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Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellen

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问题     Some houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects.
    Located on the shore of Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina, the award-winning cube-shaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by Hurricane (飓风) Hugo 10 years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state.
    Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolina’s shoreline were poorly constructed, and enforcement of building codes wasn’t strict, according to architect Ray Huff, who created the cleverly-designed beach house. In Hugo’s wake, all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, better-enforced codes. The new beach house on Sullivan’s Island should be able to withstand a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometers per hour.
    At first sight, the house on Sullivan’s Island looks anything but hurricane-proof. Its red wood shell makes it resemble "a large party lantern (灯笼)" at night, according to one observer. But looks can be deceiving. The house’s wooden frame is reinforced with long steel rods to give it extra strength.
    To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2. 7 meters off the ground on timber pilings—long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand Pilings might appear insecure, but they are strong enough to support the weight of the house. They also elevate the house above storm surges. The pilings allow the surges to run under the house instead of running into it. "These swells of water come ashore at tremendous speeds and cause most of the damage done to beach-front buildings," said Huff.
    Huff designed the timber pilings to be partially concealed by the house’s ground-to-roof shell. "The shell masks the pilings so that the house doesn’t look like it’s standing with its pant legs pulled up," said Huff. In the event of a storm surge, the shell should break apart and let the waves rush under the house, the architect explained. (358 words)
It can be inferred from the passage that the shell should be______.
选项 A、fancy-looking
B、waterproof
C、easily breakable
D、extremely strong
答案C
解析 本题属于推断题。此题可用排除法。A“外观漂亮”，最后一段的三句话中讲到美观的只有第二句。不过这个美观是指不至于使整个房屋样貌太难看，至于围板本身如何，文章没有提到，也就无从推理。B“防水”，第一句说围板可以把木桩遮住，似乎有防水功能，但第三句又说“the shell should break apart”，围板可以被水冲碎，可见并不防水。C“易碎”，“the shell should break apart”这句话讲到围板在海水冲击下会碎掉，但是不是很容易碎掉没有说明。后面还有一句“and let the waves rush under the house”，意思是围板碎掉是为了使海浪从屋底冲过。从这里可以推测，如果围板不是很容易碎掉的话，那么冲击力很强的海水就可能冲倒房屋，因此围板一定是易碎的。因此选择C。D“极为坚固”，这个说法和C相反，是错误的。
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