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【题目】

The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850—1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City ”, almost certainly the source of Howard's name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.

The nineteenth－century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard's idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard's idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.

Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit—Howard suggested 32, 000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.

【1】 How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?

A. Through his observation of the country life.

B. Through the combination of different ideas.

C. By taking other people's advice.

D. By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.

【2】 The underlined phrase “drawing on” in Paragraph 1 probably means .

A. making use of

B. making comments on

C. giving an explanation of

D. giving a description of

【3】According to Howard, garden cities should be built .

A. as far as possible from existing cities

B. in the countryside where the land was cheap

C. in the countryside where agriculture was developed

D. near cities where employment opportunities already existed

【4】 What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?

A. Their number would continue to rise.

B. Each one would continue to become larger.

C. People would live and work in the same place.

D. Each one would contain a certain type of business.

【5】 What could be the best title for the passage?

A. City and Countryside

B. The Invention of the Garden City

C. A New City in Chicago

D. A Famous Garden City in England

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 D

【2】 A

【3】 A

【4】 B

【5】 B

【解析】 本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了花园城市的产生背景和设计理念。

【1】 细节理解题。由文章第一段倒数第二句中的almost certainly the source of Howard's name for his later building plan of towns. 可知。

【2】 词义猜测题。根据该词前后的develop和creating 可知Howard 利用当时流行的理念形成自己的设计风格, 创造出独一无二的设计结构。

【3】 细节理解题。根据文章第二段尤其是最后一句可以看出B项为最佳选项。

【4】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, 可知这样的城市的数量会越来越多。

【5】主旨大意题。通读全文可知B项能够更好地概括文章的内容。