四级2陆小马功钟浩.ppt

Passage One： Apart from除…之外 the specific具体的 trends highlighted突出；强调 above, which cause some investors to worry, the report portrays an overall optimism描绘了一个整体的乐观 borne by the recent healthy real-estate upcycle升级改造 and improving economy. Seventy-four percent of the respondents surveyed report a good to excellent expectation of real-estate profitability利润率 in 2015. While excessive过度的 optimism can promote bad investment patterns促进不良的投资模式, resulting in a real-estate bubble泡沫, the reports writers downplay淡化…的重要性，对…轻描淡写 that potential潜在的，可能的 outcome in that因为 it has not yet occurred. Passage One： 46. A) an accelerating加速 speed D) an ever-increasing不断增长的 demand 47. What characterizes描述…的特性；描绘 24-hour cities like New York? A) People can live without private cars. C) People can enjoy services around the clock昼夜地. D) People are in harmony with与…协调/一致 the environment. 48. Why are Millennials reluctant不情愿的；勉强的 to buy a house? The house prices are currently当前 too high. They feel attached to the suburban environment. Passage One： 49. What might hinder阻碍 real estate development in the U. S. The continuing economic recession衰退 in the country. The lack of confidence on the part of就…而言 investors. The worsening infrastructure. 50. A) Pessimistic悲观的. C) Cautious谨慎的，小心的. Passage Two： The brain is a seemingly看上去；表面上 endless library, whose shelves架子 house收藏；存放 our most precious memories as well as our lifetimes knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches capacity容量，能力? The answer is no, because brains are more sophisticated〔机器、系统、方法等〕复杂的，精密的，尖端的 than that. Instead of just crowding in, old information is sometimes pushed out of the brain for new memories to form. Passage Two： Previous behavioural studies have shown that learning new information can lead to forgetting. But in a new study, researchers demonstrated展现；证明 for the first time how this effect occurs发生 in the brain. In daily life, forgetting actually has clear advantages. Imagine, for instance, th