（约翰和维多利亚）
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay,theydid not bring very many things with them.They had planned either to live in afurnished
apartment or to buy used furniture.But they soon learned about a new systemthat more and more people are using.The renting of homefurnishings(bed,tables,dishes,and so
on)has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.
当John和Victoria Falls到达纽约开始他们的一年生活时，他们没有随身带很多东西。他们计划要么住在装修好的公寓里，要么买些旧家具。但是他们很快了解到
越来越多的人正在采用的一种新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌子，盘子等等）已经成为美国发展最快的行业之一。
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them?Peoplewho are international business or government officials,foreign students,airline
workers,young married couple–people whose job or business may force them tomove frequently from one city to another.They save a lot of trouble and thecost of moving
their furniture each time.They simply rent new furniture when they reach theirnew homes.Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniturethat they may
soon dislike.They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniturethat they really like.Meanwhile,they find they can rent better qualityfurniture than they could
afford to buy.
什么样的人是租用家具而不是买家具的呢？从事国际商务的人，政府官员，外国学生，航空公司工作人员，刚结婚的年轻夫妇----那些由于工作而被迫频繁来往
不同的城市的人。他们可以省去每次搬家具的麻烦和费用。他们到一个新家的时候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年轻人不想买那些他们可能很快就不喜
欢的便宜家具。他们宁愿等到有钱时买他们真正喜欢的家具。同时，他们发现他们可以租比他们买得起的质量更好的家具。
One family,who now have a large,beautiful home of their own,liked their rentedfurniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying newthings.But
usually people don’t like to tell others about it.The idea of renting homefurnishings is still quite new,and they are not sure what their neighbors mightthink.(248words)
有个家庭，他们有属于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他们太喜欢租来的家具了以至于他们决定继续租用而不买新的家具。但是人们通常不喜欢告诉别人这些。
租家具的想法还是很新的，他们不能确定邻居们对此会怎么想。

Young people likedrenting home furniture in that__________.
年轻人喜欢租用家具是由于什么？他们没有钱而且不想买便宜的家具。

A.They have less money

B.They don’t want to buy old furniture

C.The new furniture is of good quality

D.They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture