1、t have to pay any tax on the first 4,500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.Make money during special eventsDont want a fulltime lodger? Then rent on a shortterm basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could
2、 bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space. Live on set Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that al
3、low you to register your home for freebut you will be charged if your home gets picked.Use your roofYou need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused en
4、ergy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.如果你拥有自己的多余的房子,房间或停车场,如果你按照作者告诉你的上述做法去做,会轻松地挣到大钱。1If you earn 5,000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _.A300 B50
5、0C4,500 D5,000答案:B。数字计算题。根据第二个段落的信息句“.wont have to pay any tax for the first 4,500”,可以明确:所挣得的4500磅是不用缴税的,即:需要缴税的是多于这个数字的钱,本题中,该是500磅需要缴税。2Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?AOn Letpark. BOn Roomspare.COn Grashpadder. DOn Roommateeasy.C。细节判断题。 根据第三个段落的最后一句话可以找到明确
6、的答案,即选项C是正确的。3If you want to use energy free, you have to _.Asign an agreement with the governmentBpay around 14,000 for the equipmentCsell the roof to some energy companiesDkeep the roof unchanged within 25 yearsD。推理判断题。在最后一段中的最后一句话里含有本答案的信息: “25year agreement”以及“prevent you from changing your roof
7、”都可以断定选项D的说法是符合原文的。4For whom is the text most probably written?ALodgers. B. Advertisers.CHouse owners. DOnline companies.从每个段落都可以确定:这是个能够对外出租停车位,房间,房顶等的人,即:是个house owner,选项C是正确的。Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars(火星), and say they could be protecting life from the planets terrible en
8、vironment.The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASAs Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.“If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance
9、youd find it in caves,” said Jut Wynne, one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting.One photo taken at night by an in
10、frared imager(红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm,suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.“I said:Wow, thats a cave. ” Dr. Clarke said excitedly. “People have been looking for these for a long time;now we have found them.”He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt
11、 for life escaping from the bitterly cold,radiation-soaked(充满辐射的),dry surface.“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,” he said. “If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to hi
12、gh levels of space radiation.The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lava flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled,forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining lava to flow out, forming caves.”1. What does the passage mainly talk
13、about?A. How the caves were formed on Mars.B. How scientists found these caves on Mars.C. Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.D. Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.2. We can learn from the passage that.A. water has already been found on Mars B. the scientist
14、s found all the caves at nightC. it is certain that there is life in these cavesD. the surface of Mars is bitterly cold,radiation-soaked and dry3. According to the passage,Dr. Clarke was so excited because.A. such caves could provide energy for lifeB. they had finally found the caves on MarsC. such caves would be perfect places to hunt for lifeD. scientists had long been looking for these caves4. Necessary conditio
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