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.

   ①    But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris, people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of (厌倦) 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.   ②

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.

   ③     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.   ④    

So 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 the city.

B．People in the countryside have nothing to eat.

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

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

2.Some rich families in Europe move to the countryside because______.

A．they hope to find good jobs

B．they are tired of living in the city

C．they can make more money

D．they like to feed sheep and cows

3.Where should the sentence “Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy.” be put?

A．①               B．②               C．③               D．④

4.This passage mainly talks about ______.

A．a happy life in the countryside

B．living in the city

C．moving out or moving back

D．living in the countryside

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：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.根据短文第一段描述，可知选项B不属于人们移居到城市的原因，农村人没有吃的东西。

2.根据These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of (厌倦) the noise and the dirt of the city, 描述可知选B。

3.根据下文，两三年后，许多这样做的人发现那是一个巨大的错误，及下文描述可知选C，并不是所有从城市移居到乡下的人都是幸福的。

4.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，故选C，（从城市中）搬出去还是搬进来。

考点：关于居住地的议论文