2 . My husband and I used to live in the city, but we often faced a lot of problems there. There was a lot of late-night noise. It was difficult to find parking. And the rent of the apartment was high.

Finally, my husband and I decided to move to the suburbs (郊区) outside Boston. We started looking for our new home. It turned out that many other people were also moving to the suburbs and it wasn’t easy to find a nice house there. Finally, we went to see a small and dark house. It needed a lot of work. But it was well built and it was on a street where we could walk to Starbucks, restaurants and bus stops. Well, before I knew it, we had made an offer and the house became ours.

On our first night in the house I cried for five hours. I thought we had made the wrong choice and I wanted to go back to the city. The house was smelly and old. And many families and old people lived around it. But after thinking of the problems we had when we were living in the city, I calmed down. Besides, our new home wasn’t that bad, after all. I had a driveway of my own. There were three big bedrooms and a backyard for my dog. Oh, how lovely the sound of nothing was. I changed the house inch by inch and it became a very comfortable home.

We have been in our house for over two years until now and it’s the best move we have ever made. While I’m glad I can drive into the city in 15 minutes and enjoy all it has offered, I’m always happy to return home.

1. The writer and her husband moved to the suburbs because they ________.

A．no longer liked living in the city	B．couldn’t afford the rent in the city
C．wanted to buy a small house	D．found work there

2. On the first night in the house, the writer ________.

A．was too excited	B．felt scared living there
C．regretted moving there at first	D．was moved to tears by its quietness

3. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 show about the house?

A．It was lovely.	B．It was really quiet.
C．It had nothing in it.	D．It had beautiful sound.

4. We can learn from the passage that the writer ________.

A．hates driving to the city	B．is afraid of returning home
C．loves living in the suburbs now	D．cannot wait to go back to the city

3 . Amazing concept images have shown what homes of the future could look like, as preparations are made for the world’s first freefrom 3D-printed property (房产).

Experts will build a house called Curve Appeal, which will be 3D-printed off-site before being put together on-site to create two outside walls, a roof and an inside part. These four main sections will then be joined together.

Although 3D-printed buildings have been made before, this home — to be constructed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, later this year — will be the first of its kind, as it will contain no regular shapes or angles. The house is the creation of the design company WATG, based in London and California. The design for Curve Appeal draws inspiration from the Case Study House program.

The architects leading the program were famed for constantly pushing the limits in terms of minimalist (极简主义) materials, and trying to create open-plan spaces that focused on enhancing (增强) natural light. In a written statement, a spokesman for WATG said, “Employing many of the same modern design principles, Curve Appeal is the next evolutionary step. It’s important that the architecture and the environment work together harmoniously. The chosen site is steps away from the Tennessee River in a beautiful wooded, sunlit area.”

WATG was awarded the first prize in the Freeform Home Design Challenge in 2016 and given prize money of $ 8,000 to make its plans a reality. The competition was aimed at architects, designers, engineers and artists. Participants were challenged to design a 600 to 800sq ft single-family home that rethinks traditional aesthetics (美学), ergonomics, construction, building systems and structure.

Over the last year, WATG’s Chicago office has been developing their design with Branch Technology. This project is currently underway, working towards breaking ground later this year. Once completed, the Curve Appeal home will have open and light-filled inside living spaces.

1. From the passage we can know that Curve Apple______.

A．will be different from an ordinary house

B．is the first 3D-printed building

C．has apparent walls and a roof

D．was ever built in the world

2. Where is the architecture located according to Paragraph 4?

A．Far away from the Tennessee River.

B．In the woods near the Tennessee River.

C．Between the Tennessee River and the woods.

D．Next to some modern architectures.

3. What does the Freeform Home Design Challenge do?

A．It motivates participants to design at random.

B．It emphasizes traditions rather than modernization.

C．It sponsors competitors when necessary.

D．It helps put creative ideas into practice.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．What our homes will look like in the future.

B．The Freeform Home Design Challenge.

C．The world’s first freeform 3D-printed house.

D．The development of 3D in architecture.