(二)

　　The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense， as in their hearts they must surely know. No， the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that “village life” is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline about a hundred years ago. When many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away， and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of work， and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember what “village life” meant in the early years of the present century. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp-oil and coal. Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war， new ideas， new attitudes， new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all， there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life， and a better life. Finally， if we have any doubts about the future， or about the many changes which we have seen in our lives， we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously there children are better fed， better clothed， better educated， healthier， prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.

　　1. By saying that village is not dead， but “village life” is dead， the writer suggests that _____.

　　A. those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong

　　B. the two statements are against each other

　　C. “village life” today is rather uninteresting

　　D. “village life” today is no longer like what it used to be

　　2. It was _____ that “village life” began to take a sharp turn.

　　A. about a century ago

　　B. during the two world wars

　　C. with electricity and motorcars introduced into the village

　　D. only recently

　　3. As is suggested in paragraph 2， villagers in the past _____.

　　A. lived a simpler life than villagers today

　　B. knew fewer people than villagers today

　　C. found it difficult to enjoy themselves

　　D. liked to wash themselves with cold water

　　4. The expression “…… there is no point whatever in talking about ……” in paragraph 3 means that _____.

　　A. there is no end to the talking about ……

　　B. it is harmful to talk about ……

　　C. it is not meaningless to talk about ……

　　D. there is no reason for talking about ……

　　5. From the passage we can see that the writer‘s attitude toward “village life” is ____

　　A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. unclear

　　「難點」

　　1. nothing but ……： 除了， 僅僅

　　2. the present century： 本世紀

　　3. tied to the home： 被束縛在家

　　4. reveal： 展現(xiàn)，顯露

　　5. take sth. For granted： 認為某事當然， 如，We mist not take it for granted that ……： 我們決不可想當然地認為 ……

　　6. social welfare： 社會福利

　　「答案」

　　1. D

　　考點：這是一道理解判斷題。

　　解析：本文第二段對過去和現(xiàn)在的農(nóng)村生活進行對比，由此得出現(xiàn)在的農(nóng)村生活已經(jīng)不再像過去的農(nóng)村生活那樣了。所以本題正確答案應該是D. 而不是A：那些談論農(nóng)村已經(jīng)不存在的年輕人是錯誤的，B：農(nóng)村和農(nóng)村生活相反，C：今天的農(nóng)村生活很乏味。

　　2. C

　　考點：這是一道細節(jié)題。

　　解析：本題問的是從什么時候起，農(nóng)村生活有了一個轉折點。從文章第三段第四句話：“電和機動車輛在拉近農(nóng)村生活和城市生活的距離方面起著決定性的作用”，可知選項C 正確。

　　3. A

　　考點：這是一道判斷題。

　　解析：第二段最后四句話講述的是：過去的村子里的每一個人都相互了解; 不必走很遠就可以娛樂;家庭主婦們每天都呆在家里;為了節(jié)省煤和燈油，人們很早就睡了。由此， 我們可知，選項A是正確答案。

　　4. D

　　考點：這是一道詞匯理解題

　　解析：point 在這里可以理解成“有道理，有理由”所以，答案應該是D.

　　5. C

　　考點：這是一道理解判斷題。

　　解析：作者在文章中只講農(nóng)村生活的變化，并未對農(nóng)村生活進行評價，所以作者的觀點是中立的。因此答案是C.