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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 2
In London, over half of the homes built between 1919 and 1980 had one garage. But many are becoming needless. Between 2002 and 2
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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 modem 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.
What do we learn about publicly owned garages?
选项
A、40% of them are rented free of charge to the councilors.
B、Many of them have been pulled down to make way for houses.
C、40% of garages owned by Hackney council have been occupied.
D、Many of them in Berlin have been converted into small offices.
答案
D
解析
本题考查公共车库的信息。原文第三段末句提到,这种想法已经在许多地方被付诸实践,比如柏林。根据上文,这种想法指的就是将空置的公共车库改造成小型办公室,故答案为D。A“40%的车库免费租给议员们”是对第三段第二句中free的曲解,原文中free意为“空闲的”,而非A中“免费”的意思,而且原文也未提及租给议员们的信息,故排除;B“许多公共车库被拆除用来建造房屋”与第三段第三句不符,原文提到,车库所占用的土地是不适合在上面建造房屋的,故排除;C“哈克尼委员会所拥有车库的40%都被使用了”与第三段第二句矛盾,原文提到的是40%的车库都是空置的,故排除。
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