本段首句提出观点：“少”也并非完全是舶来品。第二句列举Frank Lloyd Wright的例子来支持首句内容。
从考点设置来说，本段首句+第二句构成观点+例证的结构，可对首句的观点内容设置细节题的正确选项。
The “Case Study Houses”commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet anotherhomegrown influence on the “less is more”trend. Aesthetic effect came from the landscape，new materials and forthright detailing. In this Case Study House，Ralph everyday life –few American families acquired helicopters，though most eventually got clothes dryers –but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
本段首句提出导致“少即是多”风潮的另一个因素：Case Study Houses。
第二句介绍了其理念：景观，新材料和细节能带来美学。第三句提出Ralph Rapson 的观点：自给自足是必然也，也受到广泛认同（自给自足是少即是多的另一种表现形式）。
从考点设置来说，本段第二句（带有并列）对首句进行解释，第三句带出人物观点，都可利用来设置细节题的正确选项。
31. The postwar American housing style largely reflected the
Americans’ .
[A]prosperity and growth
[B]efficiency and practicality
[C]restraint and confidence
[D]pride and faithfulness
试题类型：事实信息题
解题思路：通过题干postwar American housing style定位到文章第二段第
二句。题干考察的是其对美国人的影响。在第二段第二句指出Americans had