首页
登录
职称英语
1 I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice
1 I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice
游客
2023-11-07
30
管理
问题
1 I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream?
2 Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous -- cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other.
3 Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often
oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.
4 What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the centre of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two: they have expressed theirpreference for the "quiet life" by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind -- they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.
5 What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring "morning" to the locals as they pass by? I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby. I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening. [br] The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the country EXCEPT______.
选项
A、daily necessities.
B、fresh fruits.
C、designer clothes.
D、fresh vegetables.
答案
C
解析
此题为一般推理题。据第3段倒数第2句,结合常识可判断。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3165701.html
相关试题推荐
Howmanypeoplehavediedinthedisaster?[br][originaltext]Hundredsof
1 Iamoneofthemanycitypeoplewhoarealwayssayingthatgiventhechoice
Shealwaysputhermedicationonthetopoftheshelflestthechildren______it
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
Peopleborninautumnlivelongerthanthoseborninspringandare【C1】___
随机试题
[originaltext]M:Hi,Icometopickupmylaundry.Ibroughtithereaweekago.
严守规程是指严格按照国家消防安全的()、标准、规程和有关制度等进行操作。A
作为党领导下的国有能源骨干企业,国家电网有限公司站在坚持和发展中国特色社会主义、
关于生附子的使用叙述错误的是A.一般炮制后使用B.孕妇慎用C.不宜与半夏同用D.
下列属于传统药最根本特点的是A.用传统医药观点和理论表述其特性B.能被传统医学使
除何者外,下列试验均为病毒核酸检测的PCR技术A.RT-PCR B.HPLC
下列关于微波的说法正确的是()。A.微波的频率比一般无线电波的频率低
在经济学中,充分就业并不等于社会劳动力100%就业,通常将( )排除在外。A.
燃气管道穿越高速公路时,应采用( )措施。A.提高绝缘防腐等级 B.直埋填土
项目进度控制总目标可按承包的专业或施工阶段分解为()分目标。A.交工 B.时
最新回复
(
0
)