90年代，美國家庭的平均數(shù)量在2.64個人；故選D。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.可知，美國一半的年輕人有自己的臥室；故選C。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段 In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans owned their homes可知A項(xiàng)內(nèi)容與之表述不符，故錯誤；第三段Families in the US are becoming smaller.可知B項(xiàng)錯誤；最后一段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.可知美國人平均一生搬家的次數(shù)要多于日本人和英國人；所以C項(xiàng)錯誤；故選D。
考點(diǎn)：社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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