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In London, over half of the homes built between 1919 and 1980 had one garage
In London, over half of the homes built between 1919 and 1980 had one garage
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In London, over half of the homes built between 1919 and 1980 had one garage. But many are becoming needless. Between 2002 and 2012 the proportion of vehicles kept in garages at night dropped from 22% to 14% . This is in part because some households now have more cars than garage space. But it is also because big modern cars do not fit in older garages, says David Leibling, a transport expert. Few rust when left outside, and many are more difficult to steal: between 2003 and 2013 the number of vehicle being stolen in England and Wales fell 76% . Instead, garages now solve a different set of problems.
Householders unable to move to larger homes have taken to filling their garages with unnecessary and unwanted things. Some garages have been converted for aging parents for their convenience, says Paul Bishop, who runs a garage conversion company in Bedfordshire. Also, some young people unable or unwilling to leave home may have an option to live in the garage. In addition, a garage may be rented to young folks fond of music. It is, more often than not, an ideal place to freely play music.
However, many publicly owned garages lie empty. Of the 6,000 garages owned by Hackney council, around 40% are free. Over 3,000 garages owned by ten housing associations are unused and the land they take up is unfit for building homes upon, says Steve O’Connell, a councilor(议员)at the London Assembly. He thinks they could be turned into small offices. That has already happened in places such as Berlin.
Nevertheless converting garages can be troublesome, says Bill Hodgson of University College London. Few councils are enthusiastic enough to truly support the idea and put it into practice. A recent proposal to turn some garages in north London into shelters for the homeless has been rejected: councillors feared that local residents would not approve. Getting planning permission can be complex, and developing on local authority land is often faced with various kinds of problems. Like the garages themselves, these plans may be useless and abandoned. [br] For some young people, the needless garage______.
选项
A、is rented by them to make money
B、is seen as a choice of accommodation
C、is perfect to store music instruments
D、is an ideal place to freely host parties
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。本题考查多余的车库对于年轻人来说的用处。定位句提到,一些无法或者不愿意离开家的年轻人可以选择居住在车库里。由此可知,车库对这些年轻人来说是一个可以选择的住处,B)中的a choice of accommodation是原文an option to live in the garage的同义转述,故答案为B)。A)“被年轻人出租挣钱”是对第二段第四句的曲解。原文提到,车库可以租给喜欢音乐的年轻人,而不是被年轻人出租,故排除;C)“是存放音乐设备的理想场所”和D)“是自由举办派对的理想场所”均是对第二段末句信息的偷换概念。原文提到,车库是自由演奏音乐的理想场所,演奏音乐和存放音乐设备及举办派对是不同的概念,故排除。
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