Question

“Avoid the rush hour” must be the slogan of large cities all over the world. Wherever you look, there are people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed. The streets are so crowded; there is hardly room to move on the pavements. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads has almost come to a standstill. Even when a bus does at last arrive, it’s so full, and it can’t take any more passengers. The smallest unexpected event can bring about conditions of complete chaos. The strange thing is not that people stand these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else.

Large modern cites are too big to control. People living there are forced by their environment to take a wholly unnatural way of life. They lost touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live in such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you can hardly tell the season. A few flowers in a public park may remind you that it is spring or summer. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are hard to find. Even the distinction between days and nights is lost.

The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly to live in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. The cost of living is also very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country. Besides, the crime rate in most cities is very high. If you think about it, they’re not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born for and where he truly belongs?

1. According to the writer, 　　　.

A. there is a slogan in every large city all over the world

B. the rush hour traffic is terrible in large cities of the world

C. one should try to avoid the traffic wherever he is

D. rush hour exists in large cities but not in small ones

2. It is unusual that　　　.

A. people can stand the conditions in the city

B. people are used to living in a city

C. people know little about the problems of a city

D. people still choose to live in a city

3. City people can hardly tell the seasons because　　　.

A. there in no such thing as changes of seasons

B. seasons change only in public parks now

C. they live unnaturally without contact with nature

D. the temperature changes little between seasons

4.The reason for things to be more expensive in a city than elsewhere is that　　　.

A. city people have to pay higher to live in a city

B. there is a greater demand for things in a city

C. things are better in a city than elsewhere

D. people in a city are much more wealthy

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A. It’s crazy to choose to live in a large city.

B. City life can be very disagreeable.

C. Country life is better than city life.

D. Conditions of cities should be changed.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

城市里拥挤不堪, 但奇怪的是人们愿意选择这样生活, 城市里没有春夏之分, 甚至没有白天和黑夜的差别, 城市的房价、生活费用贵得惊人。这种生活适合你吗? 你想过人生来为了什么, 人真正属于哪里吗?

1.选B。推理判断题。根据第一段的描述, 街道拥挤, 等很久公共汽车也来不了, 即使来了也无法再挤上人去, 一点小小的事件都可以引起一片混乱, 所有这些现象都表明大城市的交通拥挤是可怕的。故选B项。

2.2】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话“The strange thing is not that people stand these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else. ”可知令人奇怪的是人们愿意选择在这样糟糕的环境中生活。

3.3】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段的内容可知人们生活在有空调的环境中, 不知道季节之间温度的差别。故选C项。

4.4】选B。推理判断题。在最后一段中作者提到大城市的房子很贵的原因是The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. , 那么其他东西的价格很贵也是因为需求太大了, 故选B项。

5.5】选A。主旨大意题。作者一直在描述大城市的不利于生活居住的一面, 到最后点明主题, 大城市不适宜于居住。故选A项。