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    Across the gardens of Britain，people are building sheds （工棚）.People have gone crazy about sheds.The Timber Trade Federation reports that in October，the last month for which statistics were available，imports of softwood were 34% higher than a year earlier.With stocks （庫存） running low，what wood is available is quickly sold out.
    A garden shed used to be mostly a place to store tools，or a place to discuss how to grow flowers and enjoy tea and snacks while the rain falls outside，according to Michael Rand，an expert gardener.But the creative brain-worker has long put it to more productive use.Roald Dahl and Dylan Thomas wrote in sheds.George Bernard Shaw had one in his Hertfordshire garden that faced the sun.
    Besides growing flowers，the sheds now being built are also often intended for work.However，they are grander than the ones those pioneer shed-writers used.Green Retreats，which mostly builds garden offices，says that overall sales on building sheds grew by 113% between 2019 and 2020.Larger and fancier structures are especially popular.
    This has an important impact on cities.Urban scholars like Richard Florida and Edward Glaeser are busy trying to work out whether the rise in home-working that has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue when the virus declines.If it does，many service jobs in cities，from waiters to taxi drivers，will disappear.Public transport systems will struggle.The value of city-centre housing will drop.The shed boom makes that outcome more likely.
    A white-collar worker who has tried to work from the kitchen table for the past nine months might be keen to return to the office.A worker who has a beautiful garden shed with Wi-Fi will not hope so.Joel Bird，who builds personalized sheds，is certain that his customers expect a long-term change in their working habits. "They don't consider home-working to be temporary，" he says. "They're spending too much money on sheds."

（1）Why did Britain buy more softwood from other countries？
B
B

A．Softwood was cheaper this year.
B．Demands for sheds were on the rise.
C．Softwood suppliers were fewer than before.
D．Britons stored softwood like crazy due to COVID-19.
（2）What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about？
C
C

A．Previous shed-writers.
B．Various functions of sheds.
C．Improvements on shed-building.
D．The development of shed-offices.
（3）What can we infer from the text？
A
A

A．The shed boom might threaten economy in cities.
B．Workers are eager to return to work in their offices.
C．More people prefer gardening in their beautiful sheds.
D．People's working habits remain the same after COVID-19.
（4）What is Joel Bird's attitude to returning to work in office after COVID-19？
D
D

A．Unclear.
B．Optimistic.
C．Indifferent.
D．Pessimistic.

【考點(diǎn)】說明文；社會．

【答案】B；C；A；D

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