【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] 21-25 The most important trends in early 20th century architecture simply passed Britain by. Whilst Gropius was working on cold, hard expanses of glass, and Le Corbusier was experimenting with the use of reinforced concrete frames, we had staid architects like Edwin Lutyens producing Neo-Georgian and Renaissance country houses for an outmoded landed class. In addition there were slightly batty architect-craftsmen, the heirs of William Morris, still trying to turn the clock back to before the Industrial Revolution by making chairs and spurning new technology. Only a handful of Modem Movement buildings of any real merit were produced here during the 1920s and 1930s, and most of these were the work of foreign architects who had settled in this country. After the Second World War, the situation began to change. The Modern Movement's belief in progress and the future struck a chord with the mood of post-war Britain and, as reconstruction began under Attlee's Labor government in 1945, there was a desperate need for cheap housing which could be produced quickly. The use of prefabricated elements, metal frames, concrete cladding and the absence of decoration -- all of which had been embraced by Modernists abroad and viewed with suspicion by the British -- were adopted to varying degrees for housing developments and schools. Local authorities, charged with the task of rebuilding city centers, became important patrons of architecture. This represented a shift away from the private individuals who had dominated the architectural scene for centuries. [分析] 语义的理解和判断。 关于英国20世纪早期的建筑特色，原文第一句表明The most important trends in early 20th century architecture simply passed Britain by 即英国对20世纪早期世界上最重要的建筑趋势不理不睬。在随后的支持性细节中，作者指出在其它国家的建筑师积极尝试新材料进行构建时，英国却仍然在建造Neo-Georgian和Renaissance式的田园屋舍，由这两种式样可推断出英国仍在坚持其传统建筑风格。因此D项的含义与原文相符，是正确答案。 [解题关键] 正确理解原文相关信息处的关键词，并掌握词汇替换是解题的关键。本题中需理解原文pass... by的含义为“对……不予理会”，并和选项D中remained aloof from意思相当。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 观点态度的判断。 对于20世纪早期英国建筑师的看法，作者说到there were slightly batty architect-craftsmen，the heirs of William Morris，still trying to turn the clock back to before the Industrial Revolution... 即那时英国还没什么古怪的建筑师，William Morris 的后人仍试图将时钟拨回到工业革命之前。根据上下文可知，作者用batty(古怪的)一词，实际上是说反话，讽刺英国建筑师没有创新精神，还停留在工业革命前的状态。由此可见，选项D的说法与原文相符，是正确答案。 [解题关键] 1)根据上下文，掌据关键词的真实内涵，如本文中batty实际是反沿；2)掌握强干扰项与正确选项间的语义差别，有助于正确答题。如本题C项的scorn意为“蔑视”，具有一种居高临下的态势，而D项的irony侧重反语讽刺。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 数字信息的找寻和判断。 根据题干中关键词popularity和Modern Movement可定位到原文相关信息The Modern Movement's belief in progress and the future struck a chord with the mood of post-war Britain and，as reconstruction began under Attlee's Labor government in 1945，there was a desperate need for cheap housing which could be produced quickly．即现代运动中对进步和未来的信仰符合战后英国的时代要求，随着1945年英国工党Attlee政府重建运动的展开，英国产生了对建造快，价格低房屋的大量需求。由此可推测，20世纪40年代后英国的现代运动建筑开始盛行。虽然文中也提到了20世纪20年代和30年代的英国确实有现代运动的建筑，但其数量只不过是only a handful，与题干要求的popularity 相去甚远。因此， C项与原文相符，是正确答案。 [解题关键] 注意侧重对数字相关处信息的语义理解和推断。本题要求对20世纪40年代处语句进行推理和判断，才能得出正确结论。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。 本题要求找到现代派不赞成的做法。原文在提到现代派人物推祟的建筑特点时说The use of prefabricated elements，metal frames，concrete cladding and the absence of decoration — all of which had been embraced by Modernists abroad. 显然A、C、D项的内容均被谈及，因此B项为正确答案。 [解题关键] 根据题干关键词找到原文相关信息。本题题干关键词之一是advocated，虽然原文在一开始也谈到现代派的某些尝试，如使用B中所提的方式，但不符合题干 advocated 要求，而只有上述分析中信息处的embraced 与advocated 意思相当，是题干要求的正确信息。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 逻辑关系的找寻与判断。 原文指出承担市中心重建任务的地方政府官员成为重要的建筑赞助者，对于这个情况作者认为This represented a shift away from the Private individuals who had dominated the architectural scene for centuries. 由此可见，该事件标志着建筑赞助者从私人转为政府，因此具有相当意义。显然D项与此推断相符，是正确答案。 [解题关键] 把握指示代词的运用，使上下文具有内在逻辑性。原文中this承上启下，表明了前后句中蕴涵的逻辑关系。