词汇团1204学习汇总文本周五中级阅读

1、What does the future hold for the problem of housing? A good deal depen ds, of course, on the meaning of “future”. If one is thinking in terms of sci ence fiction and the space age, it is at least possible to assume that man will have solved such trivial and earthly problems as housing. Writers of s

2、 cience fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards, have had little to say on the subj ect. They have conveyed the suggestion that men will live in great comfo rt, with every conceivable apparatus to make life smooth, healthy and ea sy, if not happy. But they have not said what his house will be made of. P er

3、haps some new building material, asyet unimagined, will have been disc overed or invented at least. One may be certain that bricks and mortar(泥灰，灰浆) will long have gone out of fashion.Buttheproblemsof thenextgenerationortwo canmorereadily beimagi ned. Scientists have already pointed out that unless

4、something is done eit her to restrict the worlds rapid growth in population or to discover and de velop new sources of food (or both), millions of people will be dying of sta rvation or at the best suffering from underfeeding before this century is out. But nobody has yet worked out any plan for hou

5、sing these growing pop ulations. Admittedly the worst situations will occur in the hottest parts of t he world, where housing can be light structure or in backward areas wher e standards are traditionally low. But even the minimum shelter requires materials of some kind and in the teeming, bulging t

6、owns the low-standar d “housing” of flattened petrol cans and dirty canvas is far more wasteful of ground space than can be tolerated.Since the war, has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to arise in many other places during the nextgeneration. Literally millions of refugees arrived to swel

7、l the already growing population and emergency st eps had to be taken rapidly to prevent squalor (肮脏) and disease and the spread crime. The city is tackling the situation energetically and enormous blocks of tenements (贫民住宅) are rising at an astonishingd. But Ho ng Kong is only one small part of wha

8、t will certainlye a vast proble m and not merely a housing problem, because when population grows at t his rate there arepanying problems of education, transport, hospital services, drainage, water supply and so on. Not every area may give the same resources as to draw upon and the search for quicke

9、r an d cher methods of construction must never cease.What is the author s opinion of housing problems in the pa A. They may be compleysolvedatsometimeinthefuture. B. They are unimportant and easily dealt with.C. They will not be solved until a new building material has been discove D. They have been

10、 dealt with in specific detail in books describing the fu The writer is sure that in the distant A. bricks andmortarwill be replaced by some other building material. B. a new building material will have been invented.C. bricks and mortar will not be used by people who want their house to be fashiona

11、ble.D. a new way of using bricks and mortar will have been The writer believes that the biggest problem likely to confront t he world before of the centuryA. is difficult to B. will be how to feed the ever growing C. will be how to provide enough houses in the hottest parts of the worl D. is the que

12、stion of finding enough ground When the writer says that the worst situations will occur in the hottest parts of the world or in backward areas, he is referring to the fact that in these parts .A. standards of building are B.onlyminimumshelterwillbepossible. C. there is not enough ground space.D. th

13、e population growth will be the Which of the following sentences best summarizes Paragraph 3? A. has faced a serious crisis caused by millions of refugees. B. has successfully dealt with the emergency caused by millio ns of refugees.C. s crisis was not only a matter of housing but included a number

14、of other problems of population growth.D. Many parts of the world may have to face the kind of problems enco untered by and may find it much harder to deal with them.trivial在文中的意思是“琐碎的”，petty,trivial这两个形容词均含琐细的，不重要的之例如：This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important! 这听上去也许微不足道，但是，相信我

15、，它十分重要！又例如：My mind attempted to calm it self by fastening on this trivial detail. 我尝试将注意力集中在这个小细节上以让自convey 在文中的意思是“传达”，bring, carry, take, fetch, get, convey, bring：指从某处把人或物带到或拿到说话者所在的地点，强调方向，不着重方式。carry： bring 的方向正相反，侧重方向，不着重方式。fetchgoandbring，去取了东西或带人再返回到出发处。 get：口语用词，与fetch 基本同义，语气随便。例如：Euclid w

16、as trying to convey his idea of a geometrical point. 得试图表达他的一个几何学观点。再比如：Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength. 红色之类的颜色可给人以充满与力量的感觉。conceivable在文中的意思是“可想到的”，词根ceivetake/hold/seize, 表示拿,抓,conceivable 可 recipient接受的,感受性强的 conceit 自豪;recipient接受者,感受者,conceive想象;构想;deceive perceive知觉;发觉

17、receive 接受;收到例如：Without their support the project would not have been conceivable.如果没有他们的支持，这个项目根本就不可想象。再比如：Thereisnoconceivablere ason why there should be any difficulty.想不出有什么理由可以说明会遇到。flattened 的意思为“使变平”，例如：The city has been flattened by heavy artille ry bombardments. 城市已被猛烈的火夷为平地。又如：The dogs ears flattened slightly as Cook spoke his name. 叫这只狗的名字时，它的耳朵就会稍稍耷拉astonishing在这里，表示“惊人的”，词根 astonish“使惊讶”，surprise, amaze, asto nish, astound, startle, stun 这些动词均含使惊愕，使惊讶，使惊奇之意。surprise：例如：A matter of repeated occurrence like this will not astonish people. 这样见