For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village
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For thousands of years, the most importanttwo 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 andwell preserved. Many of them have become historic sites. The most famousexample is the pub in the city of Nottingham called “The Old Trip toJerusalem”, which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pubin England.
However, British pubs are not just forkings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and parts of society. Ona cold night, the pub’s landlord or landlady can always find a warm place foryou by the fire. There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drinkavailable at an affordable price.
That’s how things used to be. Things arebeginning to change. It is said that the credit crunch(信贷紧缩) is causing 39 British pubsa week to go out of business. People do not have enough spare money to spend onbeer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may alsohave affected the number of customers going to pubs.
This decline is happening despite the factthat 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 quitequickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed todrink slowly. The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as “bingedrinking”, and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems withviolent crime for communities.
In order to save their businesses, pubs aretrying to change with the market. British pubs now offer something foreveryone. A lot of pubs used to be “Working Men's Clubs”, meaning that womencould not usually enter. Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubswithout experiencing any problems. Perhaps things are changing for the betterafter all.
1.The passage mainly tells us somethingabout ______.
| A．the past and present of British pubs |
| B．the decline of British pubs |
| C．the long history of British pubs |
| D．the importance of British pubs |
2.Which may not be the cause of the declineof British pubs?
| A．The credit crunch. |
| B．The present closing time. |
| C．The ban of smoking. |
| D．Having no spare money. |
3.We can infer from the passage that______.
| A．British people used to like drinking slowly |
| B．closing the pubs early will reduce social problems |
| C．binge drinking means drinking less beer |
| D．British government aims to discourage people from binge drinking |
4.We can see from the last paragraph thatthe author _______.
| A．is against the admission of too many women to the pubs |
| B．holds an optimistic attitude towards the British pubs |
| C．thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems |
| D．thinks that British pubs should offer everything you need |
试题答案
【答案】
1.A
2.B
3.D
4.B
【解析】根据文章全篇讲的都是有关英国酒吧的从过去到现在的发展过程，并提出对将来酒吧的发展表现出比较乐观的态度。
1.主旨大意题根据文章全篇讲的都是有关英国的从过去到现在有关“pub”的事情。
2.细节理解题根据文章的介绍可知英国酒吧的衰落有信贷紧缩，禁烟令，经济危机人们无余钱消费等原因导致，因此选 B。
3.推理判断题根据倒数第二段对于英国政府出台的这个政策可知，政府是反对酗酒的，因此用法律的手段来限制酗酒。
4.推理判断题根据最后一句“毕竟事情变得更好点了”可知，作者对于英国酒吧的发展的态度应该是比较积极乐观的。