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　　2016年考研英语阅读材料:Urban land

　　BUY land, advised Mark Twain; they're not making it any more. In fact, land is not really scarce: the entire population of America could fit into Texas with more than an acre for each household to enjoy. What drives prices skyward is a collision between rampant demand and limited supply in the great metropolises like London, Mumbai and New York. In the past ten years real prices in Hong Kong have risen by 150%. Residential property in Mayfair, in central London, can go for as much as 55,000 (82,000) per square metre. A square mile of Manhattan residential property costs 16.5 billion.

　　Even in these great cities the scarcity is artificial. Regulatory limits on the height and density of buildings constrain supply and inflate prices. A recent analysis by academics at the London School of Economics estimates that land-use regulations in the West End of London inflate the price of office space by about 800%; in Milan and Paris the rules push up prices by around 300%. Most of the enormous value captured by landowners exists because it is well-nigh impossible to build new offices to compete those profits away.

　　The costs of this misfiring property market are huge, mainly because of their effects on individuals. High housing prices force workers towards cheaper but less productive places. According to one study, employment in the Bay Area around San Francisco would be ab...

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　　Why land value taxes are so popular, yet so rare

　　HOW should you tax wealthy homeowners? Britain's opposition Labour party thinks it has an answer: an annual mansion tax on homes worth over £2m. Meanwhile the Scottish government plans to reform taxes on house sales. Yet in the discussion over property taxes a favourite proposal of economists—a tax on the unimproved value of land—has been absent from the debate. Throughout history, economists have advocated such a tax. Adam Smith said "nothing [could] be more reasonable". Milton Friedman said it was "least bad tax". Yet there are only a handful of real-world examples of land value taxes (LVT). Why are they so popular yet so rare?

　　When thinking about any tax, economists focus on how it affects decision-making. Income tax reduces the incentive to work. Corporation tax reduces the incentive to invest. Stamp duty deters some marginal house sales. Such prevention of mutually beneficial transactions is generally considered bad (though the deterrence of actions which hurt third parties—such as pollution—is an exception). Distributional effects also matter, although are often ignored on the assumption that any redistribution can happen through separate mechanisms.

　　Land value taxation is so beloved of economists because, in theory, it does not distort decision ma...

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　　细化考纲·自测

　　重点单词

　　1.means 2.boom 3.occur 4.luggage

　　5.nowhere 6.authority 7.reform 8.distinct distinction 9.majority minority

　　10.elect election 11.applicant apply application 12.indicate indication indicator

　　13.apparent apparently 14.conductor conduct 15.punishment punish

　　重点短语

　　1.by means of 2.keep up 3.team up with 4.take in 5.live on 6.make a life 7.apply for

　　8.back to back 9.mark out 10.许多;很多 11.对……宣战 12.抓住机会 13.在史前时代

　　重点句式

　　1.it is likely that 2.It is believed that 3.It didn‟t occur to me that...

　　单元语法

　　1.when what 2.that 3.why 4.that

　　精析考点·突破

　　核心词汇

　　1.1)by all means 2)means of transportation 3)by means of 4)have been tried

　　5)has been tried

　　2.1)is/are his/their 2)have gone

　　3)is 4)the majority of

　　3.1)percent 2)percentage 3)is

　　4.1)slipped down 2)slipped away

　　3)slipped my mind 4)slipped out

　　5.1)hire 2)employ 3)rented 4)let

　　6.1)nowhere else 2)get you nowhere 3)out of nowhere 4)have I seen

　　重点短语

　　1.1)make a living make a life 2)live a comfortable life 3)coming to life 4)make a living

　　2.1)keep up 2)keep up with 3)is kept ...

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　　Unit 2 Working the land

　　细化考纲·自测

　　重点单词

　　1.struggle 2.therefore 3.comment 4.regret regretful regretfully 5.hunger

　　hungry 6.expand expansion 7.circulate

　　circulation 8.equip equipment 9.export

　　import 10.nationality nation national 11.occupation occupy 12.confuse confused confusing confusion 13.chemical

　　chemistry chemist 14.reduce reduction

　　15.summary summarize

　　重点短语

　　1.rid...of 2.thanks to 3.with the hope of 4.born into a poor farmer‟s family 5.struggle for 6.寻找方法 7.与……作比较 8.对……感到满意 9.富含 10.集中(注意力、精力等)于

　　重点句式

　　1.If so 2.Although for 3.would much rather 4.have been finding 5.making it

　　单元语法

　　1.finding 2.expanding 3.keeping 4.trying

　　精析考点·突破

　　核心词汇

　　1.1)struggle for survival 2)struggle with 3)struggling to bring up 4)struggling on 5)struggled to its feet

　　2.1)expands through reading 2)expand your story into a novel 3)expanded on 4)extended

　　5)spread 6)Stretch

　　3.1)Getting rid of 2)be rid of 3)rid of

　　4.1)equip our office with a new computer

　　2)equip him for later life 3)well equipped 4)some new equipment 5)equipment

　　5.1)regret it 2)regretted missing 3)regret to say 4)It is to be regretted that 5)with regret<...

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　　soil：土地，土壤。指含有有机成分、适宜于耕种的土壤。例如：

　　例513：The water washed away much of the top soil.

　　earth：土，泥(相对于岩石和沙子而言);地球。例如：

　　例514：The peasants were trying to fill the big hole with earth.

　　(农民正在设法用土填那个大坑。)

　　例515：Today the earth is becoming more and more polluted. (现在地球受污染越来越严重。)

　　ground：土地，地面。指大地表面。例如：

　　例516：The wounded have been lying on the ground for more than two hours.

　　land：陆地，土地。指海洋、河流相对的陆地。例如：

　　例517：We came here by land, not by water. (我们是从陆路来，不是从水路来。)

　　mud：泥，泥浆。例如：

　　例518：After the football match, he was covered with mud. (足球赛过后，他浑身沾满泥。)

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　　earth/ ground/floor/field/ land/ soil

　　Ⅰ.earth “地;地球;泥土”。它着重批“大地”，以别于“天空”;也可以指区别于坚硬岩石的泥土。如：

　　① The earth moves round the sun. 地球围绕太阳转。

　　② Snakes creep on the earth.蛇在地上爬行。

　　Ⅱ.ground. “地;地面”主要指大地表面。不论是呢地，沙地或水泥地，均可用这个词表示;也可用来指运动场地。如：

　　① The ground is covered with leaves in the woods.树林的地面上落满了树叶。

　　② There is a football ground in our school.我们学校有个足球场。

　　Ⅲ.foor.用于指建筑物内的“地板”，其前面通常加the;此外，还可以表示楼房的“层”。如： ① The cat is on the floor. 猫在地板上。

　　② the first floor(美：)一楼 / (英：)二楼。

　　Ⅲ.field. 表“田;地”常用于指种植农作物的“农田、土地”有时也可指研究、活动的“范围;流域”如：

　　① They are working in the fields.他们正在田里劳动。

　　② What’s your field of study? 你的研究领域是什么?

　　Ⅳ.land. “陆地”与河流和海洋相对;也可指“土地”，可耕种的田地就叫做land;它还可以表示“国土;国家”如：

　　① We travelled by land until we reached the sea.我们从陆路去一直旅行到大海。

　　② All the waste land in this area has veen opened up.这个地方的荒地全被开垦了。

　　Ⅴ.soil“土地;土壤”尤指生长植物的土地。如：

　　① The soil is very thin in the forest. 森林里土层非常薄。

　　② The peasants are preparing the soil for seed.农民们正在平整土地。

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