Question

I fell in love with England because it was quaint (典雅)—all those little houses, looking terri­bly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.

Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good man­ners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good man­ners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.

I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.

As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.

The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.

1.The writer doesn’t like London because she ______.

A．is not used to the life there now

B．has lived there for seventeen years

C．prefers to live in an old-fashioned house

D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there

2.Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

A．In a cafe.

B．In a restaurant.

C．In a nightclub.

D．In a pub.

3.The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4) refers to______.

A．a(chǎn) taxi

B．the money

C．a(chǎn) bomb

D．public transport

4.The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ______.

A．felt lonely in England

B．had never been to France

C．was from a typical French family

D．didn't like the British idea of family

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

1.細節(jié)理解題。第二段首句“Things have changed. ”明確點出：我所熟悉或習(xí)慣的倫敦已經(jīng)改變了, 變得我不適應(yīng)了。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, ”可以判斷出來。

3.詞義理解題。結(jié)合上文I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p.可知it 指代public trans­port

4.細節(jié)理解題。  參考文章最后一句話but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone。