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gissing221

Architecture the been characterized by W. R. Dalze11 as the “indispensabie art,” and
rightly so. Inevitably, the practical functions that shelters arc designed to fulfill play a strong
role in determining their appearance and thus, in part, their artistic character. So do the Line
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.

25. It can be inferred that the demand for “large, well-lighted interiors” mentioned in line 10 resulted in the construction of
    (A) offices
    (B) factories
    (C) warehouses
    (D) department stores

答案居然是选a，我觉得应该是b .见着色部分。

enjoylife517

这个题目我赞成你的看法，office其实后面是有提到，但是还有storage space等等，是在指这些constructions是为了满足工业、商业的要求。factories是其中的一个方面

bastencool

选A,楼主沿划线处再读一句就知道了。

gissing221

劳烦楼上的解释一下，可以吗？

enjoylife517

bastencool的意思是，把这个句子看完：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.

而我觉得还需要把剩下的看完：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.

marcus18

我同意版主的意见,那个conclusion的顺序其实跟上面阐述的顺序是一致的,所以第一个就应该指factory.  ,我觉得0410那份答案挺多错的, 语法,阅读都是.

cqxf

看了版主的分析 收益很大！知道了TOEFL文章的这种结构。

enjoylife517

所以大家还是要尽量看懂文章，题目，无论哪个部分，都不要简单的去对答案。。