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Home prices slid in November, raising questions about whether the housing recovery is robust enough to maintain a sustained turn

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问题     Home prices slid in November, raising questions about whether the housing recovery is robust enough to maintain a sustained turnaround. From October to November, home prices fell 0.2% after【1】0.1% in October, according to a report Tuesday by Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller’s home price index.【2】five of the 20 metro areas【3】by the index saw price increases for the month.
    On a(n)【4】basis, prices were 5.3% lower in November than in November 2008. Prices were the same as in late 2003. "What we’ve seen【5】the past couple of months is that the pace of【6】has fallen down," says Maureen Maitland of Standard & Poor’s. "Some markets have【7】Is that because we haven’t【8】the foreclosure (回赎权的取消) cycle? Because of unemployment? We’re not seeing the【9】we were seeing in the last summer months. "
    Metro areas that have seen a retreat in home prices【10】Seattle, Charlotte, Las Vegas and Tampa. All four【11】gains they made in recent months【12】.【13】, for the 20-metro index, the annual rate of decline is improving. That【14】, with other recent housing reports that show prices【15】or accelerating, could point to【16】the housing market is starting to【17】its footing, some economists say. Existing home sale prices were $178 300 in December, which is 1.5% higher than December 2008, according to a report this week by the National Association of Realtors. That was the first year-over-year【18】in median price since August 2007.
    "The most【19】thing we can say is not only the market is stabilizing, but we’ve seen that housing demand is strong," says Bernard Baumohl, with the Economic Outlook Group. "Housing probably will continue to climb upwards through the summer,【20】it could slip a little as the tax credit expires. "  
选项 A、fallen over
B、fallen behind
C、fallen back
D、fallen out
答案C
解析 空格所在句句意为：一些市场已经______。此处仍然是Maitland的话，而且是承接上句话“过去几个月来我们已经看出房市复苏的速度放缓了”。通过分析四个选项可知，房市复苏速度放缓的更进一步的结果应该是一些市场已经回落，故[C]符合句意。[A] fallen over用法举例：The hunter fired and the deer fell over on its side．猎人开了枪，那头鹿侧身翻倒在地。[B] fallen behind用法举例：He didn’t want to fall behind the others in his studies．他不想在学习上落后于别人。[D] fallen out用法举例：I don’t like to fall out with my friends。我不喜欢与我的朋友争吵。  
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