Expansion at Everall
After four consecutive years of record-breaking growth, Everall Technologies has announced plans to (41) its office facilities on Warner Road. The company has added over 200 employees in the last ten years alone, and is desperately in need of more space.According to an Everall spokesperson, the construction firm chosen to undertake the project is Build Lite Inc., and the work is estimated to take a little over a year to complete. (42) in the plans are a four-storey sales center, an auditorium with seating for 500, and a parking lot able to accommodate up to 1,200 vehicles. Both Everall and Build Lite have declined to (43) the cost of the project at this time. However, independent analysts predict it could reach over $10 million.
The housing market has been for two
years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies
exhausted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. According to the
National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended
the year at $ 164, 000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual
increase since 1980. Although residential real estate activity makes up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market like this one can make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly, consumer spending is 66% of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an "umbrella effect" on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a A. the role of real estate activity. B. the statistics on home prices. C. the boom of housing market. D. the degree of consumer spirits. [单项选择] There are four passages in this part. After each passage, there are five questions, you are to choose the best answer for each question.
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