Question

For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub. Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news.

As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved. Many of them have become historic sites. The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called “The Old Trip to Jerusalem”, which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England.

However, British pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and parts of society. On a cold night, the pub’s landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire. There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drink available at an affordable price.

That’s how things used to be. Things are beginning to change. It is said that the credit crunch(信貸緊縮) is causing 39 British pubs a week to go out of business. People do not have enough spare money to spend on beer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs.

This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 1l pm. Previously, with 1l pm as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as “binge drinking”, and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities.

In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. British pubs now offer something for everyone. A lot of pubs used to be “Working Men’s Clubs”, meaning that women could not usually enter. Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems. Perhaps things are changing for the better after all.

1. The passage mainly tells us something about ______.

A. the importance of British pubs

B. the decline of British pubs

C. the long history of British pubs

D. the past and present of British pubs

2. Which may not be the cause of the decline of British pubs?

A. The present closing time.

B. The ban of smoking.

C. The lack of enough spare money.

D. The credit crunch.

3.We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. binge drinking means drinking less beer

B. closing the pubs early will reduce social problems

C. British people used to like drinking slowly

D. British government aims to discourage people from binge drinking

4. We can see from the last paragraph that the author _______.

A. holds an optimistic attitude towards the British pubs

B. thinks that British pubs should offer everything you need

C. thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems

D. is against the admission of too many women to the pubs

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章全篇講的都是有關(guān)英國酒吧的從過去到現(xiàn)在的發(fā)展過程，并提出對將來酒吧的發(fā)展表現(xiàn)出比較樂觀的態(tài)度。

1.主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章全篇講的都是有關(guān)英國的從過去到現(xiàn)在有關(guān)“pub”的事情。第二段第一句As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved. 因此,英國酒吧通常保存完好的古老。最后一段第一句In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market為了挽救他們的企業(yè),酒吧試圖改變市場格局。因此可知選A。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Previously, with 1l pm as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, 以前關(guān)門時(shí)間是晚上11點(diǎn)鐘，顧客們不得不快速喝酒，因此選 B。

3.推理判斷題。 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as “binge drinking”, and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities.對于英國政府出臺(tái)的這個(gè)政策可知，政府是反對酗酒的，因此用法律的手段來限制酗酒。選D

4.推理判斷題。 根據(jù)最后一句Perhaps things are changing for the better after all.“畢竟事情變得更好點(diǎn)了”可知，作者對于英國酒吧的發(fā)展的態(tài)度應(yīng)該是比較積極樂觀的。選B

考點(diǎn)：考查日常生活類短文。