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1、本文格式为Word版，下载可编辑2022考研英语二真题阅读理解（Text 4） 阅读理解：Text 4When 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
2、 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 mo
3、st 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
4、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
5、 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 i
6、n 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 existing4.5bn programme
7、of grants to fund new affordable housing，set to expire in 20xx，is unlikely to be extended beyond then.The Labour party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalitions spending plans if returns to power.The housing sector needs to accept that we are very unlikely to ever ret
8、urn to era of large-scale public grants.We need to adjust to this changing climate.36.The author believes that the housing sector_Ahas attracted much attentionBinvolves certain political factorsCshoulders too much responsibilityDhas lost its real value in economy37.It can be learned that affordable
9、housing has_Aincreased its home supplyBoffered spending opportunitiesCsuffered government biasesDdisappointed the government38.According to Paragraph 5，George Osborne may_.Aallow greater government debt for housingBstop local authorities from building homesCprepare to reduce housing stock debtDrelea
10、se a lifted GDP growth forecast39.It can be inferred that a stable rental environment would_.Alower the costs of registered providersBlessen the impact of government interferenceCcontribute to funding new developmentsDrelieve the ministers of responsibilities40.The author believes that after 20xx，the government may_.Aimplement more policies to support housingBreview the need for large-scale public grantsCrenew the affordable housing grants programmeDstop generous funding to the housing sector 3 / 3
