单选题
I have been living in London for more than 60 years, but still, when I'm driving and take some clever back-street short-cut, I catch myself thinking how extraordinary it is that I am doing this! For a moment the town mouse I have become is being seen by the country mouse I used to be. And although, given a new start, I would again become a town mouse, when I visit relations in the country, I envy them.
单选题
It is sometimes a source of surprise to the writer ______.
A. to find herself driving through back streets
B. that she has been in the city for so long
C. to realize how much she has got used to living in London
D. that she lives in the city when she prefers the country
A. to find herself driving through back streets
B. that she has been in the city for so long
C. to realize how much she has got used to living in London
D. that she lives in the city when she prefers the country
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 具体信息理解
根据文章第一段内容可知，作者住在伦敦60多年了，对伦敦很熟悉，有时候抄近道的时候会有一种优越感。故C项表述符合文意。其他三项表述均出自文章，但没有切中本题的关键点。
根据文章第一段内容可知，作者住在伦敦60多年了，对伦敦很熟悉，有时候抄近道的时候会有一种优越感。故C项表述符合文意。其他三项表述均出自文章，但没有切中本题的关键点。
单选题
The atmosphere created by the writer when she describes the swans is ______.
A. magical
B. frightening
C. deafening
D. disturbing
A. magical
B. frightening
C. deafening
D. disturbing
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 文中内容概括
作者在第二段描写了七只天鹅在空中盘旋的情景，最佳概括为A项“神奇的”。
作者在第二段描写了七只天鹅在空中盘旋的情景，最佳概括为A项“神奇的”。
单选题
What does "It" in line 5, paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The freshwater lake in a Norfolk village.
B. The fact that the lake belongs to a landowner here.
C. The fact that wildlife now needs to be preserved.
D. The reason for the landowner's action.
A. The freshwater lake in a Norfolk village.
B. The fact that the lake belongs to a landowner here.
C. The fact that wildlife now needs to be preserved.
D. The reason for the landowner's action.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 代词的具体指代内容
解答本题要结合代词所在句子之前的句子进行理解。第四段第二句说，土地拥有者以前为了自身利益而进行了某些活动，但是这一次是为了保护野生动物。显然，代词it指代的是土地拥有者采取行动的原因。
解答本题要结合代词所在句子之前的句子进行理解。第四段第二句说，土地拥有者以前为了自身利益而进行了某些活动，但是这一次是为了保护野生动物。显然，代词it指代的是土地拥有者采取行动的原因。
单选题
What is suggested about outsiders who now live in the country?
A. That country people no longer reject them.
B. That they often do work like servicing cars and digging gardens.
C. That the men and women who work for them are from the city.
D. That many of them have been in the countryside for a long time.
A. That country people no longer reject them.
B. That they often do work like servicing cars and digging gardens.
C. That the men and women who work for them are from the city.
D. That many of them have been in the countryside for a long time.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 具体信息理解
根据文章第五段第一句内容可知，外地人口以及通勤人口已经被视为乡村的一部分了。换言之，乡村居民已经接纳他们了。
根据文章第五段第一句内容可知，外地人口以及通勤人口已经被视为乡村的一部分了。换言之，乡村居民已经接纳他们了。
单选题
Social life in the country ______.
A. depends completely on where you live
B. is not as dull as people in the cities sometimes think it is
C. is not affected by your neighbors
D. is always less exciting than life in the city
A. depends completely on where you live
B. is not as dull as people in the cities sometimes think it is
C. is not affected by your neighbors
D. is always less exciting than life in the city
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 具体信息推断
根据第二段内容可知，乡村人的生活是丰富多彩的，枯燥无味的乡村生活已经成为历史了，也许原本就是一个错误的印象，换言之，乡村生活并不像城市人想象得那么枯燥无味。
根据第二段内容可知，乡村人的生活是丰富多彩的，枯燥无味的乡村生活已经成为历史了，也许原本就是一个错误的印象，换言之，乡村生活并不像城市人想象得那么枯燥无味。