首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Blocks of "high-rise" flats have been built in large numbers in London and in many other big cities. Just after the Second World
Blocks of "high-rise" flats have been built in large numbers in London and in many other big cities. Just after the Second World
admin
2011-03-01
90
问题
Blocks of "high-rise" flats have been built in large numbers in London and in many other big 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.
The sentence "Hundreds of the vast blocks had been built before anyone began to doubt about whether they were good solutions or not" means that ______.
选项
A、it was not until hundreds of the vast blocks had been built that people began to doubt whether they were good solutions or not
B、hundreds of the vast blocks had not been built until anyone began to doubt whether they were good solutions or not
C、people began to doubt whether they were good solutions or not before hundreds of the vast blocks had been built
D、since hundreds of the vast blocks had been built, some people began to doubt whether they were good solutions or not
答案
A
解析
本题考全面理解句子内涵的能力。在这类有before引导的句子中,常常有否定含义。意为人们没有怀疑高层公寓是否理想方案直到很多房子已盖好。全句译为通顺的汉语。即为,直到很多房子已盖好,人们才开始怀疑高层公寓是否为理想的方案。符合这一意思的为选项A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/h0kd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Healthfoodisageneraltermappliedtoall.kindsoffoodsthatareconsideredmuchhealthfulthanthetypesoffoodswidely
Ifyouwanttostayyoung,sitdownandhaveagoodthink.ThisistheresearchfindingofateamofJapanesedoctors,whosayt
Smokingisconsidereddangeroustothehealth:Ourtobacco-sellerMr.Johnson,therefore,alwaysaskshiscustomers,iftheyare
Smokingisconsidereddangeroustothehealth:Ourtobacco-sellerMr.Johnson,therefore,alwaysaskshiscustomers,iftheyare
Mancannotcontinue【C1】______hisnumbersatthepresentrate.Inthe【C2】______thirtyyearsmanwillfaceaperiodofcrisis.【C3】
AspeciallabattheUniversityofChicagoisbusyonly【C1】______.Itisadream【C2】______whereresearchersareatwork【C3】___
GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbrought【C1】______tobelievethatagoodbreakfastisimportantforhealth.Eatingbreakfast
HavingpassedwhatIconsideredtheworstobstacle,ourspirit【C1】______.Wemadetowardstheleftofthecliff,wherethegoing
HavingpassedwhatIconsideredtheworstobstacle,ourspirit【C1】______.Wemadetowardstheleftofthecliff,wherethegoing
HavingpassedwhatIconsideredtheworstobstacle,ourspirit【C1】______.Wemadetowardstheleftofthecliff,wherethegoing
随机试题
公司甲与业余发明人乙订立了一份技术开发协议,约定由乙为甲开发完成一项电冰箱温控装置技术,由甲为乙提供技术开发资金、设备、资料等,并支付报酬。在约定的时间内乙完成了合同约定的任务,并按约定将全部技术资料和权利都交给了甲公司。此外,乙在完成开发任务的过程中,还
Theoldmanislookingforwardto______Shanghai.
关于卵巢分泌的激素,错误的是( )。【2005年考试真题】
据临床统计,约有多少患者需要心理诊断和治疗
甲公司接受乙公司赠与房屋一套,该房屋在乙公司账面上的原值为200万元,净值为80万元,税务机关参照房屋买卖的市场价格核定该房屋价值为450万元(不含增值税)。已知适用的契税税率为3%,甲公司应缴纳的契税为()万元
为继续推进我国经济沿着科学道路前进,要重点把握的方面有()。
以往,境内企业进出口只能以美元或第三方货币结算,在合同签约至合同执行完毕期间汇率的变化会使企业的实际盈收出现波动,现在银行推出了人民币结算业务。由于人民币是境内企业的本币,合同计价和企业运营的主要货币相一致,境内企业在合同签订前能够切实了解交易的成本和收入
由当χ→0时,1-cosχ~[*]χ2得[*]
计算机网络中的结点在相互通信时必须遵循统一的()。
Itisaholidayandpeopledon’tworkthenPeoplecanseemanyofthemintheevening.
最新回复
(
0
)