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題干：Whenitcomestotheslowingeconomy,EllenSperoisn'tbitinghernailsjustyet.Butthe47year-oldmanicuristisn'tcutting，fillingorpolishingasmanynailsasshe'dliketo,either.Mostofherclientsspend$12to$50weekly,butlastmonthtwolongtimecustomerssuddenlystoppedshowingup.Speroblamesthesofteningeconomy.“I'magoodeconomicindicator,”shesays,“Iprovideaservicethatpeoplecandowithoutwhenthey'reconcernedaboutsavingsomedollars.”SoSperoisdownscaling,shoppingatmiddle-browDillard’sdepartmentstorenearhersuburbanClevelandhome,insteadofNeimanMarcus.“Idon'tknowifotherclientsaregoingtoabandonme,too,”shesays.EvenbeforeAlanGreenspan'sadmissionthatAmerica'sred-hoteconomyiscooling，lotsofworkingfolkshadalreadyseensignsoftheslowdownthemselves.FromcardealershipstoGapoutlets,saleshavebeenlaggingformonthsasshopperstempertheirspending.Forretailers,wholastyeartookin24percentoftheirrevenuebetweenThanksgivingandChristmas，thecautiousapproachiscomingatacrucialtime.Already,expertssay,holidaysalesareoff7percentfromlastyear'space.Butdon'tsoundanyalarmsjustyet.Consumersseemonlyconcerned,notpanicked,andmanysaytheyremainoptimisticabouttheeconomy'slong-termprospectsevenastheydosomemodestbelt-tightening.Consumerssaythey'renotindespairbecause,despitethedreadfulheadlines，theirownfortunesstillfeelprettygood.Homepricesareholdingsteadyinmostregions.InManhattan,“there'sanewgoldrushhappeninginthe$4millionto$10millionrange,predominantlyfedbyWallStreetbonuses，”saysbrokerBarbaraCorcoran.InSanFrancisco，pricesarestillrisingevenasfrenziedoverbiddingquiets.“Insteadof20to30offers，nowmaybeyouonlygettwoorthree，”saysJohnTealdi，aBayAreareal-estatebroker.Andmostfolksstillfeelprettycomfortableabouttheirabilitytofindandkeepajob.Manyfolksseesilverliningstothisslowdown.Potentialhomebuyerswouldcheerforlowerinterestrates.Employerswouldn'tmindalittlefewerbubblesinthejobmarket.Manyconsumersseemtohavebeeninfluencedbystock-marketswings，whichinvestorsnowviewasanecessaryingredienttoasustainedboom.Dinersmightseeanupside，too.GettingatableatManhattan'shotnewAlainDucasserestaurantusedtobeimpossible.Notanymore.Forthat,Greenspan&Co.maystillbeworthtoasting.
題目：When mentioning “the $4 million to $ 10 million range” ( Lines 3，Para. )the author is talkingabout_____. - A 、gold market
- B 、real estate
- C 、stock exchange
- D 、venture investment
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
推理題。本題考查識別論點(diǎn)與論據(jù)的能力。the $4 million to $ 10 million range是第三段提到的曼哈頓股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人的評論。其上文即第三段第二句提到了作者的觀點(diǎn)是“大部分地區(qū)房價(jià)保持穩(wěn)定”，接著文章開始分別介紹曼哈頓和舊金山的情況, 并引用相關(guān)人士的評論，可見后面部分是例證和引證, 不屬于論據(jù)，應(yīng)該是圍繞房地產(chǎn)這個主題展開的論述。文中JohnTealdi的同位語a Bay Area real-estate broker(一名海灣地區(qū)房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人）中也有暗示，正確答案應(yīng)為B選項(xiàng)。
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