2010油气工程(英语)2010油气工程(英语).doc

中国石化集团公司2010年高级（含教授级）任职资格外语考试试卷 英语（油气工程） （120分钟内完成） 题 号 一 二 三 总分 1 2 1 2 1-3 得 分 阅读理解（阅读短文，用英语简要回答问题，共25分） 短文1（12.5分） Young people in Britain tend to stay with their family longer these days as accommodation is expensive but, when they move away to a job or college, they rent a room in someone’s house. They can also get a bed-sitting room. They can share a rented flat or house with a group of young people. When young people get married or have a steady income, they often buy a house. They do this by taking out a mortgage with a building society or bank. They are the official owners and the mortgage is a financial loan for anything up to 100% of the value of the house, repayable over twenty to forty years. People can find it difficult to repay their mortgage, but at least they know that in the end the house will be theirs. If people cannot afford to buy their own house, they can rent property from a private landlord. In city areas the problem has been made worse by the bad condition that a lot of council property is in. High-rise flats, for example, have developed structural faults. Unfortunately, homelessness is an increasingly serious problem all over Britain. It affects all ages; single people, couples with children, even old-age pensioners. In 1984, 83190 households, a term that covers families and single people, were officially listed as homeless. In one year, 170190 households applied to be put on the list, but thousands were turned down although they were probably living in overcrowded conditions or in housing that badly needed repairing and improving. Questions: What conditions are new blocks of council flats in? What does the number, 83190 listed in 1984, show? What do young people these days often do in order to have a place to live in? If one has a mortgage, what does the company he borrowed money from do to him? Why does the author think homelessness is an increasingly serious problem all over Britain? 短文2（12.5分）