A.there was severe house shortage in big cities
B.there was less and less land to build houses in big cities
C.they were modern and beautiful and much sought after by city people
D.they were built on less land and were able to house a lot more people
第1题
ig cities. Just after the Second World War these big, twenty-to-thirty storey buildings, hundreds of feet in height, were thought to be the ideal solution to the housing problem. For on the one hand, there was severe housing shortage, but on the other hand, there was lack of space to build houses in urban areas. Blocks of "high-rise" flats seemed at first to be able to solve the problem, since they can offer more families to live in on less land. The beautiful, modem apartments in the high-rises were much sought after by people who lived downtown.
Hundreds of the vast blocks had been built before anyone began to doubt about whether they were good solutions or not. Are they suitable places for people, children especially, to live in? A well-known British architect, who personally designed many of these buildings, now believes that the high-rises may well make those people who have been housed in them suffer a great deal.
Evidence has been collected by social workers, which suggests that people do suffer. They complain about severe loneliness and deep depression living within these great towers. People also talk about lack of communication with others, no easy access to a playground for children, no chances for adults to get familiarized with each other. Many people say that they have lived next door to each other for years in the same building, but they never know who their neighbors are. Some experts say that a large number of people living in the high-rises suffer from mental disorder and even developed criminal tendencies. As a result of these new discoveries, plans for new high-rise blocks are being reconsidered. We Chinese are now building up many high-rises in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Perhaps we should also reconsider the idea too.
There was a big housing problem after the Second World War ______.
A.in London
B.in the rural areas
C.in many big cities
D.in many countries
第2题
It can be inferred that ______.
A.the writer must have misunderstood the policeman when the latter showed him the way
B.the policeman must have pointed him a wrong direction
C.the writer couldn't tell the right from the left
D.the railway station was the only house in sight
第3题
The biggest problem with the writer was that ______.
A.he shouldn't have lost his way on purpose
B.he failed to ask the newspaper-seller for help
C.he took it for granted that the policeman was able to help him
D.he was unable to communicate with local people in their language
第4题
The phrase "take offence" in the last paragraph most probably means "______".
A.get furious
B.suddenly understand
C.lose patience
D.burst into tears
第5题
It wasn't until ______ that he started getting back to his hotel for lunch.
A.he had determined to ask the way
B.he had realized that the only word he knew was the name of the street where his hotel was located
C.he had enjoyed himself there for a couple of hours
D.he had visited a small book store
第6题
After having spent my first day sight-seeing in the town-center, I decided to lose my way deliberately on my second day, since I believed that this was the surest way of getting to know my way around. I got on the first bus that passed and descended some thirty minutes later in what must have been a suburb.
The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. I discovered mysterious little book-shops in back streets and finally arrived at a market-place where I stopped and had coffee in an open-air calf. Then I decided to get back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about aimlessly for some time, I determined to ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived — and even that I pronounced badly.
I stopped to asked a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he thrust the paper into my hands. Seeing that it would be impossible to argue about the matter, I gave him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was an old lady who was buying vegetables. She was very hard of hearing and I repeated the word several times. When she finally heard me, she seemed to take offence and began shouting and shaking her walking-stick at me. I hurried away quickly and was relieved to see a policeman on a corner. He certainly would be able to help me. The policeman listened attentively to my question, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a distant look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. He glanced at me for approval, and repeated the performance. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed. About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and green fields were appearing on either side on me. I had come all the way into the country. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway-station!
The writer intentionally lost his way because ______.
A.he didn't know the city and couldn't speak a word of the local language
B.he wanted to know this strange city by walking about
C.he got on a wrong bus that passed
D.he descended at a distant suburban bus-stop
第7题
_.
A.he had forgotten to prepare food for the flight
B.fatigue had made him forget hunger earlier before landing
C.jet lag caused his sudden hunger
D.total concentration on the flight had stopped him from feeling hunger
第8题
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.People were doubtful about the news.
B.Nobody suspected him to be a fool.
C.Lindbergh refused to apply for insurance,
D.No one believed that the plane had only one engine.
第9题
The plane in which Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic was ______.
A.the mail plane he flew between Chicago and St. Louis
B.bought with $25,000 prize offered by a fellow American for that adventure
C.sponsored by some businessmen in St. Louis
D.specially built at his own expense
第10题
flying fool"?
A.The second sentence of the first paragraph.
B.The third sentence of the flint paragraph.
C.The last sentence of the third paragraph.
D.The second sentence of the last paragraph.
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