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(1) Daniel Chivu, a fourth-year Carleton University student from Toronto, ha
(1) Daniel Chivu, a fourth-year Carleton University student from Toronto, ha
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(1) Daniel Chivu, a fourth-year Carleton University student from Toronto, had his lease in hand. He’d paid the month’s rent. And he had a van load of belongings to unload at his new place in the Glebe.
(2) Ready to begin another school year, the last thing he needed or expected, when he and his dad rolled into Ottawa on Tuesday, was to discover that his accommodation — a townhouse at 95 Fourth Ave. owned by Takyan Consulting & Development — was still very much under construction.
(3) "I paid my rent, I signed the lease, and this is what I get. It’s frustrating," Chivu said as he surveyed the unpainted walls, lack of lighting and the absence of fixtures in what was supposed to be his $765-a-month basement room. Never mind the pile of lumber, the thick carpet of dust on the floor and the distinct lack of furnishings.
(4) The young man wasn’t alone in his frustration. At least a dozen out-of-town students, some accompanied by their parents, showed up at the twin townhouses on Fourth Avenue near Bank Street, on Tuesday afternoon expecting to move in. Instead, they were left standing on the sidewalk staring for a few hours, with the property manager nowhere in sight.
(5) It wasn’t until early evening that Takyan’s Rakan Abushaar showed up to explain the situation.
(6) It wasn’t much help. After leading the group into the townhouse — ceilings without light fixtures or smoke alarms, a kitchen without appliances, doors without locks, and rooms without furniture, or, in some cases, without doors, were the most obvious signs of the unfinished state — Abushaar blamed the contractors and subcontractors for not finishing the work on time.
(7) "Until last night, I was promised it would be 100 per cent complete by this afternoon," he told the group. "Unfortunately, it wasn’t done." He then assured everybody that everything would be finished and ready for them to move in by Thursday afternoon. Or maybe "Friday, at the maximum."
(8) In the meantime, Abushaar, the president and chief executive of Takyan, offered to arrange hotel rooms for everyone, or, if they preferred, they could make their own arrangements and he would refund them the cost. He also offered to pay for the storage of the students’ possessions, if needed.
(9) Takyan describes itself as "a dynamic team providing a full range of real estate services focused on maximizing the client’s return on investment." Its services include managing developments, providing full-scale construction, and full-service property management.
(10) Neither the students nor their parents were pleased with the service they’d received. But there was little they could do unless they wanted to move in as is. The parents didn’t like the idea of their children being in rooms without locks or, indeed, beds.
(11) "This is not good," said Azan Nafiz, who drove his daughter Maria to Ottawa from Toronto to begin her first year at Carleton. He and his wife had to return home for work. What was he supposed to do with Maria?
(12) "She doesn’t know anything about Ottawa or where to go. And on her first day of university she has to go through this."
(13) Niamh Hester, an exchange student from the University of Edinburgh, already had a hotel room, but it was an unsettling way to begin student life in Canada.
(14) "I’m pretty shocked. I saw the place last week, and I was assured it would be ready today."
(15) In fact, early Tuesday morning she was informed by email that she could pick up the keys and move in that afternoon.
(16) When she arrived she found her room lacked lights and a door on the wardrobe. There was a hole in the bathroom ceiling waiting for the extractor fan. The fridge and stove were in the middle of the room, still wrapped in plastic. The smoke alarm was uninstalled.
(17) Hester, like the others, was also upset that no one from Takyan contacted her before Tuesday to explain the situation or give any hint that the townhouse would not be available as promised.
(18) Yet most seemed to accept that there was little they could do beyond taking Abushaar up on his accommodation offer and keeping their fingers crossed that he’d have the townhouse ready by the end of the week.
(19) "If it’s only until the end of this week, we can live with that," said Chivu’s father, also named Dan. "So long as they keep their promises." [br] Which statement is INCORRECT according to the article?
选项
A、Hester knew that the townhouse was unfinished and booked a hotel room.
B、Hester is an international student from outside of Canada.
C、Hester learned that she could have her keys on Tuesday afternoon.
D、Hester saw that her room was far from finished when she arrived there.
答案
A
解析
细节题。先根据选项中的人名Hester定位信息在文中的位置,可以看到作为一个从爱丁堡大学来加拿大渥太华地区的交流学生,Hester也遇到了同样不能入住的问题,尽管周二上午她接到邮件通知说可以拿钥匙了。她的确住旅馆,但是之前计划的是搬进宿舍就好,并不是因为知道宿舍不能完工,才去预订的旅馆。故选A。
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