The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous(灾难性的) fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique bination（结合） of designs.
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to bine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a pany, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the pany, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-----Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide rang of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
【小题1】How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?A．Through his observation of the country life.B．Through the bination of different ideas.C．By taking other people’s advice.D．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.【小题2】The underlined phrase “drawing on ”in Paragraph 1 probably means .A．making use of B．making ments on C．giving an explanation of D．giving a description of【小题3】According to Howard, garden cities should be built .A．as far as possible from existing citiesB．in the countryside where the land was cheapC．in the countryside where agriculture was developedD．near cities where employment opportunities already existed【小题4】What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?A．Their number would continue to riseB．Each one would continue to bee largerC．People would live and work in the same placeD．Each one would contain a certain type of business【小题5】What could be the best title for the passage?A．City and CountrysideB．The Invention of the Garden CityC．A New City in ChicagoD．A Famous Garden City in EnglandD
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解析：本文介绍了Ebenezer Howard最先发明出来的The garden city的发展过程和相关的信息。
【小题1】D 细节题。根据第一段4,5行In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”, almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.说明D项正确。
【小题2】A 推理题。根据本句Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique bination（结合） of designs.说明他成分利用了这个想法创造出一种独特的设计方面的结合。
【小题3】B 细节题。根据第二段最后3行borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside; far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.说明这样的地方应该是在土地相对便宜的乡下，故B项正确。
【小题4】A 推理题。根据最后一段3,4,5行As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit-----Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away说明一个花园城市建成以后，人口太多了以后在附件就会出现另外一个花园城市，故花园城市的数量在不断增加，故Ａ正确。
【小题5】D 主旨大意题。本文主要就是介绍了Ebenezer Howard最先发明出来的The garden city的发展，故D项正确。