Question

【題目】 You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years.Since you’ve been away,has this country changed for the better—or for the worse?

If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.

So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.

Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative（保守的）.The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.

Having been an immigrant（移民）myself,I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.

Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.

To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.

But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.

【1】 After a short overseas holiday, people tend to________.

A. notice small changes

B. expect small changes

C. welcome small changes

D. exaggerate small changes

【2】 How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?

A. Cautiously.

B. Positively.

C. Skeptically.

D. Critically.

【3】 When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by__________ .

A. the relaxed policemen

B. the messy arrivals hall

C. the tight security

D. the bank robbers

【4】 Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. Life in Britain.

B. Back in Britain.

C. Britain in Future

D. Britain in Memory.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 B

【解析】【1】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第二段第一句If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you...可知是注意到小變化，因此答案為A。B項(xiàng)為“期待小變化”；C項(xiàng)為“歡迎小變化”；D項(xiàng)“夸大小變化”，文中沒提到這三項(xiàng)。

【2】 作者態(tài)度題。cautiously意為“謹(jǐn)慎地”；positively意為“積極地；肯定地”；skeptically意為“懷疑地”；critically意為“批判性地”。根據(jù)第五段最后一句...but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.中的improved this country，open-minded和work harder可以看出作者對(duì)外來(lái)定居者持積極的態(tài)度，所以選B。

【3】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章的倒數(shù)第二段可知答案選C。從倒數(shù)第二段第一句話To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over...in the arrivals hall.可知在Christine的家鄉(xiāng)Cyprus，第一次看到配槍的警察讓人害怕，而那里的警察是非常放松的。所以排除A項(xiàng)。文中只是提到了the arrivals hall，并沒提到messy,所以排除B項(xiàng)。本段的最后一句話提到了bank robbers，但Christine并沒有親眼看到他們，排除D項(xiàng)。所以選C。

【4】 主旨大意題。本文是通過(guò)從國(guó)外回來(lái)的人的敘述，說(shuō)明了英國(guó)的變化，所以B項(xiàng)符合題意。A項(xiàng)作為題目過(guò)大，C項(xiàng)文中未提到，D項(xiàng)“記憶中的英國(guó)”作為題目過(guò)小。