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The problem with today’s housing crisis, politically, is that it is just not all that visible. At the end of the Second World Wa

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问题     The problem with today’s housing crisis, politically, is that it is just not all that visible. At the end of the Second World War, families with kids【C1】________into shared houses. In 1946, more than 46,000 families took over military camps, empty hotels and flats. That was a(n)【C2】________housing crisis. Today’s does not come【C3】________: most people still have somewhere to live.
    It is nonetheless【C4】________, and worthy of political attention. But the question of exactly why our expensive homes【C5】________a crisis is more subtly depicted than it can appear. Since 1973 at least, the total number of "dwellings" has climbed far faster than the population. How is this possible,【C6】________that building rates have【C7】________? And doesn’t it mean that there isn’t really a housing crisis?
    First, in the 1960s and 1970s, while councils happily knocked【C8】________new estates, they were also busy pulling down lots of old "【C9】________" houses too. Social housing helped people move from broken old crowded houses into【C10】________new flats or houses, typically with much more【C11】________.
    Meanwhile, new homes were built on green fields. Average household sizes【C12】________dramatically, even as the average house got bigger. Though the housing stock【C13】________by less than the rate of building,【C14】________got a lot more space in which to live.
    In recent decades,【C15】________, everyone has got a lot less space. We have had【C16】________little new building, but【C17】________we have magically created lots of new housing. Essentially, so far, the housing crisis has been【C18】________by subdividing our homes to【C19】________the extra population growth.【C20】________what new homes we do build are the smallest in the developed world.  
【C3】
选项 A、near
B、true
C、close
D、around
答案C
解析 本句的主语Today’s指代today’s housing crisis，从本句冒号后的句子“大多数人还是有地可住”，可以看出现在的住房危机和过去的住房危机的表现差别较大。故选close“接近的”，代入句中符合语义，故选C。A项near“附近的”主要指“地理位置的靠近”。B项true“真实的”代入空格，表示“现在的住房危机并未成为现实”，这跟下文对“现在的住房危机”的表述相悖。come around可指“(像往常一样)发生”，由下文对“现在的住房危机”的表述，可看出现在的住房危机已经发生了，故排除D。
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