In London, over half of the homes built between 1919 and 1980 had one garage. But many are becoming needless. Between 2002 and 2012 the proportion of vehicles kept in garages at night dropped from 22% to 14% . This is in part because some households now have more cars than garage space. But it is also because big modern cars do not fit in older garages, says David Leibling, a transport expert. Few rust when left outside, and many are more difficult to steal: between 2003 and 2013 the number of vehicle being stolen in England and Wales fell 76% . Instead, garages now solve a different set of problems. Householders unable to move to larger homes have taken to filling their garages with unnecessary and unwanted things. Some garages have been converted for aging parents for their convenience, says Paul Bishop, who runs a garage conversion company in Bedfordshire. Also, some young people unable or unwilling to leave home may have an option to live in the garage. In addition, a garage may be rented to young folks fond of music. It is, more often than not, an ideal place to freely play music. However, many publicly owned garages lie empty. Of the 6,000 garages owned by Hackney council, around 40% are free. Over 3,000 garages owned by ten housing associations are unused and the land they take up is unfit for building homes upon, says Steve O'Connell, a councilor(议员)at the London Assembly. He thinks they could be turned into small offices. That has already happened in places such as Berlin. Nevertheless converting garages can be troublesome, says Bill Hodgson of University College London. Few councils are enthusiastic enough to truly support the idea and put it into practice. A recent proposal to turn some garages in north London into shelters for the homeless has been rejected: councillors feared that local residents would not approve. Getting planning permission can be complex, and developing on local authority land is often faced with various kinds of problems. Like the garages themselves, these plans may be useless and abandoned.

单选题 In the viewpoint of David Leibling, many garages are unused for vehicles in that______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：事实细节题。本题考查大卫·雷柏林认为许多车库没被使用的原因。定位句提到，运输专家大卫·雷柏林说，也因为现代化的大型汽车与老旧的车库并不匹配。C)中的suit是原文中fit in的同义转述，故答案为C)。A)“车库里被偷汽车的数量下降了76％”与第一段第六句的信息不符。原文提到，英格兰和威尔士被偷汽车的数量下降了76％。这个数字统计的是放在车库外面的汽车，而非车库里面的，故排除；B)“现代化的大型汽车放在车库里会生锈”是对第一段第六句的曲解，原文只提到汽车放在车库外面很少会生锈，并未提及放在车库里面会如何，故排除；D)“一些家庭拥有的车库比汽车多”与第一段第四句“一些家庭拥有的汽车数量比车位数量多”相矛盾，故排除。

单选题 What does Paul Bishop say about garage conversion?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：事实细节题。本题考查保罗·比绍普提及的车库改造的信息。定位句提到，有一些车库被改造，专为上了年纪的父母提供便利。由此可知，改造后的车库使年老的父母生活便利，故答案为A)。B)“为老年人改造车库更困难”，原文未提及，故排除；C)“空闲的车库可以用来解决社会问题”，第一段末句提到，如今的车库却用来解决一连串不同的问题。但保罗·比绍普并未提及是社会问题，故排除；D)“上了年纪的父母在车库里堆满了无用的东西”，第二段第一句提到，无法搬去更大房屋的家庭养成了将不必要和不想要的杂物堆放到车库的习惯，并非是上了年纪的父母堆放的，而且这也不是保罗·比绍普提及的信息，故排除。

单选题 For some young people, the needless garage______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：事实细节题。本题考查多余的车库对于年轻人来说的用处。定位句提到，一些无法或者不愿意离开家的年轻人可以选择居住在车库里。由此可知，车库对这些年轻人来说是一个可以选择的住处，B)中的a choice of accommodation是原文an option to live in the garage的同义转述，故答案为B)。A)“被年轻人出租挣钱”是对第二段第四句的曲解。原文提到，车库可以租给喜欢音乐的年轻人，而不是被年轻人出租，故排除；C)“是存放音乐设备的理想场所”和D)“是自由举办派对的理想场所”均是对第二段末句信息的偷换概念。原文提到，车库是自由演奏音乐的理想场所，演奏音乐和存放音乐设备及举办派对是不同的概念，故排除。

单选题 What do we learn about publicly owned garages?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：事实细节题。本题考查公共车库的信息。原文第三段末句提到，这种想法已经在许多地方付诸实践，比如柏林。根据上文，这种想法指的就是将空置的公共车库改造成小型办公室，故答案为D)。A)“40％的车库免费租给议员们”是对第三段第二句中free的曲解，原文中free意为“空闲的”，而非“免费的”，而且原文也未提及租给议员们的信息，故排除；B)“许多公共车库被拆除用来建造房屋”与第三段第三句不符，原文提到，车库所占用的土地是不适合在上面建造房屋的，故排除；C)“哈克尼委员会所拥有车库的40%都被占用了”与第三段第二句矛盾，原文提到的是40％的车库都是空置的，故排除。

单选题 What do we learn from the last paragraph?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：事实细节题。本题考查最后一段的信息。定位句提到，获取规划许可是复杂的，D)中的complicated是原文中complex的近义词，且选项中的obtain the planning consent是原文中的gettingplanning permission的同义转述，故答案为D)。A)“很少有议员反对改造提议”与最后一段第二句相矛盾，原文提到，几乎没有委员会有足够的热情真正支持车库改造，故排除；B)“当地居民允许无家可归的人住在车库里”与最后一段第三句不符，原文提到，议员们担心当地居民会不同意，故排除；C)“地方当局同意车库改造计划”与最后一段末句不符，原文提到，这些规划可能会毫无用处并被放弃，故排除。