China news, Beijing, Feb. 9 – Housing price in China has always aroused heated d

    China news, Beijing, Feb. 9 – Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions amongproperty developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and localgovernment officials, housing price in China is still low compared with manydeveloped countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows that there are some bubbles(泡沫) in Chinese real estate market, theInternational Finance News reported.

    Although the averageprice of residential houses in the United States, after converted to Renminbi,is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US are not sold in terms ofbuilding area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell theirhouses. If US property developers sell their houses according to the buildingarea, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per squaremeter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen,houses are sold at a price even higher than those in the US.

    The high housing salesprice in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate market does havesome bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US interms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities. Furthermore,it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen timeshigher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buy a housewhich is even more expensive than that sold in US?

    At the beginning of 2007,Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public. Nowin order to reduce the high housing prices, the government can regulate thereal estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling therelease of loans and lands to property developers. At the same time, thegovernment should allow people to build more houses through variousfund-raising channels, such as funds collected from buyers or raised by workingunits. By applying these multiple means, it is expected that the high housingprices can be lowered.

1.According to the passage, what is theaverage housing price per square meter in China?

    A．8000 yuan        B．10000 yuan       C．7000 yuan        D．It’s not mentioned here

2.We can’t learn from the passagethat_________.

    A．Chinese houses can not becompared with houses in US in terms of building quality,

      environment and supporting facilities.

    B．American people’s averageincome is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese

       people.

    C．The houses in US are notsold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property

       developersdo when they sell their houses.

    D．There are more people whoneed houses in China.

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

    A．The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to

       preventit.

    B．There are some bubbles inChinese real estate market.

    C．The average housing pricein China is even higher than in the United States.

    D．Chinese government issueda set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.

4.How many measures are mentioned in the lastparagraph in order to reduce the high housing

    prices?

    A．Four             B．Three                C．Five             D．Two

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.B