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Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in an architecture class. Now g
Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in an architecture class. Now g
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2025-02-07
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Narrator
Listen to part of a lecture in an architecture class.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. [br] What does the professor imply?
Seventeenth century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional, carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages. During the first half of the eighteenth century, however, houses began to show a new elegance. As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.
Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies, the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who attempted to interpret architectural manuals imported from England. Inventories of colonial libraries show an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders, and the houses erected during the eighteenth century show their influence. Nevertheless, most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application.
Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design no matter whether the material was wood, stone, or brick. New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and other towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material.
A few houses in New England were built of stone, but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent areas were stone widely used in dwellings. An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland, but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners. In the Carolinas, even in closely packed Charleston, Wooden houses were much more common than brick houses.
Eighteenth century houses showed great interior improvements over their predecessors. Windows were made larger and shutters removed. Large, clear panes replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century. Doorways were larger and more decorative. Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms. Walls were made of plaster or wood, sometimes elaborately paneled. White paint began to take the place of blues, yellows, and greens and lead colors, which had been popular for walls in the earlier years. After about 1730, advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic patterns began to appear in colonial newspapers.
选项
A、Design was improved with wealth and sophistication.
B、Houses of New England still favored wood in its design.
C、Boston took the lead to use durable material in its design.
D、Houses of Maryland still favored wood in its design.
答案
B
解析
本题为推论复听题,要求考生根据教授的一段讲话作出正确的推论。题目问:教授说下一段话是什么意思?教授在第三段开头指出“Increasing wealth and growing sophistication throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design no matter whether the material was wood, stone, or brick, New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and other towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material (随着人们生活的富裕,殖民地建筑的做工越来越精细,不论房屋的材料是木头、石头还是砖,它的设计都得到了改进。在新英格兰人们仍然喜欢使用木头造房,尽管砖瓦房在波士顿和其他城镇已很流行,因为在这些地方木头房子易着火,促使人们使用更耐用的材料)”。由此可见,选项C(波士顿率先使用耐用材料设计房屋)为正确答案,其他选项只是陈述事实,不是推论。
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