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【題目】A recent housing project in Helsinki offers remarkably cheap apartments for those under the age of 25. They must commit to spending time with their older neighbors.

Helsinki offers 247-suqare-foot studio apartments with a bathroom, storage space, kitchen, and balcony for only $272 every month—about a third of the average price for a studio in the city. The apartment is inside homes for the elderly, and the young renter must spend between three to five hours with their elderly neighbors each week.

Like pretty much all other major cities in the world, Finland’s capital of Helsinki has faced rapid population growth in recent years. And with population growth, comes an inevitable rise in the cost of living, and of course, sharp increase in rent. Currently, Helsinki is ranked 14th on the list of the world’s most expensive cities. For those young and freshly independent, this causes terrible problems — even homelessness.

"It's a very expensive city to live in," Mr. Bostrom writes in an email to CNN’s Eoghan Macguire. "If you manage to get an apartment that the city owns, it can be quite affordable. The screening criteria included the ability to participate in a variety of activities, such as cooking or playing instruments, but the number of applicants for those apartments is so high that waiting list takes forever,” he says.

According to Helsinki’s Youth Housing Association, the city council aims to ensure that every young person will have a home by 2018. Miki Mielonen, a representative of the youth department, says this project, currently in its trial stages, will help out young people while offering social benefits to senior citizens. “I think there is quite a rigid opinion in Finland with many people thinking young of the old ideas that we are going to break down.”

【1】Helsinki probably rents a cheap apartment to a young man who ________.

A. reaches the age of 25

B. has financial problems

C. promises to accompany the elderly

D. agrees to share it with his neighbor

【2】Which is the root reason for the housing problems in Helsinki?

A. The population explosion.

B. The high living standard.

C. World’s priciest apartment rent.

D. Low employment of college graduates.

【3】According to Mr Bostrom, the cheap apartments are ________.

A. well-decorated B. difficult to afford

C. in short supply D. popular with technicians

【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. The young in Helsinki are mostly homeless.

B. Helsinki will overcome people’s prejudice.

C. The project will be experimental in future.

D. The project is more beneficial to the young.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】試題分析：本文講述了隨著人口的膨脹，赫爾辛基的年輕人住房困難。最近在赫爾辛基的一個(gè)住宅項(xiàng)目為25歲以下的年輕人提供了非常便宜的公寓，條件是每周要花三到五小時(shí)陪伴他們年長(zhǎng)的房東。

【1】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句The apartment is inside homes for the elderly, and the young renter must spend between three to five hours with their elderly neighbors each week.（這個(gè)公寓在老人的家里，年輕租賃者每周要花三到五小時(shí)之間和他們年長(zhǎng)的鄰居在一起。）可知，便宜租給年輕人的條件是要陪伴年長(zhǎng)者。故選C。

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一、二句Finland’s capital of Helsinki has faced rapid population growth in recent years. And with population growth, comes an inevitable rise in the cost of living, and of course, sharp increase in rent.可知，最近幾年面臨人口的快速增長(zhǎng)，隨著人口的增長(zhǎng)，生活成本必然上升，當(dāng)然租金也急劇增長(zhǎng)。故選A。

【3】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中"It's a very expensive city to live in," Mr. Bostrom writes in an email to CNN’s Eoghan Macguire. "If you manage to get an apartment that the city owns, it can be quite affordable. The screening criteria included the ability to participate in a variety of activities, such as cooking or playing instruments, but the number of applicants for those apartments is so high that waiting list takes forever,” he says.可知，這是一個(gè)住房非常昂貴的城市，如果想買(mǎi)一套這個(gè)城市的公寓，價(jià)格可能負(fù)擔(dān)得起，但還有很多的篩選條件，所以等待的人很多，也就是公寓很短缺，故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段Miki Mielonen, a representative of the youth department, says this project, currently in its trial stages, will help out young people while offering social benefits to senior citizens.可知，這個(gè)工程將幫助年輕人擺脫困境。前文提到住房困難，年輕人要和老年人租住在一起，而最后一段就是為了消除人們的偏見(jiàn)。故選B。