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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.  
【C8】
选项 A、at
B、up
C、off
D、into
答案B
解析 此空要填入一个副词和knock组成词组，此句的后半句讲到地方各级议会忙于拆毁很多旧房子，与此同时他们高兴地_________新房子。既要拆旧房又要忙于新房，可推断建新房子是比较匆忙的，knock up“匆匆准备做某事”符合文意，故选B。 knock at意为“敲击”，knock off意为“完成；降低”，knock into意为“撞上；偶然碰见”，三者代入原文，皆体现不出“建新房子的匆忙”，故排除A、C、D三项。
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