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Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching,
Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching,
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2011-03-11
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Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the distant edges of metropolitan areas. Just off Singing Hills Road, in one of hundreds of two-story homes dotting a former cattle ranch beyond the southern fringes of Denver, Phil Boyle and his family openly wonder if they will have to move close to town to get some relief.
They still revel in the space and quiet that has drawn a steady exodus from American cities toward places like this for more than half a century. But life on the edges of suburbia is beginning to feel untenable. Mr. Boyle and his wife must drive nearly an hour to their jobs in the high-tech corridor of southern Denver. With gasoline at more than $ 4 a gallon, Mr. Boyle recently paid $121 to fill his pickup truck with diesel fuel. In March, the last time he filled his propane tank to heat his spacious house, he paid $ 566, more than twice the price of 5 years ago.
Though Mr. Boyle finds city life unappealing, it is now up for reconsideration. "Living closer in, in a smaller space, where you don’t have that commute," he said, "It’s definitely something we talk about. Before it was’we spend too much time driving.’ Now, it’s ’we spend too much time and money driving.’ "
Across the nation, the realization is taking hold that rising energy prices are less a momentary blip than a change with lasting consequences. The shift to costlier fuel is threatening to slow the decades-old migration away from cities, while exacerbating the ’housing downturn by diminishing the appeal of larger homes set far from urban jobs. In Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Minneapolis, homes beyond the urban core have been falling in value faster than those within, according to an analysis by Moody’s Economy. com. In Denver, housing prices in the urban core rose steadily from 2003 until late last year compared with previous years, before dipping nearly 5 percent in the last three months of last year, according to Economy. com. But house prices in the suburbs began falling earlier, in the middle of 2006, and then accelerated, dropping by 7 percent during the last three months of the year from a year earlier.
Many factors have propelled the unraveling of American real estate, from the mortgage crisis to a staggering excess of home construction. But economists and real estate agents are growing convinced that the rising cost of energy is now a primary factor pushing home prices down in the suburbs. More than three-fourths of prospective home buyers are now more inclined to live in an urban area because of fuel prices, according to a recent survey of 903 real estate agents with Coldwell Banker, the national brokerage firm.
What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?
选项
A、People would reject suburban housing because of costlier fuel.
B、With ever-increasing fuel prices, suburban houses would devalue for a long time.
C、Being far from suburbs diminishes the appeal of downtown houses.
D、House prices will drop continuously because of fuel shortage.
答案
B
解析
此题考查基于原文的多处细节的推理及理解句子之句关系的能力,着重考查考生对第四段信息的综合理解。第四段首句指出“燃料价格上涨并非临时现象,而会带来长期的影响”(rising energy prices are less a momentary blip than a change with lasting consequences);后文中详述了所造成的影响:人们对郊外的大房子失去兴趣(diminishing the appeal of larger homes set far from urban jobs)及房价下跌(homes...have been falling in value)等。综合这些信息可以得知,燃料价格上涨(ever-increasing fuel prices)会使郊区房价长期下跌(suburban houses would devalue for a long time)。因此B选项正确。
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