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任务型阅读 七选五阅读 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A problem is only a problem until there is a solution(解决办法)．We find solutions by thinking creatively.1. In other words, we think outside the box. Sometimes, thinking outside the box solves not just one, but two problems. Amsterdam is one of the most crowded cities in Europe. As a result, housing is very expensive，especially for students.

2. However，finding this type of apartments was almost impossible until recently. While the colleges in Amsterdam were trying to solve the housing problem，thousands of shipping contains(集装箱) were lying quietly in ports(港口) around the world. These huge steel containers carry products from one country to another. The life of each container is about 10 years3. Yet they can't recycle all of them because there are so many.

Back in Amsterdam，a company came up with amazing idea. Why not reuse these shipping containers as student apartments? 4.They are all the same size and fit together perfectly. The steel is strong. Moreover，these containers are so widely available that they are quite cheap to buy. For all these reasons，they can be used to build apartments quickly and cheaply. Building began in 2005，and after only a few weeks，hundreds of Amsterdam students had new homes.

When students first heard about this idea, they thought the container apartments would be small，noisy，and cold. 5. Each container apartment has a kitchen, a bedroom with a study area, and a bathroom. The apartments are warm and quiet. They even have a high?speed Internet connection. Living in a shipping container has become popular. Today, over 3,000 Amsterdam students live in the container village.

A．Students need low?cost apartments.

B．The containers are great for building apartments.

C．In fact, these apartments are not in good condition.

D．However, they were surprised when they saw them.

E．Steel companies recycle some of the old containers.

F．Recycling the steel containers has many advantages.

G．We use our imagination and come up with creative ideas.

1.G 2.A 3.E 4.B 5.D 【解析】文章大意：短文讲了解决旧集装箱问题的方法，一些被钢铁公司回收，一些被建成了学生公寓，现在有很多学生住在集装箱的公寓里。 1.由上文“We find solutions by thinking creatively.”以及下文“In other words, we think outside the box.”可知都...

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