单选题
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
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There were many beautiful buildings in ancient (古代的) Rome (罗马), but the living conditions for ordinary people were bad. Most of their homes were so poorly made that they fell down or were fire hazardous (危险的) with their steep (陡), narrow wooden stair ways. Most people were packed (挤满) into apartment (公寓) buildings that rose six to twelve floors, above the ground. The apartments were rooms about three metres square, and each building housed about five hundred people.
These tall buildings faced each other across streets only three metres wide, so no sunlight reached the ground. Even so, apartments were costly, though cheaper places could be found outside Rome. But people wanted to be near their work and entertainment (公众娱乐). So the streets became crowded and it was hard to move quickly. At night, the streets were filled with noise as food and supplies were brought into the city on carts.
单选题 In ancient Rome, most people______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】文章提到，most people were packed into apartment buildings that rose six to twelve floors，说明公寓又高又挤。
单选题 The rooms in the apartment buildings were______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】The apartments were rooms about three metres square，and each building housed about five hundred people，每间屋子只有3平方米，每个建筑物住500个人，那当然是又小又挤了。
单选题 People liked to live in Rome because______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文中说到，罗马外面有很多便宜的地方，但人们宁愿住在城里，因为people wanted to be near their work and entertainment。换句话说，他们是图个方便。
单选题 This passage is mainly about______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章主要就是说罗马平民的住房条件。B符合这意思。