Text 3 We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth,with soldiers returning home by the millions,going off to college on the G.I.Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their
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Text 3 We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth,with soldiers returning home by the millions,going off to college on the G.I.Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their houses,it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.During the Depression and the war,Americans had learned to live with less,and that restraint,in combination with the postwar confidence in the future,made small,efficient housing positively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.The phrase“less is more”was actually first popularized by a German,the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,who like other people associated with the Bauhaus,a school of design,emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture,but none more so than Mies.Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration,properly organized,has more impact than a lot.Elegance,he believed,did not derive from abundance.Like other modern architects,he employed metal,glass and laminated woodmaterials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.Mies's sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient,rather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive,for example,were smaller—twobedroom units under 1，000 square feet—than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.But they were popular because of their airy glass walls,the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings'details and proportions,the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward“less”was not entirely foreign.In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses—usually around 1，200 square feet—than the spreading twostory ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The“Case Study Houses”commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts&Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the“less is more”trend.Aesthetic effect came from the landscape,new materials and forthright detailing.In his Case Study House,Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters,though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that selfsufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
Mies held that elegance of architectural design____
Mies held that elegance of architectural design____
A.was related to large space
B.was identified with emptiness
C.was not reliant on abundant decoration
D.was not associated with efficiency
B.was identified with emptiness
C.was not reliant on abundant decoration
D.was not associated with efficiency
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When we visited my old family home, memory came ________ back.
A．flooding
B．to flood
C．flood
D．flooded
正确答案：A
此处是现在分词作伴随状语。floodin9伴随came，意为“记忆洪水般地涌现”。故答案为A。
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第2题：
When we visited my old family home, momory came ______ back A. flooding B. to flood
C. flood D. flooded
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第3题：
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The author's father built a bonfire on VE Day.
B. The author's father had fought in the First World War.
C. The author's father had fought in the Second World War.
D. The author's father threw two chairs on the fire to keep it going.
正确答案：B
42．文章最后一段第二行，作者说他的父亲曾经参加过第一次世界大战。但并未提及他是否参加了“二战”。选项 B是正确的。 -
第4题：
Before and during World War II, families faced few financial problems in the industrialized world, so women didn’t have to work outside the home. Families were perfect.()
参考答案：错误
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第5题：
Think about driving a route that’s very familiar.It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home.Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the back of your hand.On these sorts of trips it’s easy to lose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery.The consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has. This is the well-travelled road effect: People tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route. The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention.When we travel down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentrate much, time seems to flow more quickly.And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can’t remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it.So we assume it was shorter.答案：解析：设想开车行驶一条你非常熟悉的路线。那可能是上班的，进城或回家的必经之路。无论是哪条路，你都会对它的迂回曲折了如指掌。在这样的行驶中你很容易将精力集中在驾驶上而忽视路过的风景。结果，这就使得 你会认为行驶路程应该比它实际上需要的时间少。 这就是熟悉旅途效应：人们趋于低估熟悉路程的所需时间。 我们的注意力分配情况导致了这种效应。当我们在我们非常熟悉的道路上行驶时，由于不需要太集中精力认路，所以时间似乎过得很快。而且事后，当我们试图回忆这个旅程时也不怎么能记得清楚，因为我们确实没有关注太多。所以我们就想当然认为路程是短了一些。 -
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Text 3 We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth,with soldiers returning home by the millions,going off to college on the G.I.Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their houses,it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.During the Depression and the war,Americans had learned to live with less,and that restraint,in combination with the postwar confidence in the future,made small,efficient housing positively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.The phrase“less is more”was actually first popularized by a German,the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,who like other people associated with the Bauhaus,a school of design,emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture,but none more so than Mies.Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration,properly organized,has more impact than a lot.Elegance,he believed,did not derive from abundance.Like other modern architects,he employed metal,glass and laminated woodmaterials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.Mies's sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient,rather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive,for example,were smaller—twobedroom units under 1，000 square feet—than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.But they were popular because of their airy glass walls,the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings'details and proportions,the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward“less”was not entirely foreign.In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses—usually around 1，200 square feet—than the spreading twostory ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The“Case Study Houses”commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts&Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the“less is more”trend.Aesthetic effect came from the landscape,new materials and forthright detailing.In his Case Study House,Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters,though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that selfsufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about the Bauhaus?A.It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
B.Its designing concept was affected by World War II.
C.Most American architects used to be associated with it.
D.It had a great influence upon American architecture.答案：D解析：推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式推理题，需要对文章第三段的信息进行锁定，从而推理判断得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息“Bauhaus”定位到第三段。该段最后一句“These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture,but none more so than Mies.”可知These designers，即Ludwig Mies van der Rohe以及other people associated with the Bauhaus，对美国建筑有很大影响，故D项正确。【干扰排除】第三段第二句中who引导的定语从句只是说Ludwing Mies van der Rohe和Bauhaus有关联而非创建者，故排除A项。与Bauhaus有关联的Ludwig Mies van der Rohe是在二战前移民美国的，但文中并未提及它的设计理念受二战影响，故B项不选。原文中只提到Bauhaus与其他人有关联，但并未说明这些人大部分是美国人，因此C项属于过度推理。 -
第7题：
Text 3 We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth,with soldiers returning home by the millions,going off to college on the G.I.Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their houses,it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.During the Depression and the war,Americans had learned to live with less,and that restraint,in combination with the postwar confidence in the future,made small,efficient housing positively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.The phrase“less is more”was actually first popularized by a German,the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,who like other people associated with the Bauhaus,a school of design,emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture,but none more so than Mies.Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration,properly organized,has more impact than a lot.Elegance,he believed,did not derive from abundance.Like other modern architects,he employed metal,glass and laminated woodmaterials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.Mies's sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient,rather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive,for example,were smaller—twobedroom units under 1，000 square feet—than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.But they were popular because of their airy glass walls,the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings'details and proportions,the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward“less”was not entirely foreign.In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses—usually around 1，200 square feet—than the spreading twostory ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The“Case Study Houses”commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts&Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the“less is more”trend.Aesthetic effect came from the landscape,new materials and forthright detailing.In his Case Study House,Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters,though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that selfsufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
What is true about the apartments Mies building Chicago's Lake Shore Drive?A.They ignored details and proportions.
B.They were built with materials popular at that time.
C.They were more spacious than neighboring buildings.
D.They shared some characteristics of abstract art.答案：D解析：推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式推理题，需要对文章第五段的信息进行锁定，从而推理判断得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息定位到第五段第二句“But they…at the time.”。大意是“但它们非常流行，因为它们有轻薄的玻璃墙，美丽的景观以及高雅的建筑细节以及比例，而这些建筑特点等同于当时受欢迎的抽象艺术。”通过“这些建筑特点等同于当时受欢迎的抽象艺术”这句话可以判断出这些建筑和抽象艺术有相同的特征，D项正确。【干扰排除】由第五段第二句“the elegance of the buildings'details and proportions”可知“建筑的细节和比例的高雅”，A项中“ignore”与原文信息相反，故错误。B项将第五段第二句“the architectural equivalent…at the time.”中的“the architectural”偷换成了“materials”，故错误。由文章第五段首句“…were smallertwobedroom units…than those in their older neighbors…”，可知C项中的“more spacious”与原文“smaller”相反，故C项不选。 -
第8题：
单选题Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.What do more and more disabled veterans appear to do nowadays?ASpend more time on job hunting.
BBe treated badly in most workplaces.
CAsk the government for more dole.
DDepend on the government for a living.
正确答案： A解析： -
第9题：
单选题One of the most extraordinary things about the First World War was the enthusiasm _____ the majority of soldiers went off to fight for their country.Ain that
Bfor which
Cwith which
Dfor that
正确答案： B解析：
第一次世界大战的非凡之处之一就在于士兵们去为祖国而战所怀的热情。定语从句，with取“随身携带”之意，可还原为the majority of soldiers went off to fight for their country with enthusiasm。 -
第10题：
单选题Which of the following is the best title for the passage?AAmerican Soldiers in World War Ⅱ
BAmerican Civil Rights Movement
CThe Tuskegee Airmen
DRacial Discrimination in the U.S.
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第11题：
单选题One of the most extraordinary things about the First World War was the enthusiasm _____ the majority of soldiers went off to fight for their country.Ain that
Bfor which
Cwith which
Dfor that
正确答案： D解析：
句意：第一次世界大战的非凡之处之一就在于士兵们去为祖国而战所怀的热情。定语从句，with取“随身携带”之意，可还原为the majority of soldiers went off to fight for their country with enthusiasm。 -
第12题：
单选题Which of the following is the best title for the passage?AAmerican Soldiers in World WarⅡ
BAmerican Civil Rights Movement
CThe Tuskegee Airmen
DRacial Discrimination in the U. S.
正确答案： B解析：
主旨大意题。第一段介绍了塔斯基吉空军在第二次世界大战中为美国作战，但是却因肤色受到歧视。第二段到第四段记叙了塔斯基吉空军的成立，他们的英勇战绩以及被歧视的情况。第五段叙述了在1948年杜鲁门总统签署的一份命令使得状况有所改变。所以全篇文章讲述的都是塔斯基吉空军这支部队的情况，而只有C选项讲的是塔斯基吉空军部队，故答案选C。 -
第13题：
B
One day Mrs Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben． They went to the supermarket in the new shopping centre．“Why do you buy things here? Tracy wanted to know． "Because they are cheaper here than at the corner store near our home，”Mrs Wilson said． "Help me check the prices， please． "The Wilsons were not rich and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money． She looked carefully at the prices of things． She bought lots of things in the supermarket． When they got home， the children said， "We don-t think you saved money by going to the supermar-ket． ""Of course I did，"Mrs Wilson said． "Everything was cheaper there．"We know，"the children said， "but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry． The taxi fare was more than the money that you saved! Well done，"she said． "Next time we'll do the shopping nearby．
( )26． The things at the corner store were_________ than those in the supermarket．
A．cheaper
B．nicer
C． more expensive
D． better
正确答案：C
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第14题：
Passage Two
I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the victory celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not suffered much from the war there. But both at home and at school I had become accustomed to the phrases "before the war" and "when the war's over". "Before the war", apparently, things had been better, though I was too young to understand why, except that there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice -cream and bananas, which I had only heard of . When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant little to me. I did not remember what London was like.
What I remember now about VE (Victory in Europe) Day was the May evening. After dinner I said I wanted to see the bonfire (大火堆) , so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very high, and somehow people had collected some old clothes to dress the un- mistakable figure with the moustache (胡子) they had to put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames rose and soon swallowed the "guy". Everyone was cheering and shouting, and an old woman came out of her house with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep it going.
I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had fought in the First World War and may have been remembering the end of that. At last he said, "Well, that's it, son. Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one."
40. Where did the author live before the Second World War?
A. In London.
B. In a small town.
C. In Europe.
D. In the countryside.
正确答案：A
40．文章第一段的最后两行，作者说战争结束他们就可以回到伦敦了。由此可见，他们在第二次世界大战前是住在伦敦的，而第二次世界大战期间是住在一个小镇。选项 A是正确的。 -
第15题：
Which of the following can serve as a title of this text?
[A] Hard Time for the Preschoolers
[B] Prosperity of Private Schools
[C] The Problem for Public Schools
[D] Americans 's N0 1 Concern
正确答案：A
45.A该题为主旨题。全文主要讲述儿童进入顶级私立学校困难，名额少，学校筛选过程谨慎，许多父母都在提早为学龄前孩子做准备。选项A“学龄前儿童的艰难时代”符合文意；选项B“私立学校的繁荣兴旺”，只是涉及文章的部分内容，文章主旨围绕的是学生申请私立学校困难这一现象，而不是私立学校本身；选项C“公立学校的难题”，而文中并没有提到；选项D“美国人最关注的问题”即教育，涉及教育方面的内容有很多，本文谈论的仅仅是其中一方 2010年9月笔试真卷参考答案及精析第5页（共12页）面，该说法过于宽泛，B、C、D均不符合文意，故选A。 -
第16题：
At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery?made in Germany was displayed．It caught the eye of M．S．Hershey,who saw the potential for?chocolate．He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first?chocolate bars in 1594．
Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end?of the 1890′s and the early 1900′s．But it was World WarⅠthat really brought attention to the?candy bar．
The U．S．Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to?provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases．The blocks were?cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe．Eventually the task of making?smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers．By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived?home,the American candy bar business was assured．Why?Because the returning soldiers had?grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same．As a result,from that time on and?through the 1920′s,candy bar manufacturers became established throughout the United States,and?as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene．
The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia,Boston,and New York．The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials?such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available．Chicago became the seat of the candy bar?industry and is even today an important base．
What is this passage mainly about?《》（）A.A World Fair held in Chicago in 1893．
B.The popularity of the American candy bar industry．
C.The candy bar industry during World War I．
D.The spread of the candy bar business to the Midwest．答案：B解析：【考情点拨】主旨大意题。
【应试指导】本文讲了美国糖块生产的发展，时间跨度从一战前到一战中，再到一战后，空间跨度从美国东部到中西部，整个过程中糖块越来越受欢迎，所以本文主要讲的是美国糖块产业的普及。 -
第17题：
Text 3 We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth,with soldiers returning home by the millions,going off to college on the G.I.Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their houses,it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.During the Depression and the war,Americans had learned to live with less,and that restraint,in combination with the postwar confidence in the future,made small,efficient housing positively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.The phrase“less is more”was actually first popularized by a German,the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,who like other people associated with the Bauhaus,a school of design,emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture,but none more so than Mies.Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration,properly organized,has more impact than a lot.Elegance,he believed,did not derive from abundance.Like other modern architects,he employed metal,glass and laminated woodmaterials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.Mies's sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient,rather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive,for example,were smaller—twobedroom units under 1，000 square feet—than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.But they were popular because of their airy glass walls,the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings'details and proportions,the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward“less”was not entirely foreign.In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses—usually around 1，200 square feet—than the spreading twostory ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The“Case Study Houses”commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts&Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the“less is more”trend.Aesthetic effect came from the landscape,new materials and forthright detailing.In his Case Study House,Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters,though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that selfsufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
The postwar American housing style largely reflected the Americans_____A.prosperity and growth
B.efficiency and practicality
C.restraint and confidence
D.pride and faithfulness答案：C解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道局部细节题，需要根据题干关键词锁定文章的具体信息，从而得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息“The postwar American housing style”定位到第二段最后一句“…Americans had learned to live with less，…positively stylish.”根据这句话可知，战后美国的住房风格反映了美国人的“restraint”和“confidence”，故C项正确。【干扰排除】首段的“a time of prosperity and growth”指的是美国当时的时代背景，并不是指美国人的特征，A项属于偷换概念，故不选。第二段末句“…made small,efficient housing positively stylish.”中“efficient”指的是美国住房风格，故B项错误。文中并没有提及美国人的自豪及忠诚，故D项属于无中生有。 -
第18题：
Text 3 We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth,with soldiers returning home by the millions,going off to college on the G.I.Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their houses,it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.During the Depression and the war,Americans had learned to live with less,and that restraint,in combination with the postwar confidence in the future,made small,efficient housing positively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.The phrase“less is more”was actually first popularized by a German,the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,who like other people associated with the Bauhaus,a school of design,emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture,but none more so than Mies.Mies's signature phrase means that less decoration,properly organized,has more impact than a lot.Elegance,he believed,did not derive from abundance.Like other modern architects,he employed metal,glass and laminated woodmaterials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.Mies's sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient,rather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive,for example,were smaller—twobedroom units under 1，000 square feet—than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.But they were popular because of their airy glass walls,the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings'details and proportions,the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward“less”was not entirely foreign.In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses—usually around 1，200 square feet—than the spreading twostory ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The“Case Study Houses”commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts&Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the“less is more”trend.Aesthetic effect came from the landscape,new materials and forthright detailing.In his Case Study House,Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters,though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that selfsufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
What can we learn about the design of the“Case Study House”?A.Mechanical devices were widely used.
B.Natural scenes were taken into consideration.
C.Details were sacrificed for the overall effect.
D.Ecofriendly materials were employed.答案：B解析：推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式推理题，需要对文章末段的信息进行锁定，从而推理判断得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息“the design of”和“Case Study House”定位到末段第二句“Aesthetic effect…detailing.”。意思是“美学效果来自自然景色、新材料的使用以及明了的细节设计”，由此可推断出设计“Case Study House”时考虑到了自然景观，故B项正确。【干扰排除】第三句“In his…everyday life…”提到Ralph Rapson在当时错误预测了机械革命如何给人们日常生活带来影响，但无法得知是否大量应用机械设施，故A项错误。由末段第二句中的“forthright detailing”（明了的细节设计）可知C项“sacrificed（牺牲）for the overall effect”与原文信息相反，故不选。末段第二句中提到了“materials”，但是原文中是“new materials”而非D项中的“Ecofriendly materials”，故D项错误。长难句解析 -
第19题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements can be made about the content of Weird Fantasy and The Crypt of Terror?ATheir adult-oriented content was not suitable for young readers.
BTheir grim and gritty content was a market response to the demands of soldiers home from World War II.
CThey frequently depicted violence and criminal behavior, but shied away from sexuality or drug abuse.
DTheir sales surpassed those of previous best-selling titles such as Superman or Barman.
EThe publication of Weird Tales # 1 coincided with the end of the Golden Age of comic books.
正确答案： B解析：
推断题。根据第二段 “When these soldiers came home, they still wanted to read comic books, but they sought out more adult content. William Gaines of EC Comics was happy to meet the market demand with such grim and gritty rifles as Weird Fantasy and The Crypt of Terror.”一句可知本题选B项。 -
第20题：
单选题Millions of American soldiers fought _____ in the World War II.Aexternally
Baboard
Cbroadly
Doverseas
正确答案： A解析：
overseas在海外。externally外表上。aboard在船上。broadly宽阔地。 -
第21题：
单选题Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.In Gade's opinion，the veterans who receive welfare from the government tend To_______.Asave more trouble for the government
Blead a miserable and unhappy life
Cincreasingly depend on the government
Dsuffer the humiliation of their combat injuries
正确答案： A解析： -
第22题：
单选题It's already 5 o'clock now. Don't you think it's about time we are going home?AIt's
Bo'clock
CDon't you
Dare going
正确答案： C解析： -
第23题：
单选题Think of what a better world（）if we all had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon.Awould it be
Bit would be
Cwill it be
Dit going to be
正确答案： C解析： 暂无解析