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All over the world men are searching for new techniques to provide mass hous

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问题     All over the world men are searching for new techniques to provide mass housing,【S1】______and quickly, for millions of low-and-middle-income families, and to meet the urgent housing【S2】______brought on by such natural【S3】______as floods and earthquakes.
    A firm in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, the Universal Papertech Corporation, believes it has found one solution  to the problem: houses made of paper. The ultimate success of the paper houses will【S4】______a great deal on breaking down traditional patterns and concepts of home building and restrictive codes. One thing seems certain, though: the【S5】______revolution is already under way.
    The【S6】______of paper houses was developed about 10 years ago by Universal. Six years ago the company  supplied a number of the then-current models as【S7】______housing for thousands of【S8】______farm workers in California. Because the houses were new on the market, no one really knew just how long the unusual structures would last. Today, in California they are still holding up well under the elements and also are【S9】______more people than at first. The manufacture now【S10】______that the houses will have a useful life of at least 15 to 20 years. Interest in the paper houses has spread beyond the U. S. to a number of foreign countries.

      A)counts                                       I)phenomena
      B)inexpensively                                J)concept
      C)depend                                       K)idea
      D)migratory                                    L)shelter
      E)qualification                                M)requirements
      F)estimates                                    N)determine
      G)emergency                                    O)accommodating
      H)disasters [br] 【S10】
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答案 F
解析 estimate的意思为“估计”或“估计……的价值或意义”；counts意为“计算”，比较两个选项的意思，显然estimate 最为恰当，“估计房子至少还有15至20年的使用寿命”。
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