[求助]一篇TOEFL阅读题

Architecture has been characterized by W. R. Dalze11 as the “indispensable art,” and rightly so. Inevitably, the practical functions that shelters are designed to fulfill play a strong role in determining their appearance and thus, in part, their artistic character. So do the methods of construction available and practicable at any given moment. The strikingly new forms of architecture that appeared in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries were built to meet the needs of industry and of commerce based on industry, in a society whose essential character and internal relationships had been sharply transformed by the Industrial Revolution.
About the middle of the nineteenth century, mechanized industrial production began to demand large, well-lighted interiors in which manufacturing could be carried on. The administration of giant industrial and commercial concerns required office buildings of unprecedented size, containing suites of offices easily accessible to employees and customers. The marketing of industrial products necessitated large-scale storage spaces, and enormous shops selling under one roof a wide variety of items. Industrial and commercial pressures drew increasing populations to urban centers, and traditional housing was no longer adequate to contain them. Mechanized transportation of industrial products and industrial and business personnel was essential. Leisure-time entertainment and cultural activities for the vast new urban populations required still a different kind of structure. Hence, the characteristic new architectural forms of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been the factory, the multistory office building, the warehouse, the department store, the apartment house, the railway station, the large theater, and the gigantic sports stadium. None of these could have been built on the desired scale by traditional construction methods.

21. What is the main idea of the passage?
 (A) Various types of traditional building materials strongly influenced modem architectural design.
 (B) Changing architectural styles affected the character of cities.
 (C) New architectural forms evolved in response to the changing needs of society.
 (D) Technological advances affected conventional methods of building construction.

这题给出的答案是D.我选的是C

谁能给解试一下. C为啥不对. 而D为啥对呢?

大家看一下吧,  都会有提高的.

谢谢.

同情你选C,可能你把the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries这个时间看的很重要了!

1.两段在the methods of construction分别有呼应,上段:"So do the methods of construction available and practicable at any given moment"下段:"None of these could have been built on the desired scale by traditional construction methods" 这两段主要在讲"methods"

2.而由工业化的需求所引发的建筑格局的变化,只是在这种建造方法上的具体描述!如果说"evolve",有点牵强!?要说演化,时间演进的词语应该要出现在文章中间!可是除了the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries我什么也没有看到

"Hence, the characteristic new architectural forms of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been the factory, the multistory office building, the warehouse, the department store, the apartment house, the railway station, the large theater, and the gigantic sports stadium."说明这个时期的建筑样式,并没任何比较的痕迹!

3 "the Industrial Revolution" 实际上是一个"工业进步"的信号,或者说是技术进步

老实说,如果在真实的考场上,我也会和你选一样的选项,毕竟,在那种情况下,我肯定不会有很多时间想清楚的!

以上是我的觉得D项对的地方,欢迎切磋!

谢谢LS的reply.

我的想法是这样的:

原文The strikingly new forms of architecture that appeared in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries were built to meet the needs of industry and of commerce based on industry, in a society whose essential character and internal relationships had been sharply transformed by the Industrial Revolution.

见上面的蓝字.不是说 new forms是为了meet 大工业的发展而演化的吗? 

第2段不是也在说, 因为 大工业的发展(大规摸的transport和大规摸的工业化生产)对建筑有了很多需求.才

使得建筑有了和以前不一样的变化吗?

而并不是因为tech.本身的发展使得建筑形试发生变化的.