首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
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
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
admin
2012-11-23
62
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 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 country. 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. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. 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 existing 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 and 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 center of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) 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.
Do you think the author will move to the country?
选项
A、Yes, he will do so
B、No, he will not do so
C、It is difficult to tell
D、He is in two minds
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/c4GC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库普高专升本分类
0
英语
普高专升本
相关试题推荐
[*]
Ahobbycanbealmostanythingapersonlikestodoinhissparetime.Hobbyists【B1】______pets,buildmodelshipsanythingap
Despitehis______planning,theexpositionturnedouttobeafailure.
Peoplearecriticizingtheeconomicpoliciesthathave______thedeclineofmanufacturingindustry.
Manypeoplekeeptheir______(save)inbanks.
BernieVoytas,46,hadbeenworking28hardandlongdays.That’sthewayofitfora【36】duringharvesttimeinRandolphCounty,
Doctorsaredevelopinganew______fortreatingthatdisease.
"Wouldyouliketeaorcoffee?"Oh,______."
Theideabehind"theruleoflaw"isthatitislawsbasedonlogicalreasonsandclearthinkingthatshouldgovernsociallife.
Rumoristhemost【56】wayofspreadingstories—bypassingthemonfrommouth【57】mouth.Butcivilizedcountriesinnormaltimesha
随机试题
赔偿请求人凭生效的判决书、复议决定书、赔偿决定书或者调解书,向()申请支付赔偿金。
负责专利执法的部门根据已经取得的证据,对涉嫌假冒专利行为进行查处时,有权采取的措施是?
当怀疑有深部脓肿时,常用最有效检查应该是
关于动物致害侵权责任的说法,下列哪些选项是正确的?()[2015年法考真题]
下列各项中属于静态信息的是()。
烧结普通砖和毛石砌筑而成的基础特点有()。
某报社记者被派往国外常住,不应再作为报社从业人员统计。
张某系中国公民,就职于中国境内甲公司,2012年7月从境内取得如下收入:(1)工资收入3800元,奖金收入600元,岗位津贴300元,交通补贴900元。(2)3年期银行存款利息收入800元,二级市场股票买卖所得2000元。
避免和解决绩效考评矛盾的方法有()。
设有关系模式SC(sno,cno,grade),查询既选修了c1又选修了c2课程的学生学号,正确的SQL命令是
最新回复
(
0
)