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TEXT A 1 If you like the idea of staying with a family, living in house might be the answer. 81 Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers, are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guest and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity逮着机会就多收钱. The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes. They tried to overcharge me, but I didnt agree. 他们企图向我漫天要价，但我没同意。 If you are lucky, the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and companionship. 1For the less fortune, house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to visit, and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking if tidy and untidy guests are living under the same roof. Row: n. 行，排；划船；街道；吵闹 vt. 划船；使……成排vi. 划船；争吵 thought provoking 发人深思的 provoking adj. 激怒的；刺激的；(尤指)惹人恼火的；使人烦恼的 Dont throw one bone to two dogs; youll only provoke a fight. 别把一根骨头扔给两只狗，那会引起它们打架。 2 The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing, with the 82 added difficulties that arise from 起因于deciding who pays for what, and in what proportion. One person may spend hours on the phone, while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with guest, how do you persuade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave you in peace, especially if you are student and want to study?Conversely, flat sharing can be very cheap, there will always be someone to talk to and go out with, and the chores, in theory, can be shared. Flat，apartment， Apartment来自appartire, ap-=ad-=to+part（部分），原义是分成几个部分，在英国指公寓的一个房间，在美国指一套房间 FLat [英]一套房间，通常指包括起居室，卧室，浴室，厨房等公寓房间感谢沪江网（）网友helenyan2002给出的这份详解81.According to the passage ,landladies are ____C____A. usually strict. B. always mean.C. adequately competent. D. very popular with their guest.解析：C, 排除法。 A指的是bad landladies,片面信息。B没有提到，且过于绝对。D选项：文中提到： “Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers. D, … are figures