A. Architects have a dark future in designing marvelous buildings.
B. Architects don’t care about how ordinary people view their designs.
C. It is very difficult for architects to please the general public.
D. Architects don’t know much about the public tastes for buildings.
52. Through his study, Robert Gifford found that .
A. the three groups had similar responses to the photos of 42 large buildings
B. the architects generally rated buildings lower than lay people
C. the architects predicted precisely the preferences of lay people
D. no architect could predict the public tastes towards buildings accurately
53. From the passage we can learn that the Bank of China building in Hong Kong .
A. panders to the lowest common denominator
B. gets a low rate from the architects
C. appeals to the public as well as the architects
D. gives the architects a lot of aspiration
54. Marco Goldschmeid thinks that Gifford’s study is flawed because .
A. it uses photos instead of actual visits
B. it ignores the public tastes between generations
C. it lacks the necessary significance and interests
D. it doesn’t take into account the differences within the public
55. What does the passage mainly deal with ?
A. How to design attractive buildings.
B. Architects need to understand public tastes.
C. How lay people view buildings.
D. Different tastes between architects and the public.