Iamoneofthemanycitypeoplewhoarealwayssayingthatgiventhechoicewewouldprefertoliveinthecountryawayfromthedirtandnoiseofalargecity．Ihavemanagedtoconvincemyselfthatifitweren’tformyjobIwouldimmediatelyheadoutfortheopenspacesandgobacktonatureinsomesleepyvillageburiedinthecountry．Buthowrealisticisthedream?

Citiescanbefrighteningplaces．Themajorityofthepopulationliveinmassivetowerblocksnoisydirtyandimpersonal．Thesenseofbelongingtoacommunitytendstodisappearwhenyoulivefifteenfloorsup．Allyoucanseefromyourwindowisskyorotherblocksoffiats．

Strangelyenoughwhereasinthepasttheinhabitantsofonestreetallkneweachothernowadayspeopleonthesamefloorintowerblocksdon’tevensayhellotoeachother．

Countrylifeontheotherhanddiffersfromthiskindofisolated（隔离）existencebecause asenseofcommunitygenerallytiestheinhabitantsofsmallvillagestogether．Butcountrylifehasdisadvantagestoo．Itistruethatyouarecutofffromtheexcitingandimportanteventsthattakeplaceincities．There’slittlepossibilityofgoingtoanewshoworthelatestmovie．Shoppingbecomesamajorproblemandforanythingslightlyoutoftheordinaryyouhavetogoonanexpeditiontothenearestlargetown．Thecity-peoplewholeaveforthecountryareoftenoppressedbyasenseofunbearablestillnessandquietness．

Whatthenofmydreamsofleaningonacottagegateandmurmuring“morning”tothelocalsastheypassby?I’meagerfortheideabutyouseethere’smycatToby．I’mnotatallsurethathewouldtaketoallthatfreshairandexerciseinthelonggrass．Imeancanyouseehimmixingwithallthoseheartymalesdownthefarm?Nohewouldratherhavetheelectricfireanyevening．

1．WelearnfromParagraphIthatthewriter________．

A．usedtoliveinthecountry B．usedtoworkinthecity

C．worksinthecity D．livesinthecountry

2．Inthewriter’sopinionthefollowingmaycausecitypeopletobeunhappyEXCEPT_____．

A．astrongsenseoffear B．alackofcommunication

C．housingconditions D．asenseofisolation

3．Thetextimpliesthatitisnote