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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.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
选项 A、City Life or Country Life
B、Life in Villages
C、Escape from City Life
D、City People Prefer Country life
答案A
解析 本题属于标题题，即主题题，需定位各段主题。本文各段主题如下：第一段：作者和众多都市人一样有着乡村梦。第二段：城市生活的缺点：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。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。第五段：作者并不真的想去乡村生活，这只是个美好的愿望。综合各段主题，不难发现作者分析了城市生活与乡村生活各自的优缺点，提到了一些城里人通勤于城市与乡村之间的做法，并通过宠物猫表达了自己更愿意住在城里。因此选项A与原文主题一致，并且概括全面，为最佳标题，故本题选A。选项B、C都是文章的细节信息，属于以偏概全。选项D原文没有提及，属于无中生有。
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