Homework:

1  What is the main difference between the writer and most of his friends?

a. they often visit the country but he has only spent one weekend there.

b. Unlike them, being brought up in the city, he can appreciate its worth.

c. In contrast to them, he finds city people friendlier than country people.

d. He thinks them hypocritical to maintain a preference for country life.新概念英语第二册视频下载

2 What advantage has the city dweller over the country dweller in terms of entertainment?
a. He can entertain his country friends more often than they can him.

b. His choice of entertainment is wide and within easy reach of him.

c. As he travels by bus and not by train, he can see the latest plays.

d. He does not need a major operation when planning a visit to the theatre.

3  When he speaks of the beauty to be found in the city, the writer ____ .

a. alludes to the comparative cheerlessness of winter nights in the country

b. means that if more people settled in the city they would find peace

c. advertises the fact that the city is a warmer place than the country

d. implies that the country is less peaceful than the city at weekends

key:

1 D 选项

think sb. hypocritical 认为某人很虚伪

maintain a preference for sth. 坚持一种想法

2 B
in terms of

have advantage over sb./ sth. 比 ......更具有优势

背熟

within easy reach of sb. 方便，容易达到

3 A
allude to = mean