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Flats were almost unknown in Britain until the 1850s when they were developed, along with other industrial dwellings, for the la
Flats were almost unknown in Britain until the 1850s when they were developed, along with other industrial dwellings, for the la
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Flats were almost unknown in Britain until the 1850s when they were developed, along with other industrial dwellings, for the labouring classes. These vast blocks were plainly a 【C1】______ means of 【C2】______ social conscience by housing large numbers of the ever-present poor on 【C3】______ city sites. During the 1880s, however, the idea of living in comfortable residential chambers caught on with the 【C4】______ upper and upper middle classes, and 【C5】______ as to the advantages and disadvantages of flat life was a topic of conversation 【C6】______ many a 【C7】______ dinner-table. In Paris and other major European cities, the custom whereby the better-off lived in apartments, or flats, was well【C8】______ . Up to the late nineteenth century in England only bachelor barristers had established the 【C9】______ of living in rooms near the Law Court: any self-respecting head of household would insist 【C10】 ______ a West End town house as his London home, the best that his 【C11】______ could provide.
The 【C12】______ of flats for the better-off seems to have developed for a number of reasons. First, perhaps, through the【C13】______ of the railways, which had enabled a wide 【C14】______ of people to enjoy a holiday staying in a suite at one of the luxury hotels which had begun to spring up during the previous decade.【C15】______ , no doubt the fact that many of the early luxury flats were similar 【C16】______ hotel suites, even being provided with【C17】______ dining-rooms and central boilers for hot water and heating. Rents tended to be high to cover overheads, but savings were made 【C18】______ by these communal amenities (生活设施) and 【C19】______ tenants being able to 【C20】______ the number of family servants.
【C4】
选项
A、flourishing
B、affluent
C、humble
D、impoverished
答案
B
解析
本题测试形容词的用法。affluent upper and upper middle classes富裕的中上阶层。 flourishing繁荣的;humble卑微的;impoverished贫困的。catch on with:被接受,受欢迎。
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