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Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modem life, has brought great changes

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问题     Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modem life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the greater efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the "typical" Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation age. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.
    Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that "assembly-line life" will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life4o joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cart?
    Since the late 1950’s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of this competitive, good- oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence.
    In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modem economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, convenience, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modem, industrial France is preferable to the old.
The passage suggests that ______.
选项 A、in pursuing material gains the French are suffering losses elsewhere
B、it’s now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the river
C、the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked apples
D、great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen
答案B
解析 推理题。题中的suggest的意思是“表达没有直接说出来的……含义”。我们建议采用排除法答题。关于法国人在现代化过程中损失，第一段最后一句已经明说，第二段和第三段也介绍了批评者的观点，所以不能选A。关于苹果的味道，法国人只会有怀旧感，不会感到讨厌(第二段最后一句 ，因此不能选C 。至于是否所有法国人的生活方式都发生了变化，根据第一段第一句，不是所有人，而是大多数人的生活方式发生了巨大变化，因此，不可选D 。那么，剩下的B 便是答案。虽然文章没有直接表达出来，但根据第二段最后一句可以椎知B 项内容正确，因此
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