Question

    I fell in love with England because it was quaint(古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I love 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 neighbor 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.

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

Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

  A. In a café.       B. In a restaurant.      C. In a nightclub.      D. In a pub.

The underlined part “it” (in Para.4) refers to ___.

  A. a taxi     B. the money     C. a bomb         D. public transport

The writer took her neighbor to France for Christmas because he ___.

  A. felt lonely                            B. had never been to France

  C. was from a typically French family        D. didn’t like the British idea of family

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】D

【小題3】D

【小題4】A

解析:

【小題1】本題考查考生對文中細節的理解程度。從文中作者所舉事例來看，現在的倫敦和17年前的差異甚大，從而使作者有些不習慣，失去了對London的熱愛。

【小題2】本題考查考生的細節觀察能力。第三段中指出“To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub”,由此可知選D。

【小題3】本題考查考生根據上下文推測代詞含義的能力。第四段作者提到“...I will not take public transport after 10 p.m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.”由此可知作者對公共交通的安全性甚是懷疑。

【小題4】本題考查考生的細節以觀察力。最后一段最后一句中提到“I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.”