I fell in love with England because it was quaint (典雅)—all those little houses, looking terri­bly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good man­ners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good man­ners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.
小題1:The writer doesn’t like London because she ______.
A．is not used to the life there now
B．has lived there for seventeen years
C．prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there
小題2:Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
A．In a cafe.B．In a restaurant.C．In a nightclub.D．In a pub.
小題3:The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4) refers to______.
A．a(chǎn) taxiB．the moneyC．a(chǎn) bombD．public transport
小題4:The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ______.
A．felt lonely in England
B．had never been to France
C．was from a typical French family
D．didn't like the British idea of family

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段首句“Things have changed. ”明確點(diǎn)出：我所熟悉或習(xí)慣的倫敦已經(jīng)改變了, 變得我不適應(yīng)了。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, ”可以判斷出來(lái)。
小題3:詞義理解題。結(jié)合上文I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p.可知it 指代public trans­port
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。  參考文章最后一句話but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone。
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