雅思阅读真题(Part 2)
Part 2 · 考频:超高频 · 最近考试:2024.7.27Asia/2023.12.30/2019.11.2/2017.5.13
The Talbot Park in Auckland, New Zealand was once described as a state housing ghetto, rife with crimes, vandalism and other social problems. But today it has undergone an urban renewal makeover.
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答案:the details of the style of the buildings in the park
原文定位:The buildings in Talbot Park are eye-catching now and quite different from other state-built ones;There is no reason why public housing should look cheap in view,” says Design Group architect Neil;The bricks and wood-built houses and apartments are tidy
答案:close relationship among neighbors in the original site
原文定位:Initially, there was a strong sense of a family-friendly community;We had respect for our neighbors and addressed them by the title Mr. and Mrs. so and so,” she recalls;Former residents recall how the Talbot Park reserve played a big part in their childhoods - a place where the kids in the block came together to play softball, cricket, leapfrog and bulrush
答案:some problems arose about the community
原文定位:The new arrivals didn’t integrate with the community, a “them and us” mentality developed, and residents interacted with their neighbors less;What was clear was that the buildings were deteriorating and shabbier;The rate of crime was on the rise and the reserve;had become a wasteland and was considered unsafe
答案:some problems arose about the community
原文定位:the state took the mix and match strategy which involved different architects and prevented the buildings from being the same;And the interiors such as the kitchen and bathroom were made comfortable and not over the budget;The walls in the community were cancelled and showed the people with see-through openness
答案:a makeup of various ethnic origins should be considered
原文定位:The community is comprised of different races: Pacific islanders, Maoris, New Zealand Europeans. The tenants also include other races from Asia, Ukraine and Iran. The design of buildings should be accommodated to the ethic cultures
答案:financial hardship of the residents in the park
原文定位:People who lived in the park are in low socio-economic level;The area has a high concentration of an income in the $5000 to $15000 and very few with an income over $70000;That’s in sharp contrast to the more affluent suburbs like Kohumarama and St. John’s that surround the area;Of the 5000 households there, 55 percent are state houses, 28 percent privately owned (compared to about 65 percent nationally) and 17 percent are private rental
答案:how to coordinate and assist the tenants who lived in the community
答案:D buildings should be adaptive and responsive to racial cultures
原文定位:The design of buildings should be accommodated to the ethnic cultures
答案:A tenant management involves supervision and regulation
原文定位:It is a model that we are looking at going forward,” according to Housing New Zealand’s central Auckland regional manager Graham Bodman;The focus is on frequent inspections, helping tenants to get to know each other. That includes some strict rules- no loud parties after 10 pm, no dogs, no cats in the apartment, no washing hung over balcony rails and a requirement to mow lawns and keep the property tidy
答案:C social activities are organized to help people close to each other
原文定位:It’s all based in the intensification,” says Community Renewal project manager Stuart Bracey;Housing New Zealand has also been active in organizing morning teas and street barbecues for resident to meet their neighbors;We acknowledge if you are going to put more people living closer together you have to actually help them to live together because it creates tension-especially for people that aren’t used to it
答案:density
原文定位:Some controversial views arose when the program started and actually, the program made the density of the people greater
答案:architects
原文定位:the state took the mix and match strategy which involved different architects and prevented the buildings from being the same
答案:budget
原文定位:And the interiors such as the kitchen and bathroom were made comfortable and not over the budget