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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.
In the author’s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT________.
选项 A、a strong sense of fear
B、lack of communication
C、housing conditions
D、a sense of isolation
答案A
解析 题干关键词是city和unhandy，需要选错误选项，可以定位到第二段。此题采用排除法。选项A“强烈的恐惧感”在原文中并未提及，属于无中生有，所以选项A为正确答案。选项B为“缺乏交流”，第二段第五句提到，过去整条街道的街坊邻居都互相认识，而今住在同一栋楼、同一楼层的人们甚至都不再彼此问好了(don’t even say hello to each other)，选项B与原文是相同含义。选项C为“住房条件”，第二段第二句提到，大部分城市人口住在高楼大厦(massive tower blocks)里，嘈杂、肮脏又毫无人情味(noisy, dirty and impersonal)，选项C与原文是相同含义。选项D为“孤立感”，第二段第四句后半句提到，他们的妈妈也有与世隔绝之感(feel isolated)，所以选项D与原文是相同含义。综上所述，选项B、C、D均为相同含义，均排除。第二段：城市生活的缺点是嘈杂和冷漠，让城市居民感到不愉快。第三段：乡村生活有利有弊，城里人并不适应乡村生活。
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