A. complementary B. constitute C. contrast D. crammed E. dramatically

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问题    A. complementary  B. constitute   C. contrast    D. crammed   E. dramatically
   F. enlarging     G. entered    H. extra     I. ones    J. probable   
   K. proper     L. slightly    M. squeeze    N. subdividing  O. worthy   
   The problem with today’s housing crisis, politically, is that it is just not all that visible. At the end of the Second World War, families with kids 【C1】______ into shared houses. In 1946, more than 46,000 families took over military camps, empty hotels and flats. That was a 【C2】______ housing crisis—one that politicians couldn’t deny existed. Today’s does not come close: most people still have somewhere to live.
   It is nonetheless real, and 【C3】______ of political attention. But the question of exactly why our expensive homes 【C4】______a crisis is more subtle than it can appear. Since 1973 at least, the total number of "dwellings" has climbed far faster than the population. How is this possible, given that building rates have collapsed? And doesn’t it mean that there isn’t really a housing crisis?
   First, in the 1960s and 1970s, social housing helped people move from broken crowded houses into shiny new 【C5】______, typically with much more space. Average household sizes fell 【C6】______, even as the average house got bigger. Though the housing stock increased by less than the rate of building, everybody got a lot more space in which to live.
   In recent decades, by 【C7】______, everyone has got a lot less space. We have had relatively little new building, but somehow we have magically created lots of new housing. Almost anywhere in London, especially in the outer-suburbs, houses have been turned into flats. Essentially, so far, the housing crisis has been solved by 【C8】______ our homes to make way for the 【C9】______population growth. All this is evidence of a growing 【C10】______ on space. [br] 【C2】

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答案 K

解析 空格应填入形容词作前置定语,修饰名词短语housing crisis。由空格后的“这种住房危机政治家们无法否认其存在”,可知这是一个真正的住房危机,词库形容词中的proper“真正的”代入句中,意为“那才是严格意义上的住房危机”,符合语境,故选K。probable表示“很可能的”,与空格后“政治家们无法否认其存在”这种肯定语气相矛盾,故排除。
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