单选题 Blocks of "high-rise" flats have been built in large numbers in London and in many other big cities. Just after the Second World War these big, twenty-to-thirty storey buildings, hundreds of feet in height, were thought to be the ideal solution to the housing problem. For on the one hand, there was severe housing shortage, but on the other hand, there was lack of space to build houses in urban areas. Blocks of "high-rise" flats seemed at first to be able to solve the problem, since they can offer more families to live in on less land. The beautiful, modem apartments in the high-rises were much sought after by people who lived downtown.
Hundreds of the vast blocks had been built before anyone began to doubt about whether they were good solutions or not. Are they suitable places for people, children especially, to live in? A well-known British architect, who personally designed many of these buildings, now believes that the high-rises may well make those people who have been housed in them suffer a great deal.
Evidence has been collected by social workers, which suggests that people do suffer. They complain about severe loneliness and deep depression living within these great towers. People also talk about lack of communication with others, no easy access to a playground for children, no chances for adults to get familiarized with each other. Many people say that they have lived next door to each other for years in the same building, but they never know who their neighbors are. Some experts say that a large number of people living in the high-rises suffer from mental disorder and even developed criminal tendencies. As a result of these new discoveries, plans for new high-rise blocks are being reconsidered. We Chinese are now building up many high-rises in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Perhaps we should also reconsider the idea too.

单选题 There was a big housing problem after the Second World War ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考细节推理能力，从第一段第一、二句话可推知，许多大城市在二战后出现房荒，正确选项为C。
单选题 Blocks of "high-rise" flats were thought to be the ideal solution tn the housing problem, because ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题考判断能力。文中提及二战后一方面出现房荒，一方面又没有空余土地盖房。而高层公寓被看作是理想的方案，原因即在此。故选D。
单选题 The sentence "Hundreds of the vast blocks had been built before anyone began to doubt about whether they were good solutions or not" means that ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考全面理解句子内涵的能力。在这类有before引导的句子中，常常有否定含义。意为人们没有怀疑高层公寓是否理想方案直到很多房子已盖好。全句译为通顺的汉语。即为，直到很多房子已盖好，人们才开始怀疑高层公寓是否为理想的方案。符合这一意思的为选项A。
单选题 The author takes a well-known British architect as an example to show us that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题考作者观点，文章中间一段有明确提示：A well-known British architect， who personally designed many of these buildings，now believes that the high-rises may well make those people who have been housed in them suffer a great deal．故选B。
单选题 What is the greatest danger for people living in a high-rise according to some experts?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考概括能力。文章最后部分谈及高层公寓的种种危害，但考虑最严重的危害，应考虑文中说道：Some experts say that a large number of people living in the high-rises suffer from mental disorder and even developed criminal tendencies．故选C。