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What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People
who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline
workers, young married couple – people whose job or business may force them to move
frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving
their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new
homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they
may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture
that they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture
than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented
furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things.
But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home
furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might
think. (248words)
16. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing
businesses? ____________
A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments.
C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings.
17. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? ____________
A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new.
B. Because it saves them a lot of money.
C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.
D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
18. What can you infer from the passage? ____________
A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.
C. Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.
D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
19. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
____________
A. Rent or Buy?
B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
C. Furnished Apartments.
D. A New Idea.
20. Young people liked renting home furniture in that __________.
A. They have less money
B. They don’t want to buy old furniture
C. The new furniture is of good quality
D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture
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Passage 3
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