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I fell in love with England because it was quaint (古雅)-all those little houses, looking terri-bly
old-fashioned but nice, like dolls' houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London.
I've slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it's an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good man-ners.
The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good man-ners-people
shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You're forced to live indoors. In Paris
I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub,
and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans-port
after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I'm afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and
that's typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles
away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.
1. The writer doesn't like London because she _____.
A. is not used to the life there now
B. has lived there for seventeen years
C. prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
D. has to be polite to everyone she meets there
2. Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
A. In a cafe.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In a nightclub.
D. In a pub.
3. The underlined part "it" (in Para. 4) refers to _____.
A. a taxi
B. the money
C. a bomb
D. public transport
4. The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he _____.
A. felt lonely in England
B. had never been to France
C. was from a typical French family
D. didn't like the British idea of family
