13．Helsinki is offering young people the chance to rent a cheap apartment in an old people's home，if they agree to spend time socialising with the elderly residents．
The city council is seeking applications from renters under the age of 25 who will commit to spending between three and five hours each week with their older neighbours，at a care home in the eastern Laajasalo district．In exchange，they'll get a studio flat measuring 23 square meters with a private kitchen，bathroom and balcony for 250 euros per month．
Currently only three flats are available．but the scheme is part of a wider effort to deal with a lack of accommodation for young people in the capital．Ordinarily a studio costs about 600 euros a month，depending on the area，one local university advises．
Those who apply don't need any specific care experience．"There are staff to look after the elderly．"project manager Miki Mielonen tells Yle．"We are looking for young people who maybe have a different perspective on everyday life，who will bring variety and recreation to the elderly residents．"
More than 60 people have applied for the spaces in less than a week，and the idea has also been widely recognized by Finns on social media．"Great project，hopefully it will spread to other areas，"writes one person on Facebook，while another applauds the scheme for bringing different generations together．
But some wish it was open to more people，with one user saying："It's a shame the flats are so small．It would have been nice if the elderly had a small family with children or a single parent as their neighbour．"And one person has a different opinion about the cut-off age，writing："Shame I'm too old for this-I would have surely applied．"
24．One can probably get the cheap apartment if heC．
A．reaches the age of 25               
B．has financial problems
C．promises to accompany the elderly   
D．a(chǎn)grees to share it  
25．Why is the new rent scheme accepted？A
A．It can benefit both young and old．   
B．It doesn't need any professional training．
C．The flats are well-equipped．          
D．Big apartments are in short supply．
26．What does the underlined sentence suggest？C
A．He doesn't want to grow up．
B．He has a chance to apply again．
C．He disapproves of the age limit．
D．He applies for the flat without hesitation．
27．What would be the best title of the text？A
A．Young Finns offered cheap flats at care home
B．New apartments designed for the elderly
C．A new approach to caring for the old
D．A good chance for the needy families．

分析 芬蘭首都赫爾辛基將允許年輕人以低廉的租金租賃養(yǎng)老院公寓，前提是他們要陪老人聊天．
    該養(yǎng)老院位于赫爾辛基東部的拉夏薩羅區(qū)．據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)毓搽娨暸_(tái)"Yle"報(bào)道，想要享受此項(xiàng)優(yōu)惠的人需要滿足市議會(huì)開(kāi)列的以下條件：年齡在25歲以下；每周愿意陪伴老人三到五小時(shí)．作為交換條件，這些年輕人能以每月250歐元的價(jià)格租賃一間23平米的一居，有獨(dú)立廚衛(wèi)和陽(yáng)臺(tái)．
    目前這家養(yǎng)老院只有三間公寓可以出租．不過(guò)，當(dāng)?shù)剡�推出了更多計(jì)劃，旨在解決年輕人在首都缺少住房的問(wèn)題．當(dāng)?shù)匾凰髮W(xué)稱(chēng)，租金高低取決于所處地段，通常情況下，小一居每月租金約600歐元．
    想要申請(qǐng)的租客無(wú)需具備護(hù)理經(jīng)驗(yàn)．項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理米奇•米洛濃在接受"Yle"采訪時(shí)稱(chēng)："養(yǎng)老院有專(zhuān)門(mén)照顧老人的員工．我們要找的年輕人是看待生活有獨(dú)特角度的人，他們能給老人帶來(lái)多樣化的休閑生活．
    項(xiàng)目?jī)H在一周內(nèi)就收到了60余人的申請(qǐng)．當(dāng)?shù)厝罕娨苍谏缃幻襟w上大加贊賞這個(gè)創(chuàng)意．有人在臉書(shū)上寫(xiě)道："這個(gè)項(xiàng)目太贊了，真希望能向其它地方推廣．"還有支持此項(xiàng)目的人表示，它能拉近年輕人和老年人的距離．
    也有不少人希望項(xiàng)目能面向更多人，其中一位臉書(shū)用戶寫(xiě)道："一居室的公寓有點(diǎn)小，真是可惜．如果這些老人的鄰居是個(gè)帶孩子的小家庭或是單親家庭的話該有多好�。�"還有位用戶對(duì)項(xiàng)目的年齡限制感到失望："真可惜我年紀(jì)超限了，要不然我絕對(duì)申請(qǐng)．"

解答 24題答案是C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Helsinki is offering young people the chance to rent a cheap apartment in an old people's home，if they agree to spend time socialising with the elderly residents．芬蘭首都赫爾辛基將允許年輕人以低廉的租金租賃養(yǎng)老院公寓，前提是他們要陪老人聊天．可知要申請(qǐng)到低價(jià)的公寓需要陪老人聊天．故選C．
25題答案是A．文章大意題．通過(guò)全文可知這個(gè)項(xiàng)目使年輕人能租到低廉的公寓，同時(shí)又使老人得到陪伴，即項(xiàng)目使年輕人和老人都收益．故選A．
26題答案是C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)And one person has a different opinion about the cut-off age，writing："Shame I'm too old for this-I would have surely applied還有位用戶對(duì)項(xiàng)目的年齡限制感到失望："真可惜我年紀(jì)超限了，要不然我絕對(duì)申請(qǐng)．"可知他不贊同年齡限制，故選C．
26題答案是A．文章大意題．文章介紹了年輕的芬蘭人可以低價(jià)租賃到養(yǎng)老院公寓，故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 文章講述了芬蘭年輕人到養(yǎng)老院陪聊可抵房租．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)需要結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案；推理判斷題和文章大意題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理地分析才能得出正確答案，切記胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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3．Today，home-ownership has reached extremely high levels．Modern generations tend to believe there is something wrong with them if they rent．However，is high home-ownership really as people imagine？Staring at data first，we realize that the most successful，stable，attractive country in the Western world is Switzerland．It has tiny unemployment； wealth； high happiness and mental-health scores．Does it have high home-ownership rates？Absolutely not．In Switzerland，about seven in ten of the population are renters．Yet，with Europe's lowest home-ownership rate，the nation thrives．Now go to the other end of the misery distribution．Spain has approximately the highest home-ownership rate in Europe （at more than 80%）．But one-quarter of its population are unemployed．
A likely reason is that high levels of home-ownership mess up the labour market．In a sensibly functioning economy it is easy for people to move around to drop into the vibrant job slots thrown up by technological change．With a high degree of owner-occupation，everything slows．Folk get stuck．Renters can go to new jobs．In that way they do the economy a favours．As Friedman said，the rate of unemployment depends on the flexibility of the housing market．
Next we come to economic breakdown．Most analysts accept that at heart it was the housing market-obsessive pursuit of homes，the engendered mortgage（房貸） lending and an unavoidable house-price crash-that sank the Western world．Germany，say，with its more efficient rental market，had a far smoother ride through trouble．
As for the monetary system，in the past few decades，in the hope of getting untaxed capital gains way above their true labour earnings，many people threw their spare cash into buying larger houses or building extra bedrooms．TV programmes about how to make easy money，beautiful rising house prices，and most importantly，our faulty tax system encouraged that．When at some point market broke down，everyone suffered．Our countries ought，instead，to design tax systems that encourage people to invest in productive real activities and in innovation．Renting leaves money free for better purposes．
That also points to the role of sensible budgeting over a person's lifetime．Why should we think that when we die it is necessary to have paid off an entire house？Our children do not deserve it．Let them pay for themselves．We should rent-and enjoy our lives with the money saved．
Finally，moderation usually pays off．Our scientific understanding of how economies function is horribly limited．This suggests that the golden rule should be to avoid extremes．A50-50mix of home-ownership and renting，not the 70-30split that is now observed in so many Western nations，makes sense．

74．The cases of Switzerland and Spain prove thatD
A．low home-ownership rate at about 30% is most favourable for economy
B．home-ownership mainly decides a country's citizens'mental health
C．home-ownership has a lot to do with a country's technological development
D．low home-ownership increases the mobility of job market and economy
75．The main reason to make people invest in housing market isA
A．the problematic taxing approach favouring house buying
B．people's desire to avoid their money from devaluing
C．easy channels to obtain methods to make easy money
D．people's wishes to live in large and more comfortable houses
76．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passageB？
A．Switzerland suffers the worse unemployment in Europe
B．Renting allows more money into more creative economic activites
C．Germany's effective mortgage system saw it through the western economic crisis
D．Our children have the right to enjoy the housing property we have paid off
77．What opinion does the author agree with mostC？
A．People should learn the workings of housing market
B．Laws should be set up to stop people from buying houses
C．An adequate rate of home-ownership should be kept
D．People should follow the good example of Europe in housing investment．

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