Question

You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you’ve been away, has this country changed for the better—or for the worse?
If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.
So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.
Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的). The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.
Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.
Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.
To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.
But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got. 

1. 1.
   After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.
   1. A.
      notice small changes
   2. B.
      expect small changes
   3. C.
      welcome small changes
   4. D.
      exaggerate small changes
2. 2.
   How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?
   1. A.
      Cautiously.
   2. B.
      Positively.
   3. C.
      Sceptically.
   4. D.
      Critically.
3. 3.
   When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by _______.
   1. A.
      the relaxed policemen
   2. B.
      the messy arrivals hall
   3. C.
      the tight security
   4. D.
      the bank robbers
4. 4.
   Which might be the best title for the passage?
   1. A.
      Life in Britain.
   2. B.
      Back in Britain.
   3. C.
      Britain in Future.
   4. D.
      Britain in Memory.

Answer 1

ABCB
本文講述僑居國(guó)外的英國(guó)人離開(kāi)英國(guó)多年后重回英國(guó)的不同感受，這些感受我們司空見(jiàn)慣而無(wú)法察覺(jué)，只有他們才能體會(huì)。
1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。
【解題思路】根據(jù)文章第二段第一句中“…small changes have probably surprosed you…”可知，在短期海外度假后，人們會(huì)注意到小變化，故A項(xiàng)正確。
2.推理判斷題。難度中等。
【解題思路】根據(jù)第五段最后一句中“…I believe foreign settlers have improved this  country …more open-minded…”可知，Debit對(duì)移民的態(tài)度是肯定的。故B項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)意為“慎重的”，C項(xiàng)意為“懷疑的”，D項(xiàng)意為“批評(píng)的”，都與語(yǔ)境不符。
3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。
【解題思路】根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句中“To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening…”可知，當(dāng)?shù)竭_(dá)英國(guó)機(jī)場(chǎng)，Christine為緊張的安全措施所震驚。故C項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)與語(yǔ)意相反，B、D項(xiàng)為提及。
4.主旨大意題。難度中等。
【解題思路】根據(jù)第三段第一句以及全文敘述可知，本文講述了僑居國(guó)外的英國(guó)人離開(kāi)英國(guó)多年后重回英國(guó)的不同感受，故B項(xiàng)正確；A項(xiàng)范圍太大，C項(xiàng)文中未提及，D項(xiàng)無(wú)文章無(wú)關(guān)。