首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite :" You won
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite :" You won
admin
2011-01-24
119
问题
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite :" You won’t catch me putting my money in there!" he declared. "Not in that glass box ! "
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money.
In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable, the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architecture symbol dwelt in the prevailing attitude toward money.
But the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. A deficit (赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe; he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.
Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion (人们的说法) begins.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards the new trend in bank is______.
选项
A、cautious
B、regretful
C、positive
D、hostile
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。该题要求判断作者对银行的外在风格和功能的转变这一趋势的态度。最明确的提示应该是在第四段开头“But the attitude toward money has,of course,changed.”随后作者又进一步分析了现代银行不同于过去银行的功能,而且用了“creative imagination”两个词,可以看出其态度是肯定的。故C项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/6LGC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库普高专升本分类
0
英语
普高专升本
相关试题推荐
Thereis______trafficonthestreetsaftertherushhour.
Historianscan’ttelluswhen,whereor【71】thefirstfoodwascooked.Inearliest【72】whenpeoplehadeatentheirfood【73】,
Historianscan’ttelluswhen,whereor【71】thefirstfoodwascooked.Inearliest【72】whenpeoplehadeatentheirfood【73】,
About70millionAmericansaretryingtoloseweight.Thatisalmost1outofevery3peopleintheUnitedStates.Somepeopleg
TwooldgentlemenlivedinaquietstreetinParis.Theywerefriendsandneighbors,andtheyoftenwentforawalktogetherin
TwooldgentlemenlivedinaquietstreetinParis.Theywerefriendsandneighbors,andtheyoftenwentforawalktogetherin
InWashingtonD.C.,1600PennsylvaniaAvenueisaveryspecialaddress.ItistheaddressoftheWhiteHouse,thehomeofthe
随机试题
A.classifiedB.conductedC.dietingD.earlierE.laterF.lessG.lifeH.linkedI.obeseJ.obse
各国普遍通过——等国内法规范,具体规定国际经济争端的调解、仲裁或司法解决方式。()
Anewstudyfoundthatinner-citykidslivinginneighborhoodswithmoregreenspacegainedabout13%lessweightoveratwo-yea
会阴
获得性免疫缺陷综合征(AIDS)的病原体是
下面有关计算机操作系统的叙述中,不正确的是()。
“月老”族指的是月初是“月光”族,大手大脚地花自己的钱;月末变成了“啃老”族,自己的钱花光了,只好向父母伸手要钱。根据上述定义,下列属于“月老”族的表现的是()。
2015年保险公司原保险保费收入24282.52亿元,同比增长20.00%,比上一年高2.51%。其中,产险业务原保险保费收入7994.97亿元,同比增长10.99%;寿险业务原保险保费收入13241.52亿元,同比增长21.46%;健康险业务原保险保费收
在进行数据库物理设计时,为了保证系统性能,需要综合考虑所选择的数据库管理系统的特性及软硬件具体情况。下列关于数据库物理设计的说法,错误的是()。
HowtoChooseaCollege?I.Student-facultyratio—Thelowertheratios,themore【T1】______youwillget—Healthy
最新回复
(
0
)