“Yes, I'll be ready at nine in the morning. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again. ”It had not been an easy telephone call for Mrs. Robson to make.Her daughter had been very kind,of course,and had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station,but Mrs. Robson hated to admit that she needed help.Since her husband had died ten years before,she had prided herself on her independence.She had continued to live in their little house, alone.

    On the evening, however,she was standing at her living-room window,staring out at the SOLD notice in the small front garden . Her feelings were mixed.Of course,she was sad at the thought of leaving the house,as it was full of many memories.But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea,back in the little seaside town where she had been born. With the money from the sale of the house,she had bought a little flat there. She turned from the living room window,and looked mindedly at the walls. There was a small fish tank,with two goldfish in it. When asked why,her husband used to say,“It’s nice to have something alive in the room.’’Since he had passed away,she had always kept some goldfish,had always had “something alive in the room”.

    The next morning,as her train was pulling out of the station,Mrs. Robson called to her daughter.“Kate,you won’t forget to collect the goldfish,will you? The children will love them. It’s…”,

    “I know.” Kate interrupted gently. “It s nice to have something alive in the room.”

53. According to the passage,we know that Mrs. Robson____

    A. was tired of living alone

    B. was not liked by her daughter

    C. did not like asking people for help

    D. did not want to be visited by her daughter

54. Mrs. Robson was going to          .

    A. be in hospital                B. 1ive with her daughter

    C. travel abroad alone           D. move to her hometown

55. The feelings of Mrs. Robson on her last night in the house were         

    A. sad and hopeful             B. regretful and excited

    C. sad and regretful            D. excited and hopeful

56. From the last two paragraphs,we can know that Mrs. Robson         .

    A.enjoyed keeping pets at home

    B.missed her husband very much

    C.had the same hobby with her husband

D.was worried about her daughter’s bad memory

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 knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. 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(展现)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(福利)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. 0bviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.

72.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

73.As is suggested in paragraph 2, villages 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.like to wash themselves with cold water

74.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 …

75.What does the writer think of the “village life today”?        .

       A.Dead.       B.Worse       C.Better.      D.Unclear.

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