問題詳情

    Dubai is a city of superlatives, where everything has to be the biggest and the boldest. At more than 800 meters, Burj Khalifa __16___ the previous world record held by Taiwan’s 508-meter Taipei 101. Like many of the previous world’s tallest buildings, Burj Khalifa was planned and built during boom years, but finished during a real estate crash. This has led many to question ___17__ this latest record breaker is a white elephant.      Mohamed Ali Alabbar, one of the developers behind Burj Khalifa, argues that it is nothing __18___ that. “As of today, we have sold 90 percent of the building and expect it to be 90 percent occupied,” he says. The fact that the developers have made a profit on its US$1.5-billion investment has been helped by the fact that they bought the land with equity and not cash, and that they pre-sold most of the apartments and offices before the real estate crash. Investors have already ___19___ 80 percent of the value of the apartments and offices. __20___ many unfinished developments in Dubai, the default rate among Burj Khalifa investors have been low.
16.
(A) smashed
(B) crashed
(C) crushed
(D) stained

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答案：[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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