阅读理解 Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of building upwards, that is to say of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats. It is said that the Englishman objects to this type of existence, but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from the inhabitants of most countries of the world today. In the past our own blocks of fiats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom, and so on, as well as such details, important notwithstanding (然而), as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the grounds for washing. It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus individual houses will continue to rage in for a long time as far as Britain is concerned. And it is unfortunate that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is raised. Those who oppose the building of flats base their case primarily on the assumption (设想) that everyone prefers an individual home and garden and on the high cost per unit of accommodation. The latter ignores the higher cost of providing full services to a scattered community and the cost in both money and time of the journeys to work for the suburban resident.
单选题 We can infer from the passage that________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】推理判断题。问题是：按照反对经济增长的人的观点，下面哪个不是我们应减慢增长的原因。根据原文第二段内容，第一句提出现点，下面几句是原因的论述。选项A)“世界人口在不断地增长”，选项B)“我们的自然环境面临着被工业破坏的危险”和选项C)“自然资源有限的供应限制了工业继续增长”都是第二段叙述的原因。只有选项D)“为提高物质生活质量需更多的努力”不是其原因，因此正确答案为D)。
单选题 What is said about the blocks of flats built in the past in Britain?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推理判断题。支持经济增长的观点出现在第三段。根据第二句“These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital needed t0 improve the quality of life in the。world．”，判断出选项B)“整体来讲，对社会福利是很重要的”中的well-being与the quality of life是一致的。选项A)和C)明显与原文不符。选项D具有一定的干扰性，但对于环境问题，支持的人认为可以提供财政支持，而不是使环境免于工业污染。因此正确答案是B)。
单选题 The word "rage"(Line 9) means "________".
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义理解题。根据上题提示，第三段叙述的是有关支持经济增长的内容的，第二句中的“These proponents of economic growth”应该是赞同经济增长的支持者。选项A)饭对者”，选项B)“支持的论据”，选项C)“支持者”，选项D)“意见不同”。因此选项C)为正确答案。
单选题 Some people oppose the building of flats because________.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】主旨大意题。分析：文章第一段提出关于经济增长的问题，第二段是反对经济增长的观点，第三段是赞同的观点，第四段是结论部分，即有关经济增长的辩论还会继续，因此综合来看只有选项A)最能涵盖这四段的内容。选项C)是指辩论的重要性，偏离了题意。
单选题 The author mentions that people who live in suburban houses________.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】推理判断题。选项A“作者赞同经济增长”，选项B)“作者反对继续增长经济”，选项C)“作者根据事实描述”，选项D)“作者很担心继续增长经济所带来的问题”。原文中既有支持又有反对经济增长的观点，也就是说作者很客观地进行了描述，因此选项C)为正确答案。