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【单选题】What does the future hold for the problem of housing
A、good (1) depends, of course, on the meaning of" future". If one is thinking in (2) of science fiction and the space age (3) at least possible to assume that man will have solved such trivial and earthly problems as housing. Writers of science fiction have (4) the suggestion that men will live in great comfort, with every (5) device to make life smooth, healthy and easy, (6) not happy.But they have not said what his house will be made of.
The problems of the next generation or two can more readily be imagineD、Scientists have already pointed out that (7) something is done either to restrict the world’s rapid growth in population or to discover and develop new sources of food (or both), millions of people will be dying of starvation or, (8) , suffering from under feeding before this (9) is out.But nobody has worked out any plan for housing these growing populations.Admittedly the worse situations will occur in the (10) parts of the world, where housing can be of light structure, or in backward areas where standards are (11) low.But even the minimum shelter requires materials of (12) kind, and in the crowded, bulging towns the low-standard" housing" of flattened petrol mans and dirty canvas is far more wasteful (13) ground space than can be tolerateD、
Since the war, Hong Kong has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to (14) in many other places during the next generation. (15) millions of refugees arrived to (16) the already growing population and emergency steps had to be taken to prevent squalor and disease and the (17) of crime. Hong Kong is only one small part of what will certainly become a vast problem and not (18) a housing problem, because when population grows at this rate there are (19) problems of education, transport, water supply and so on. Not every area may have the same resources as Hong Kong to (20) and the search for quicker and cheaper methods of construction must never cease.

A、conceptual
B．considerate
C．conceivable
D．complimentary

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
形容词辨析题。conceivable意为“能够想到的”，符合文意：未来的人们将过着极为舒适的生活，一切可以想到的设备装置使得生活更加安定、健康和方便。conceptual“概念的”；considerate“周到的，关心他人的”；complimentary“称赞的，恭维的”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>