2014考研英語閱讀真題：考研英語（二）第4篇

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　　英語閱讀是考研英語必考的一部分內(nèi)容也是分值占比較高的一部分知識點(diǎn)。2018考研同學(xué)復(fù)習(xí)的重點(diǎn)，距離18年考研時(shí)間僅剩兩個(gè)多月的時(shí)間，各科的復(fù)習(xí)都緊張進(jìn)行著?？缈季W(wǎng)考研小編為大家整理了2014考研英語閱讀真題：考研英語（二）第4篇，希望同學(xué)們能夠?qū)τ⒄Z閱讀真題進(jìn)行研究，對真題的出題方向、考察方式有進(jìn)一步的掌握，爭取取得好成績。

　　When the government talks about infrastructure contributing to the economy the focus is usually on roads, railways, broadband and energy.

　　Housing is seldom mentioned. Why is that?

　　To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the blame.

　　We have not been good at communicating the real value that housing can contribute to economic growth.

　　Then there is the scale of the typical housing project.

　　It is hard to shove for attention among multibillion-pound infrastructure project, so it is inevitable that the attention is focused elsewhere.

　　But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has always been so politically charged.

　　Nevertheless, the affordable housing situation is desperate.

　　Waiting lists increase all the time and we are simply not building enough new homes.

　　The comprehensive spending review offers an opportunity for the government to help rectify this.

　　It needs to put historical prejudices to one side and take some steps to address our urgent housing need.

　　There are some indications that it is preparing to do just that.

　　The communities minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer,

　　may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt.

　　Evidence shows that 60,000 extra new homes could be built over the next five years if the cap were lifted, increasing GDP by 0.6%.

　　Ministers should also look at creating greater certainty in the rental environment,

　　which would have a significant impact on the ability of registered providers to fund new developments from revenues.

　　But it is not just down to the government.

　　While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact

　　that the existing 4.5bn pounds programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.

　　The Labour party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if returns to power.

　　The housing sector needs to accept that we are very unlikely to ever return to era of large-scale public grants.

　　We need to adjust to this changing climate.

　　當(dāng)政府談到基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施對經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的貢獻(xiàn)時(shí)，注意力一般都集中在公路、鐵路、寬帶和能源上。

　　卻很少提到住房。怎么會這樣?

　　在某種程度上，住房部門必須承擔(dān)這一責(zé)任。

　　我們一直不擅長表明住房對經(jīng)濟(jì)增長所貢獻(xiàn)的真正價(jià)值。

　　而且，典型住房工程都有規(guī)模。

　　在各種數(shù)十億英鎊的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施工程中，住房工程很難引起注意，所以注意力就難免會集中在其他工程上。

　　但是，或許最大的原因在于這一問題一直過于受到政治的掌控。

　　盡管如此，經(jīng)濟(jì)適用房的形勢非常危急。

　　等著分房的名單數(shù)一直在增加，而且新蓋的房屋數(shù)量又完全不夠。

　　所以，全面的支出評估報(bào)告為政府整頓這一局面提供了機(jī)會。

　　政府應(yīng)撇開歷史上的偏見，并采取相應(yīng)措施來解決迫切的住房需求。

　　有跡象表明政府正著手準(zhǔn)備去那樣做。

　　社區(qū)部長鄧恩·福斯特暗示，財(cái)政大臣喬治·奧斯本

　　可能會放寬貸款上限，當(dāng)?shù)卣畷眠@筆貸款抵消住房債務(wù)?！?。

　　有證據(jù)表明，如果提高上限，今后五年里會多蓋60,000套新房，并使GDP增長0.6個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。

　　各部長也應(yīng)該為租房環(huán)境創(chuàng)造更大的確定性，

　　這樣會對注冊供應(yīng)商從收入中撥出資金來進(jìn)行新的開發(fā)產(chǎn)生重大的影響。

　　但是這不應(yīng)該只由政府負(fù)責(zé)。

　　雖然這些措施短期內(nèi)會受到歡迎，但我們一定要正視現(xiàn)實(shí)：

　　當(dāng)前為新的經(jīng)濟(jì)適用房提供資金的45億英鎊資助計(jì)劃于2015年到期，到時(shí)不可能得到延長。

　　勞動(dòng)黨最近宣布，如果重新掌權(quán)，他們將保留大部分的聯(lián)合支出計(jì)劃。

　　大規(guī)模的公共資助時(shí)代已經(jīng)一去不復(fù)返，住房部門需要接受這一事實(shí)。

　　我們需要作出調(diào)整來適應(yīng)多變的環(huán)境。

　　重點(diǎn)單詞

　　current['k?r?nt]n. (水、氣、電)流，趨勢

　　adj. 流通的

　　extent[iks'tent]n. 廣度，寬度，長度，大小，范圍，范圍，程度

　　comprehensive[.k?mpri'hensiv]adj. 綜合的，廣泛的，理解的

　　issue['i?ju:]n. 發(fā)行物，期刊號，爭論點(diǎn)

　　certainty['s?:tnti]n. 確定，確實(shí)的事情

　　address[?'dres]n. 住址，致詞，講話，談吐，(處理問題的)技巧

　　shove[??v]n. 推，擠

　　v. 推擠，放置，撞

　　blame[bleim]n. 過失，責(zé)備

　　vt. 把 ... 歸咎于

　　environment[in'vai?r?nm?nt]n. 環(huán)境，外界

　　announced[?'naunst]宣布的

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