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阅读理解Last year, 138,000 San Francisco residents used Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and travelers. It's a striking number for a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough for Airbnb to win a major victory in local elections, as San Francisco voters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time restrictions and other regulations on short-term rental services.The company fiercely opposed the measure, Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. Italso contacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of couch-surfing app. The service works for one-night stays on roadtrips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more competitive pricing than hotels. It's a textbook example ofthe"sharing economy", but not everyone is a fan.The app has had unintended consequences in San Francisco. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported lastyear, a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the company's image: middle-class familiesputting up a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their multiple properties into vacation rentals or even full-time rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend takes spaces off the conventional, better-regulated housing market and contributes to rising costs."Thefact is, widespread abuse of short-term rentals is taking much needed housing off the market andharming our neighborhoods,"said ShareBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions haveprotested the company's practices in San Francisco and other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.San Francisco is in the middle of a long-term, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of livingexplode. Actually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4,000.Located on a narrow outcropping of landoverlooking the bay, San Francisco simply doesn't have enough space to accommodate the massive inflow of young, high-salaried tech employees flocking to Silicon Valley.As the Los Angeles Times reported, some San Francisco residents supported the measure simply because itseemed like a way to check a big corporation. Opponents of Proposition F countered that the housing crisis runsmuch deeper, and that passing the rule would have discouraged a popular service while doing little to solve the city's existing problems. （1） The intention of Proposition F is to ____. A . place time limits in local election. B . set limits on short-term rental. C . strike down a controversial rule. D . urge users to vote against Airbnb. （2） What is the negative consequence of Airbnb on San Francisco? A . It shrinks the living space of middle-class families. B . Users are taken advantage of by the service financially. C . It makes the house market more competitive. D . It indirectly leads to high house rental price. （3） The housing crisis in San Francisco results from ____. A . explosion of the living cost B . its geographic characteristics C . generosity of local enterprises D . inflow of migrant population （4） The author's attitude toward Proposition F is ____. A . objective B . supportive C . negative D . indifferent 答案： B D A A

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