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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 th

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问题     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 county. But how realistic is the dream?
    Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. 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.
    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.
    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 a compromise between the two: they have expressed their preference 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.
    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.
According to the passage, which of the following best describes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?
选项 A、Original.
B、Quiet.
C、Insensitive.
D、Arrogant.
答案D
解析 本题关键词是work in large cities and live in villages，题目问的是如何描述那些住在乡村、工作在城市的人，可以定位到第四段第五句。原文第四段第五句提到，城里人把自己的想法强加给(force on to)村民，尽管村民们并不想(unwilling)接受。其强势自大的态度和选项D“傲慢的(arrogant)”相符，属于相同含义，所以正确答案为D。选项A“原始的(original)”不符合起初住在城市，后来移居到乡村，工作在城市的人的生活状态，所以选项A属干TF反混淆，选项B “quiet”来自第四段第二句，乡村的优势(advantage)是宁静(peace and quiet)，所以选项B是乡村生活的特点，属于偷换概念。选项C “insensitive(麻木的)”和第二段第二句所表述的大部分城市人口住在高楼大厦里，嘈杂、肮脏又毫无人情味(impersonal)意思相近，所以选项C是城市生活的特点，也属于偷换概念。第四段：城市与乡村生活的比较。城里人为了兼顾两者的优点移居乡村。
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