Question

【題目】 Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and go into their offices, factories or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up earlier in the morning and arrive _______ later in the evening.

One benefit(益處) of living outside London is that houses are _______. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to hire(租金). With the same_______, people can get bigger house in the country with a garden of its own.

Then, in the country people can get ______ from noise and hurry of the town. Although people have to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, people can sleep better at night.

Some people, however, take _______ interest in country things, for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants, such people would feel that life was not worth living if they had to ______ it outside London. A walk in one of the parks and a visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want.

【1】A.homeB.familyC.flatD.house

【2】A.cleanerB.nicerC.biggerD.cheaper

【3】A.addressB.moneyC.sizeD.distance

【4】A.awayB.outC.offD.up

【5】A.noB.anC.muchD.great

【6】A.workB.liveC.visitD.build

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】A

【6】B

【解析】

這篇短文主要介紹了一些人喜歡居住在倫敦郊外，而另一些人喜歡居住在倫敦市里，他們各自有各自的理由。

【1】句意：盡管這意味著他們必須早上早起，晚上晚點(diǎn)到家。

A. home家，名詞；在家，副詞；B. family家庭，家人，名詞；C. flat公寓，名詞； D. house房子，名詞。arrive +in/at+地點(diǎn)名詞，意為“到達(dá)……”，home是地點(diǎn)副詞，所以不加介詞，故選A。

【2】句意：住在倫敦外有一個(gè)好處，那就是房子更便宜。

A. cleaner更干凈；B. nicer更好；C. bigger更大； D. cheaper更便宜。根據(jù)后文Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to hire(租金).可推測(cè)在倫敦郊外房子便宜，故選D。

【3】句意：用相同的錢，人們能在鄉(xiāng)下買個(gè)帶有花園的更大的房子。

A. address地址；B. money錢；C. size型號(hào)；D. distance距離。根據(jù)上文介紹倫敦郊外房子便宜倫敦市里房子貴，可知此處指相同的錢，在鄉(xiāng)下能買更大的房子，故選B。

【4】句意：在鄉(xiāng)下人們可以遠(yuǎn)離喧囂和城鎮(zhèn)的匆忙。

A. away離開；B. out在外面；C. off離開；D. up向上。get away from遠(yuǎn)離……，結(jié)合句意，故選A。

【5】句意：然而，有些人對(duì)鄉(xiāng)村事物不感興趣。

A. no沒有；B. an一個(gè)；C. much許多；D. great偉大的。根據(jù)后文for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants,，可知此處指一些人對(duì)鄉(xiāng)下的事物不感興趣，故選A。

【6】句意：這樣的人會(huì)覺得，如果他們不得不在倫敦郊外的地方生活，生活是不值得的。

A. work工作；B. live生活，居住；C. visit拜訪； D. build建筑。根據(jù)上文“對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)，幸福就在小鎮(zhèn)上，有電影院和劇院、漂亮的商店和繁忙的街道、舞廳和餐館，”可知此處指如果他們不得不在倫敦郊外生活，他們會(huì)感到生活不值得，故選B。