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【题目】任务型阅读 七选五阅读 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A problem is only a problem until there is a solution(解决办法)．We find solutions by thinking creatively.【1】 In other words, we think outside the box. Sometimes, thinking outside the box solves not just one, but two problems. Amsterdam is one of the most crowded cities in Europe. As a result, housing is very expensive，especially for students.

【2】 However，finding this type of apartments was almost impossible until recently. While the colleges in Amsterdam were trying to solve the housing problem，thousands of shipping contains(集装箱) were lying quietly in ports(港口) around the world. These huge steel containers carry products from one country to another. The life of each container is about 10 years【3】 Yet they can't recycle all of them because there are so many.

Back in Amsterdam，a company came up with amazing idea. Why not reuse these shipping containers as student apartments? 【4】They are all the same size and fit together perfectly. The steel is strong. Moreover，these containers are so widely available that they are quite cheap to buy. For all these reasons，they can be used to build apartments quickly and cheaply. Building began in 2005，and after only a few weeks，hundreds of Amsterdam students had new homes.

When students first heard about this idea, they thought the container apartments would be small，noisy，and cold. 【5】 Each container apartment has a kitchen, a bedroom with a study area, and a bathroom. The apartments are warm and quiet. They even have a highspeed Internet connection. Living in a shipping container has become popular. Today, over 3,000 Amsterdam students live in the container village.

A．Students need lowcost apartments.

B．The containers are great for building apartments.

C．In fact, these apartments are not in good condition.

D．However, they were surprised when they saw them.

E．Steel companies recycle some of the old containers.

F．Recycling the steel containers has many advantages.

G．We use our imagination and come up with creative ideas.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】A

【3】E

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】文章大意：短文讲了解决旧集装箱问题的方法，一些被钢铁公司回收，一些被建成了学生公寓，现在有很多学生住在集装箱的公寓里。

【1】由上文“We find solutions by thinking creatively.”以及下文“In other words, we think outside the box.”可知都在说我们想问题的方式需要创造性，只有G项提到了creative的概念，故答案选G。

【2】由下文的“this type of apartments”可知此处提到了某种类型的公寓，而A项中提到了“低价公寓”，所以A选项符合题意，故答案选A。

【3】由下文“Yet they can't recycle all of them because there are so many.”可知这里是转折关系，而E项正好形成这种转折的逻辑，说明这些公司在回收集装箱，但是无法全部回收，因为数量太多了，故答案选E。

【4】由上文“Why not reuse these shipping containers as student apartments?”是提出了一个建议，可知下文应该是集装箱的优点，B项说的是“这些集装箱很适合建造学生公寓”符合逻辑，故答案选B。

【5】由上文“When students first heard about this idea, they thought the container apartments would be small, noisy, and cold.”以及下文“Each container apartment has a kitchen, a bedroom with a study area, and a bathroom.”可知此处应该是学生们一个态度上的反差，而D项表示了他们的惊讶，符合题意，故答案选D。