首页
登录
职称英语
A visitor from Barcelona arrives at a Madrid government office in mid-aftern
A visitor from Barcelona arrives at a Madrid government office in mid-aftern
游客
2023-12-24
54
管理
问题
A visitor from Barcelona arrives at a Madrid government office in mid-afternoon. And is surprised to find only the cleaning lady there. "Don’t they work in the afternoons?" he asks. "No," she replies, "They don’t work in the mornings. In the afternoons they don’t come."
Lazy Madrid, busy Barcelona: it is just one of many stereotypes about Spain’s great rivals. Mostly, the stereotypes are born of Barcelona’s bitterness at its second-class status. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, a proudly autonomous region, but Madrid is the capital of Spain. This causes resentment. It makes Barcelona the largest city in Western Europe not to be a national, capital. Worse, Barcelona (Catalonia’s capital since the ninth century) regards Madrid (a creation of Philip Ⅱ in the 16th century) as an upstart. And, after being bossed about for so long, who can blame them? Over the years governments in Madrid did their best to strip Barcelona of political power. They tried to squash the Catalan Language. They even decided what the modern city should look like: in 1860 an order from Madrid overruled Barcelona’s choice of plan for its big expansion, and opted for a grid layout. Barcelona has the liberalism that often characterizes port cities. As Catalans see is. While Madrid bathes in bureaucracy, Barcelona gets on with business. Anold-fashioned seriousness in Madrid, isolated high up on Spain’s central plateau, contrasts with the light-heartedness of Barcelona, open to Europe and aggressively avant-garde. Upon to a point, these old caricatures still hold true. No visitor to government buildings in the two cities can fail to be struck by the contrast between them. In Madrid, there are creaky wooden floor, antique furniture and walls covered with paintings by Spanish old masters. In Barcelona, the city of Gaudi and Miro, designer chairs and tables are evidence of the place’s obsession with modernism. Meetings of the Catalan cabinet are held in room with a large, modern painting by Antoni Tapies. And yet, these days, the similarities between two cities are at least striking as the contrasts. Madrid is hardly lazy any more. Visitors find it hard to keep up with the pace of the place. Nor is it old-fashioned. Indeed, it has become almost outrageously modern. To judge by the local cuisine, you would think the place was a port. although far from the sea, seafood is a miraculous Madrid specialty. As banks and business have been drawn to Madrid and industrial centre as an administrative one, Barcelona, meanwhile, in Spain’s traditional industrial heartland, has been experiencing a rise in bureaucracy.
The rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona is bound to remain fierce, not least on the soccer field, where Real Madrid and Barcelona compete for Spanish supremacy. Barcelona will continue to press for yet more power to be devolved to it from Madrid: it is calling for the Senate, Spain’s upper house of parliament, to be moved to the Catalan capital. But with a lot of local autonomy restored, and with the success of the 1992 Olympics behind it, the chip on Barcelona’s shoulder is becoming ever harder to detect. [br] Which of the following is the most likely caricature of Spain’s capital city?
选项
A、Government houses have dilapidated wooden floor, antique furniture and old paintings.
B、The polished wooden floors and designer chairs and tables are the symbols of government houses.
C、Meetings of the Cabinet are held in room with a large, modern painting by Antoni Tapies.
D、It has all the hustle and bustle because of its political superiority.
答案
A
解析
这是道细节题。解题句子是倒数第二段的“In Madrid,there are creaky wooden floor, antique furniture and walls covered with paintings by Spanish old masters.”马德里充斥着破旧作响的木地板、老古董家具,以及布满西班牙大家的画的墙壁。故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3300110.html
相关试题推荐
Thegovernmenthashardlytakenmeasurestocrackdownonthesecrimeswhennew
Constructionofthegiganticofficebuildinginthiscitywasforyearsintermit
BythetimeBobarrivesinBeijing,wehavealreadyarrivedherefortwodays.A、
Thegovernmenthashardlytakenmeasurestocrackdownonthesecrimeswhennew
Toensureitssustainedprogressineconomy,thegovernmenthas______aseriesof
Peterwasseencryingwhenhecameoutoftheoffice.Wecandeducethathemust
Lackgovernmentsupport,theyhadtoapproachsponsors,organizers,andmusician
BythetimeBobarrivesinBeijing,wehavealreadyarrivedherefortwodays.A、
Thepresidentexplainedthatthepurposeoftaxationwasto______governmentspen
Thegovernmentslatednewelectionsinthespring,largelyasaresultofthepu
随机试题
VenusFlytrapsA.FromindigenousmythstoJohnWyndh
与养老保险相比较,失业保险基金征集较少的原因不包括( )。A.失业风险涉及的对象
《宪法》规定,全国人民代表大会代表受原选举单位的监督。原选举单位有权依照法律规定
批量作价是卖主对买主大批量采购的价格优惠,又称为批量折扣或数量折扣。批量作价运用
某消防设施检测机构对建筑内火灾自动报警系统进行检测时,对手动火灾报警按钮进行检查
在柯尔伯格的道德发展理论中,好孩子定向阶段的特征是()。A:对成人或规则采取服从
关于人力资源的内涵及特性,下列说法正确的是()A.人力资源包括微观和宏观上两层含
关于建设项目可行性研究报告深度要求的说法,错误的是( )。A.可行性研究要以市场
根据《环境影响评价技术导则大气环境》,对于保证率日平均质量浓度Cm中序数m的计算
一个健康儿体重7.5kg,身长67cm,会翻身,能独坐,不会爬,能发出“爸爸”、
最新回复
(
0
)