Question

Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers—some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,” Lehane told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”

A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.

The city’s psychology cafes, which offer great comfort, are among the most popular places. Middle-aged homemakers, retirees, and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about lover, anger, and dreams with a psychologist. And they come to Lehance’s group just to learn to say what they feel. There’s a strong need in Paris for communication, says Maurice Frisch, a cafe La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby church. “People have few real friends. And they need to open up” Lehanne says she’d like to see psychology cafes all over France. “If people had normal lives, these cafes wouldn’t exist”, she says, “If life weren’t a battle, people wouln’t need a special place just to speak.” But then, it wouldn’t be France.

1.What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?

A.Learn a new subject

B.Keep in touch with friends.

C.Show off their knowledge.

D.Express their true feelings.

2.How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?

A.They are less frequently visited.

B.They stay open for longer hours.

C.They have bigger night crowds.

D.They start to serve fast food.

3.What are theme cafes expected to do?

A.Create more jobs.

B.Supply better drinks.

C.Save the cafe business.

D.Serve the neighborhood.

4.Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?

A.They bring people true friendship.

B.They give people spiritual support.

C.They help people realize their dreams.

D.They offer a platform for business links.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了法国精神咖啡馆（psychology cafes）的社会意义和功能特色，以及在法国越来越受欢迎。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段第三句Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings.可知，在这里他们正在尝试了解他们的真实感受，所以在La Chope咖啡馆鼓励人们表达他们真正的情感。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段中Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home.可知，多年来，巴黎的咖啡馆一直是法国生活方式变化的受害者——工作时间变长、快餐的蓬勃发展以及年轻一代更愿意花更多的时间在家里。所以法国生活方式使得咖啡馆顾客越来越少。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据第二段中Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.可知，数十家新的主题咖啡馆似乎改变了这一局面。这些咖啡馆专注于心理学、历史和工程学这些很受欢迎的主题，直到夜晚人们还不愿离去，所以判断出主题咖啡馆被期望拯救咖啡店的生意。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句If people had normal lives, these cafes wouldn’t exist”, she says, “If life weren’t a battle, people wouldn’t need a special place just to speak.”可知，“如果人们有正常的生活，这些咖啡馆就不会存在，”她说，“如果生活不是一场战争，人们就不需要一个专门的地方来说话。”所以判断出心理咖啡馆在巴黎受欢迎的原因在于他们给予人们精神上的支持。故选B。