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  Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchman.More people are working than ever before in France.In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing.Offices, shops and factories are discovering the great efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunch rooms.In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output.Thus the “typical”Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago.He gains in creature comforts and ease of life.What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.

  Some day that French has been Americanized.This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products.The so-called Americanization of France has its critics.They fear that“assembly-line(流水线)life”will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely(but less productive)old French style.What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life-to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local café?

  Since the late 1950s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain.Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are young, especially university students.They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of this competitive, goods-oriented culture, Occasionally, they have created against the trend with considerable violence.

  In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world.They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past.They believed that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old.

(1)

Which of the following is a feature of the old French way of life?

[  ]

A.

Leisure, elegance, and efficiency

B.

Elegance, efficiency and taste

C.

Leisure, elegance, and taste

D.

Efficiency, taste, and convenient.

(2)

Which of the following is NOT true about Frenchmen?

[  ]

A.

Many of them prefer the modern life style.

B.

They actually enjoy working at the assembly line.

C.

They are more concerned with money than before.

D.

They are more competitive than the old generation.

(3)

The passage suggests that ________.

[  ]

A.

great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen

B.

it’s now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the river

C.

the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked apples

D.

in pursuing material gains the French are suffering losses elsewhere

(4)

The main idea of the passage is“________”.

[  ]

A.

Changes in the French Way of Life

B.

Criticism of the New Life Style

C.

The Americanization of France

D.

Features of the New Way of Life

答案:1.C;2.B;3.D;4.A;
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