问答题

Section D
In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear on the tape. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
Home-ownership
Owning one’s home is a very important part of the (21) It’s directly related to our culture and wordview.
When the first European settlers set foot on the Americas, Europe was still dominated by feudalism. There were then classes in Europe—the (22) , the clergy and the peasantry. The first two were the only classes that could legally own land. If you were born a (23) you had little hope of owning a piece of land or your own home.
When the Americas were discovered, they were regarded as the (24) Aside from Indians, the continents were uninhabited by (25) Since all the lands there had not been claimed, they were free and available to be owned. But the aristocrats of Europe were not interest- ed in the New World for they were wealthy and successful in their homelands. The (26) , however, took up the challenge. They had very little (27) in Europe despite their wealth. To them, owning land was the cure.
In England, the middle class led the way to transform the North American coast into British colonies. In (28) , the Virginian Company and the Plymouth Company, which were responsible for establishing the first (29) in America, were formed. To get people to go to North America, the companies had to offer settlers land ownership, something valuable enough to attract people to leave their comfortable homelands. People who had no hope of owning land in Europe, therefore, saw the prospect of owning (30) in North America.
As such, the concept of owning one’s own home was from the very start an essential ingredient in the economic, cultural and social development of the U. S..