IfellinlovewithEnglandbecauseitwasquaint(典雅)—allthoselittlehouses,lookingterri­blyold-fashionedbutnice,likedolls’houses.Ilovedthecountrysideandthepubs,andIlovedLondon.I’veslightlychangedmymindaftersev

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I fell in love with England because it was quaint (典雅)—all those little houses, looking terri­bly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good man­ners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good man­ners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always aloneThe writer doesn’t like London because she _______.Where do people usually meet their friends in England?The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4) refers to_______.The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he _______.
A.is not used to the life there now
B.has lived there for seventeen years
C.prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
D.has to be polite to everyone she meets there
A.In a cafe
B.In a restaurant
C.In a nightclub
D.In a pub
A.a taxi
B.the money
C.a bomb
D.public transport
A.felt lonely in England
B.had never been to France
C.was from a typical French family
D.didn't like the British idea of family

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