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My first experience of modern city life was quite impressive. I was very curious when I arrived in
London. First, I noticed so many people were on a trip in a busy way. When I first saw the machine on
the underground where you are expected to feed your ticket in and have to run through moving barriers (拦板), I was completely fascinated (被迷住了) at it. Flashing with the light, the little green man, telling
you when to cross the road, was also quite interesting, and so were those street advertisements which
kept changing subjects as you look.
In my native place, my life is so different from people’s here. I am a market gardener from Makono,
a village which is led by a market-managing group. People there usually walk two hours a day to get
water from a well. What’s more, I am used to going, for many hours, without drinking , so it was strange
to be offered cups of tea all the time here in London.
In my native place, on market days, I usually walk for several hours with my basket full of fruits and
vegetables on my head, carrying them to the market for sale, to earn ￡1per basket. Without the produce
from my garden, I could not pay for education or healthcare for my children. Gardening is not a hobby
for me - it’s survival . But here people are planting something only to kill their leisure time.
During our visiting-time in Britain, we visited some local government agencies, schools, churches and
farms in Sussex, Scotland, Yorshire, Loncolnshire and Cambridgeshire, meeting people who were of the
same profession as we are. Children in Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire, prepared a special get-together
to greet us and we were also asked a lot about our life which was quite fascinating to them. For example,
how we make our houses out of mud and how we get our water for our daily necessities, as well as for
our garden.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph One ?
A. The writer knew London well.
B. Londoners are always in a hurry .
C. It was easy to get lost in London.
D. Everything looked new to the writer.
2. The most disadvantage in the writer’s native place should be that ___ .
A. there are many market-managing groups for gardeners
B. the lack of water makes the life there even harder
C. people there like to travel about on foot for enjoyment
D. people support themselves using the garden produce
3. The underlined word " survival" has the most exact meaning of ___ .
A. a means of earning one’s life
B. a habit to live a better life
C. a kind of very practical idea
D. a custom followed by people
4. Which of the following should be the best title ?
A. How to Get around in London
B. Communicating with the British
C. Experiencing Modern Life
D. How Can One Live Leisurely(休闲地) ?
