1 . Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices go up, up, and up. "How high can they go?" is the question on everyone's lips.
It's crazy, "said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach. "In 1993, I bought a two-bedroom house in Venice for $70，000. My friends thought then that I was overpaying. Five years later, I had to move. I sold it for $230，000, which was a nice profit. Last year, the exact same house was for sale for S510,000!
It is a seller’s market. Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10% more than the asking price. Donna, a new owner of a one-bedroom house in Venice Beach, said, "That's what I did. I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I'll give you $20,000 more, under the table, so you don' t have to pay your realtor(房地产经纪人) any of it. I was tired of looking.”
Tim said, "Whether you decide to buy or decide not to buy, you still feel like you made the wrong decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don't buy, you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity.”
Everyone says the bubble has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house. Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring. "All we can say is that, inevitably, these things go in cycles," said the state director of housing. "What goes up must come down But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down. So you can’t lose over the long run. Twenty years down the road, your house is always worth more than you paid for it.”
1. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that .| A．it's not easy for people to buy a suitable house |
| B．the housing price in Venice Beach has gone down |
| C．the realtor can make $20,000 for each new house |
| D．Donna enjoyed looking for houses all the time |
| A．surely | B．luckily | C．strangely | D．terribly |
| A．Foolish Homebuyers | B．An Unfair Market |
| C．A Wrong Decision | D．Crazy Housing Prices |
Officials from Guangxi in South China are looking for ways to attract more tourists from Mexico.
Earlier this week, Li Bin, vice chairman of Guangxi, visited Mexico city and spoke about Guangxi's growing tourism industry and the government's efforts to attract tourists from Mexico.
"This time in Mexico, we not only want to learn about its successful tourism strategy, but also to promote the beautiful scenery -- both cultural and natural-- found in Guangxi," Li said in a presentation which was also attended by Chinese ambassador(大使) Qiu Xiaoqi.
Guangxi's rich natural attractions and cultural heritage(遗产) make it a popular tourism place for both Chinese and foreigners, Li said.
Guangxi's top attractions include the famous Karst Mountains and Caves in the riverside city of Guilin, a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site known for its unusually-shaped green hills.
Another popular sight is Zuojiang Huashan, home to rock paintings believed to be more than 2,300 years old.
Ambassador Qiu also praised the beauty of Guangxi. "I've been in Mexico five years, many friends know me, but very few know that I am from Guangxi," Qiu said. "I am going to do everything possible so that my birthplace becomes a place that helps develop the tourism and the human relations between our two countries," Qiu added.
In 2017, 520 million tourists visited Guangxi, including 5 million foreigner visitors.
1. The passage wants to tell us __________.| A．Guangxi is attracting more and more foreign visitors |
| B．Guangxi is trying to sell tourism to Mexican visitors |
| C．Guangxi is developing its tourism for all the visitors |
| D．Guangxi has best natural and cultural attractions in China |
| A．Lin Bin and ambassador Qiu were both born in Guangxi. |
| B．Tourism will help to improve the relations between Chinese and Mexican. |
| C．Zuojiang Huashan is famous for its unusually-shaped green hills. |
| D．In 2017, more than 10% tourists to Guangxi were foreigners. |
