Iamoneofthemanycitypeoplewhoarealwayssayingthatgiventhechoicewewouldprefertoliveinthecountryawayfromthedirtandnoiseofalargecity.Ihavemanagedtoconvincemyselfthatifitweren’tformyjobIwouldimmediatelyheadoutfortheopenspacesandgobacktonatureinsomesleepyvillageburiedinthecountry.Buthowrealistic(现实的)isthedream?

Citiescanbefrighteningplaces.Themajorityofthepopulationliveinhugetowerblocksnoisydirtyandunfriendly.Thesenseofbelongingtoagrouptendstodisappearwhenyoulivefifteenfloorsup.Strangelyenoughnowadayspeopleonthesamefloordon’tevensayhellotoeachother.

Countrylifeontheotherhanddiffersinthatasenseofgroupgenerallyunitesthepeopleofsmallvillagestogether.Peoplehavetheadvantageofknowingthatthereisalwayssomeonetoturntowhentheyneedhelp.Butitisalsotruethatyouarecutofffromtheexcitingandimportanteventsthattakeplaceincities.Shoppingbecomesamajorproblemandforanythingslightlyoutoftheordinaryyouhavetogoonatriptothenearestlargetown.Thecitypeopleareoftenworriedbyasenseofunbearablestillnessandquiet.

Whatthenistheanswer?Thecountryhastheadvantageofpeaceandquietbutsuffersfromthedisadvantageofbeingcutoff.Thecityraisesafeelingoflonelinessandconstantnoisebeatsthesenses.Butyouareatthecenterofthingsandlifedoesn’tcometoanendathalf-pastnineatnight.Somepeoplehavefoundorratherboughtasolutionbetweenthetwo:theyhaveexpressedtheirpreferenceforthe“quietlife”byleavingthecitiesandmovingtovillageswithincommuting(同勤)distanceoflargecities.

Whatthenofmydream?I’meagerfortheideabutyouseethere’smy catTobyI’mnotatallsurethathewouldtaketoallthatfreshairandexerciseinthelonggrass.Imeancanyouseehimmixingwithallthoseenergeticmalesdownthefarm?Nohewouldratherhavetheelectricfireanyevening.

1．Wegettheimpressionfromthefirstparagraphthattheauthor .

A．worksinthecity B．livesinthecountry

C．usedtoworkinthecity D．usedtoliveinthecountry

2．Whichofthefollowmakescitypeopleunhappy?

A．Colorfullife.