高考In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability to "air condition" a house without using electric equipment.

除了简单美观之外，土坯住宅令人钦佩的是，它们不使用电气设备就能“调节”房屋的空调。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

六级within their compact bodies these minute satellites are able to house sensors and communications receivers/ transmitters that enable operators to study Earth from space, as well as space around Earth.

这些微型卫星在其紧凑的机身内能够容纳传感器和通信接收器/发射器，使运营商能够从太空以及地球周围的太空研究地球。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级And there is more to the story, because not only are the devices that house incandescent bulbs shaped to their underlying characteristics, but rooms and entire buildings have been designed in accordance with how incandescent lighting reflects off walls and windows.

还有更多的故事，因为不仅是安装白炽灯的设备符合其基本特征，而且房间和整个建筑的设计也符合白炽灯从墙壁和窗户反射的方式。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级And there is more to the story, because not only are the devices that house incandescent bulbs shaped to their underlying characteristics, but rooms and entire buildings have been designed in accordance with how incandescent lighting reflects off walls an

还有更多的故事，因为不仅是安装白炽灯泡的设备符合其基本特征，而且房间和整个建筑的设计都是根据白炽灯从墙上反射的方式进行的

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby.

在获得商业和会计学位毕业后，她加入了一家公共会计师事务所，结了婚，买了一栋房子，在里面放了很多东西，然后生了一个孩子。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级As I came across a box that was up but with no house, I checked, and there was mail—outgoing mail—in it.

当我遇到一个盒子，盒子上没有房子，我检查了一下，里面有邮件。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Buxton open house & pavilion arts centre is special because it offers artistic and cultural activities.

巴克斯顿开放馆艺术中心非常特别，因为它提供艺术和文化活动。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

四级People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt.

寒冷地区的人们住在温暖的房子里，并学会了适应。

2017年6月听力原文

四级The special features can add $25,000 or more to the purchase price of a house

这些特殊功能可以使一栋房子的售价增加25000美元或更多

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Here are some of the important proposals in the House and Senate bills to try to address those problems, and why it is hard to know how well they will work.

以下是众议院和参议院法案中试图解决这些问题的一些重要提案，以及为什么很难知道这些提案的效果如何。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考During those six months of hospitalizations, Becky, 12 at the time, adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school.

在这六个月的住院期间，当时12岁的贝基从学校回来后，适应了家里其他成年人的生活。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级It has affected house owners more than stock holders.

它对房主的影响大于股东。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet.

我回到几年前，那时我们住在一间三居室的房子里，我们在天亮之前起床，一直工作到天黑，以维持收支平衡。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

高考Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds no one left the house until that was doneand picked up after ourselves.

就像在白宫长大的两个小女孩一样，我们自己铺床。在那之前，没有人会离开家，也没有人会自己收拾。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough to cool the house during the hot day; at the same time, they warm up again for the night.

当新的一天来临时，墙壁已经失去了热量，现在冷到足以在炎热的日子里给房子降温；与此同时，他们又为夜晚做了热身。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

四级Take, for instance, the age at which people make commitments such as buying a house, getting married, having children, or starting a career.

以人们做出诸如买房、结婚、生孩子或开始职业等承诺的年龄为例。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考One agent recommended a house in particular.

一位经纪人特别推荐了一所房子。

2015年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

四级Agents and fashion houses who hire models with a BMI under 18 could pay $82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail.

经纪人和时装公司如果雇佣体重指数低于18的模特，可能会支付82000美元的罚款，并将被判6个月监禁。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London area alone，with no intrusion on green belt.

伦敦特工斯特林·阿克罗伊德（Stirling Ackroyd）最近发现，仅在伦敦地区就有足够的场地可容纳50万套房屋，而不会影响绿化带。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研A century ago Octavia Hill launched the National Trust not to rescue stylish houses but to save“the beauty of natural places for everyone forever”.

一个世纪前，奥克塔维亚·希尔成立了国家信托基金会，目的不是拯救时髦的房屋，而是“为每个人永远保存自然之美”。

2016年考研阅读原文

高考Even president obama's mother-in-law, marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and into the White House to help care for her granddaughters.

就连奥巴马总统的岳母玛丽安·罗宾逊也同意离开芝加哥进入白宫，帮助照顾她的孙女。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house.

爸爸把锅拿了出来，我们打开门窗给房子通风。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.

1939年以前建造的房屋每平方英尺能耗比2000年以后建造的房屋每平方英尺能耗高出50%，这主要是因为随着时间的推移，微小的裂缝和缝隙会扩大，让更多的外部空气进入。

2010年6月阅读原文

高考I have several guests coming to visit for the holidays, and I want to know how I can get them from the airport to my house.

我有几个客人要来度假，我想知道怎样才能把他们从机场送到我家。

2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

高考It costs 150 dollars, and you can drive straight from the airport to your house.

它要150美元，你可以直接从机场开车到你家。

2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

四级A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and outside the house.

窃贼必须不断地干扰无线安全设备，以避免触发室内外的警报。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考Buxton is justifiably proud of its cultural life and you' ll find much to suit all tastes with art, music, opera and the performing arts at Buxton opera house & pavilion arts centre and green man gallery.

巴克斯顿有理由为自己的文化生活感到自豪，在巴克斯顿歌剧院和亭子艺术中心和绿人画廊，你会发现很多适合各种品味的艺术、音乐、歌剧和表演艺术。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级But it might be time to unlearn that training 一 this summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor's Island.

但也许是时候放弃这种训练了一 今年夏天，一群文化痴迷者、艺术家和社区组织者邀请纽约人在州长岛上的一所老房子的墙上到处写字。

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Aristocrats' country houses all had Roman-style gardens.

贵族的乡间别墅都有罗马风格的花园。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.

让一些人感到恐惧的是，他们预计在白宫的另一边将修建一座希腊复兴式的财政部大楼，阿尔弗雷德·马列特精心设计的法国第二帝国风格的设计被选中，并于1871年6月开始修建一座容纳所有三个部门的大楼。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级In the US, the House of Representatives Science Committee has approved a bill allocating $10 million a year to studying energy-related behaviour.

在美国，众议院科学委员会批准了一项法案，每年拨款1000万美元用于研究能源相关行为。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研Too often we believe that, a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels.

我们常常相信，一份新工作、更大的房子或更好的汽车将是让我们最终满足的灵丹妙药，但现实是，这些东西对我们的幸福水平几乎没有持久的影响。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Erin had gone beyond what almost anyone would have done, finding my house on a bitterly cold night, and for that I was extremely grateful.

艾琳已经超越了几乎任何人都会做的事情，在一个寒冷刺骨的夜晚找到了我的房子，对此我非常感激。

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

考研The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London area alone, with no intrusion on green belt.

伦敦特工斯特林·阿克罗伊德（Stirling Ackroyd）最近发现，仅在伦敦地区就有足够的场地可容纳50万套房屋，而不会影响绿化带。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级There are some very commendable characteristics of the CFL [compact fluorescent ( ' , 荧光的 ) light bulb], yet the selection of any light source remains inseparable from the luminaire ( ' , 照明装置 ) that houses it, along with the space in which both arc installed, and lighting requirements that need to be satisfied.

紧凑型荧光灯（CFL）有一些值得称赞的特性，荧光的 ) 灯泡]，但任何光源的选择都离不开灯具（“，照明装置 ) 其中包括安装电弧的空间以及需要满足的照明要求。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级There are some very commendable characteristics of the CFL (compact fluorescent light bulb), yet the selection of any light source remains inseparable from the luminaire that houses it, along with the space in which both arc installed, and lighting requir

紧凑型荧光灯泡（CFL）有一些值得称赞的特性，但任何光源的选择都离不开其所在的灯具，以及安装电弧的空间和照明要求

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you've visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.

忘记如何操作一个熟悉的物体，比如微波炉，或者忘记如何开车去一个你已经去过很多次的朋友家，也可能是出了问题的迹象。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century.

为了热爱艺术的公众的时间、注意力和金钱，古典乐器演奏家不仅要与歌剧院、舞蹈团、戏剧公司和博物馆竞争，还要与20世纪伟大古典音乐家的有记录表演竞争。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the

为了赢得热爱艺术的公众的时间、注意力和金钱，古典乐器演奏家不仅要与歌剧院、舞蹈团、戏剧公司和博物馆竞争，还要与世界上伟大的古典音乐家的有记录表演竞争

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always，where to put them.

问题不在于需要更多的房子，而在于一如既往地把它们放在哪里。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always, where to put them.

问题不在于需要更多的房子，而在于一如既往地把它们放在哪里。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Legislation is moving through the House that would save USPS an estimated $286 billion over five years, which could help pay for new vehicles, among other survival measures.

众议院正在通过立法，这项立法将在五年内为USPS节省约2860亿美元，这将有助于支付新车的费用，以及其他生存措施。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研Legislation is moving through the House that would save USPS an estimated $28.6 billion over five years, which could help pay for new vehicles, among other survival measures.

众议院正在通过立法，这项立法将在五年内为USPS节省286亿美元，这将有助于购买新车，以及其他生存措施。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses.

大量的能源和资源用于建造这些房屋。

2010年6月阅读原文

考研If it clears the House, this measure would still have to get through the Senate where someone is bound to point out that it amounts to the bare, bare minimum necessary to keep the Postal Service afloat, not comprehensive reform.

如果这项措施在众议院获得通过，那么它仍必须在参议院获得通过，在参议院一定会有人指出，这是维持邮政服务正常运行所必需的最低限度，而不是全面改革。

2018年考研阅读原文

高考And every week he cleaned old man Mccolgin's chicken house in exchange for manure

每周他都会打扫老人麦考金的鸡舍以换取粪便

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Italian architects were hired to design houses and gardens.

意大利建筑师被雇来设计房屋和花园。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级When the Ford Motor Company, for example, recently announced that it was bringing some production home, the White House cheered.

例如，当福特汽车公司最近宣布将生产一些汽车回家时，白宫欢呼起来。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Another time, he lent a friend money to buy a house.

还有一次，他借给一个朋友钱买房子。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

高考Another trend is off-site or virtual management, where teams of people linked by e-mail and the Internet work on projects from their own houses.

另一个趋势是非现场或虚拟管理，通过电子邮件和互联网连接的团队在自己家里进行项目工作。

2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

四级Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group, Millennials ( ' , 千禧 一代), will continue to put off buying a house.

2015年另一个看起来很重要的趋势是美国最大的人口群体千禧一代（“，千禧 一代), 将继续推迟买房。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America's largest population group, millennials, will continue to put off buying a house.

2015年的另一个重要趋势是，美国最大的人口群体千禧一代将继续推迟买房。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研The "Case Study Houses" commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts and Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the "less is more" trend.

1945年至1962年间，《加利福尼亚艺术与建筑杂志》委托天才现代建筑师建造的“案例研究房屋”是对“少即是多”趋势的又一本土影响。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.

实际上，白宫声称它可能会使它不同意的任何其他合法的州法律无效。

2013年考研阅读原文

六级I can't even bare anybody else in the house.

我甚至不能和家里的其他人裸露。

2010年12月听力原文

四级If anything does go wrong while they're in the house, they don 't want to be blamed for it.

如果他们在家的时候出了什么问题，他们不想为此受到指责。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级In the garden, anywhere that's not in the office, anywhere out of the house, away from the routine.

在花园里，在办公室以外的任何地方，在屋外的任何地方，远离日常生活。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment.

但功能强大的壁炉至今仍是房屋或公寓的一个强大卖点。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级A house with a fireplace has a stronger appeal to buyers.

有壁炉的房子对买主更有吸引力。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级In England, where architecture was increasingly seen as an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied what they learned from the villas of Palladio in the Veneto and the evocative ( ' , 唤起回忆的) ruins of Rome to their own country houses and gardens.

在英国，建筑越来越被视为贵族的追求，贵族们经常运用他们从威尼托的帕拉迪奥别墅和令人回味的（“，唤起回忆的) 从罗马废墟到他们自己的乡间别墅和花园。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

好消息是，众议院刚刚通过的一项法案和参议院财政委员会批准的一项法案将实施或测试许多改革，这些改革将有助于长期减缓医疗成本的上升。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a hurricane sandy champion of change.

去年4月，她被邀请到白宫，并被誉为飓风桑迪变革的拥护者。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级In England,where architecture was increasingly seen as an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied what they learned from the villas of Palladio in the Veneto and the evocative ruins of Rome to their own country houses and gardens.

在英国，建筑越来越被视为贵族的追求，贵族们经常将他们从威尼托帕拉迪奥别墅和令人回忆的罗马废墟中学到的东西应用到他们自己的乡村房屋和花园中。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研Mullett, it was built from 1871 to 1888 to house the growing staffs of the State, War, and Navy Departments, and is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country.

Mullett，建于1871年至1888年，用于容纳州、战争和海军部门不断增长的员工，被认为是法国第二帝国建筑的最佳范例之一。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研The White House argued that Arizona's laws conflicted with its enforcement priorities, even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter.

白宫辩称，亚利桑那州的法律与其执法重点相冲突，即使州法律完全符合联邦法规。

2013年考研阅读原文

高考Great! I can't wait to show them around our new house.

伟大的我迫不及待地想带他们参观我们的新房子。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

四级For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children.

例如，如果一个机器人在家里做家务，你不会希望它把宠物猫放进烤箱为饥饿的孩子们做晚饭。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Hmm......our notes say that we arranged for an engineer to visit your house yesterday.

嗯……我们的笔记上说我们昨天安排了一位工程师参观你的房子。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

高考Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.

我的丈夫拉希德（Rashid）从印度独自抵达悉尼，在为我和我们的孩子找房子的时候，他在一家酒店住了一小段时间。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级Each of the 300 arriving ninth graders are randomly(随机地) assigned to one of the houses.

300名到达的九年级学生中的每一个都是随机的(随机地) 分配给其中一所房子。

2012年6月阅读原文

高考There's a good art film at the green house cinema.

绿屋电影院有一部好的艺术电影。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

六级Its headquarters houses some 3,000 works of art.

它的总部藏有大约3000件艺术品。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge.

大脑似乎是一个无穷无尽的图书馆，它的书架上存放着我们最珍贵的记忆和我们一生的知识。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

众议院法案中的一项将不得不与医疗机构协商费率，而不是像许多改革者所希望的那样使用医疗保险费率。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, and as far from living space as possible.

早在20世纪初，厨房就一直是烟雾缭绕、嘈杂的地方，通常位于地下或屋后，尽可能远离生活空间。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The newer players are stepping into what they view as a treasure house of resources.

新玩家正在进入他们视为资源宝库的领域。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研But postal special-interest groups seem to have killed it, at least in the House.

但邮政特殊利益集团似乎已经扼杀了它，至少在众议院是如此。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.

几周内，世界上最大的两家拍卖行苏富比拍卖行和佳士得拍卖行不得不向向向其出售作品的客户支付近2亿美元的担保。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Mothers who slept in the same room as their infants, whether in the same bed or just the same room, had poorer sleep than mothers whose babies slept elsewhere in the house: They woke up more frequently, were awake approximately 20 minutes longer per night

与婴儿睡在同一个房间里的母亲，无论是在同一张床上还是在同一个房间里，其睡眠都比婴儿睡在房子其他地方的母亲差：她们醒得更频繁，每晚大约多醒20分钟

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

高考Two hours later, back at my house, I heard a knock on the door.

两小时后，回到我家，我听到敲门声。

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

高考Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!

到底有多糟？邻居们从他们的房子里出来看看我们是否有煤气泄漏！

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners.

除非是在啤酒馆吃饭，否则这被认为是不礼貌的。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考You can play with all the dogs at the ball house.

你可以和舞厅里所有的狗一起玩。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

考研If it clears the House, this measure would still have to get through the Senate-where someone is bound to point out that it amounts to the bare, bare minimum necessary to keep the Postal Service afloat, not comprehensive reform.

如果这项措施在众议院获得通过，那么它仍必须在参议院获得通过，在参议院一定会有人指出，这是维持邮政服务正常运行所必需的最低限度，而不是全面改革。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Natalie posted introduction about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card collecting when his house burned down.

娜塔莉发布了一篇关于一个名叫帕特里克的男孩的介绍，当他的房子被烧毁时，他在收集棒球卡时丢了。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级This allegation has led to Google becoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in Charles Dickens' Bleak House look straightforward.

这一指控导致谷歌在2010年被解雇(陷入) 这场法律之争的范围和复杂性使得查尔斯·狄更斯的《荒凉的房子》中的贾恩代斯和贾恩代斯案件看起来直截了当。

2011年12月阅读原文

高考Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the wave from her house.

娜塔莉住在离海滩只有几个街区的地方，她可以看到大海，从家里听到海浪的声音。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Which makes it odd that the kitchen has become the heart of the modern house: what the great hall was to the medieval castle, the kitchen is to the 21stcentury home.

这使得厨房成为现代住宅的中心变得很奇怪：就像大会堂对中世纪城堡的意义一样，厨房对21世纪的家的意义。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级It has become something odd in a modern house.

在现代的房子里，它变得有些奇怪。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house.

一天，格伦·弗斯特的母亲在巡查员进入他们家之前把油涂在厨房地板上。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.

但当谈到他们的房子时，这是一个常识的时代，一个相信少就是多的时代。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that self-sufficiency was both d

在他的案例研究室，拉尔夫·拉普森（Ralph Rapson）可能错误预测了机械革命对日常生活的影响。很少有美国家庭获得了直升机，尽管大多数家庭最终获得了干衣机，但他认为自给自足的信念是错误的

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The more costly the house is, the better it sells.

房子越贵，卖得越好。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

四级Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house.

在印刷之前，一本圣经的价格比中产阶级的房子还要高。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级You made day dream about meeting your life partner, or living in a big house by the sea.

你做白日梦，梦见你的生活伴侣，或者住在海边的大房子里。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级You'll live in a big house in Hollywood, go to the Oscars every year—and win! You'll be rich and famous.

你将住在好莱坞的一所大房子里，每年都会去参加奥斯卡颁奖典礼并获得胜利！你会变得富有和出名。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级The bills in both houses would start pilot projects within Medicare.

参众两院的法案将启动医疗保险的试点项目。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The House bill would authorize the secretary of health and human services to negotiate drug prices in Medicare and Medicaid.

众议院法案将授权卫生和公共服务部长在医疗保险和医疗补助中协商药品价格。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The House bill has no similar tax.

众议院法案没有类似的税收。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs.

于是她雇了一辆卡车把所有的书运到郊区朋友家里。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文