Question

In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.

But in the big cities of Europe like London or Pads, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt of the city, and they are tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside, and breathe the fresh air there.

So they move out of the cities. Some don’t go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities, other people move to the real countryside with sheep, cows and green fields. There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.

Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don’t make so much money and there isn’t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren’t always very friendly.

As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. "

It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights," they say.

1.Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?

A. The countryside is much poorer than me city.

B. People in the countryside have nothing to eat.

C. People in the countryside don’t have much work to do there.

D. Services in cities are usually much better than those in the countryside.

2.Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?

A. Because they will find good jobs.

B. Because they can make more money there.

C. Because they are tired of living in the city.

D. Because they like feeding sheep and cows in the green fields.

3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph shows __________.

A. they are happy to move back to the city

B. they miss their friends in the countryside

C. they still want to move to the countryside

D. they are tired of the noise and the crowded streets in the city

4.The best title of this passage may be “__________”.

A. A happy life!    B. Living in the city!

C. Living in the countryside!    D. Moving out or moving back?

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

本文为议论文。这篇短文主要谈论的是生活在城市好还是生活在乡下好的问题，作者通过一些具体的例子说明了人们的这种矛盾心理，没有给出具体结论

1.细节理解题。依据文章第一段 “In China, many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities, because the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside.”在中国，许多人离开农村到城市找工作，因为农村比城市贫穷得多，而且那里常常没有多少工作，在城市里，医院和交通等服务通常比农村要好得多。可知选项A、C和D项是人们到大城市的原因，只有选项B（农村人没有吃的东西）不属于人们移居到城市的原因，所以选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of (厌倦) the noise and the dirt of the city，可知这些富裕的家庭想过安静的生活。他们厌倦了城市的喧嚣和污垢，所以选B。

3.推理判断题。根据最后三段可知，并不是所有从城市搬到农村的人都是幸福的。两三年后，许多人认为这是一个大错误。他们赚的钱不多，也没有多少工作要做。农村的人非常不同，并不总是很友好。因此，很多搬到农村的人都搬回了城市。所以当他们看到城市的人来人往感觉太好了，由此可知许多城市居住的人厌倦了乡下的生活，所以此句说他们回到了城市感到很高兴，故选A。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要谈论的是生活在城市好还是生活在乡下好的问题，并把中国与欧洲进行了对比。分析选项可知D项（从城市中搬出去还是搬进来）最为符合题意，故选D。