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1、MBA英语历年真题阅读理解及参考答案详解二We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the Gl, Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus. But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common
2、 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 post war confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish. Economic condition was only a stimulus for t
3、he trend toward efficient living. The phrase “less is more was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Robe, who Like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War 11 and took up posts at American archi
4、tecture schools. These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture. but none more so than Mies.Miess signature phrase means that less decoration, properly organized, has more impacts than a lot. Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance. Like other mo
5、dem architects. he employed metal, glass and laminated wood - materials that we take for granted today but that in the 194Os symbolized the future. Miess sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty. The apartments i
6、n the elegant towers Mies built on Chicagos Lake Shore Drive, for example,were smaller - two-bedroom units under 1,000 square feet - than those in their older neighbors along the citys Gold Coast. But they were popular because of their airy glass walls, the views they afforded and the elegance of th
7、e 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 193Os Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses - usually around 1,200 square feet - than the spreading two
8、-storey ones he had designed in the I 89Os 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 home grown influence on theless is more trend. Aesthetic effect came from the la
9、ndscape, new materials and forthright detailing. In this 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 self-sufficiency w
10、as both desirable and inevitable was widely shared. 31. The postwar American housing style largely reflected the American_. A. prosperity and growth B. efficiency and practicality C. restraint and confidence D. pride and faithfulness 32. Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about
11、the Bauhaus? A. It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Robe. B. Its designing concept was affected by World War 11. C. Most American architects used to be associated with it. D. It had a great influence upon American architecture. 33. Mies held that elegance of architectural design A. was related to
12、large space B. was identified with emptiness C. was not reliant on abundant decoration D. was not associated with efficiency 34. What is true about the apartments Mies built on Chicagos Lake Shore Drive? A. They ignored details and proportions. B. They were built with materials popular at that time.
13、 C. They were more spacious than neighboring buildings. D. They shared some characteristics of abstract art. 35. What can we learn about the design of the Case Study Houses? A. Mechanical devices were widely used. B. Natural scenes were taken into consideration. C. Details were sacrificed for the ov
14、erall effects. D. Eco-friendly materials were employed. 参考答案 31.答案 C。 解析 本题信息点是The postwar American housing style largely reflected，在文章中查阅该信息点时我们找到该信息点出现在第二段最后一句. restraint，in combination with the post war confidence in the future，made small，efficient housing positively stylish， 其大意为： 克制加上对未来的信心造就了小
15、而高效的房屋建筑风格。由此看出房屋建筑风格体现了restraint 和confidence，所以本题答案为C. 32.答案 D。 解析 本题信息点是Bauhaus，并且该信息点被限定在第三段。该信息点在第三段首次出现在第二句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 ll and took up posts at American architecture schools，其大意为：(少就是多”是由一位德国建筑师推广，这位建筑师像其他Bauhaus 有关的人一样在二战之前迁到美国并在美国多所设计学院供职。Bauhaus 是一所设计院：
