While the cities of China have undergone modernization evident in the rising towers and bright lights that have awakened the sleeping country, the countryside remains largely the same. - d; |% X7 s* B* j K9 o
『Rectangular rows of rice fields litter the landscape separated by long lanes of water designed to provide the constant supply of water that is vital to producing the crop.』① The experience is not unlike driving through the American Midwest, only rice not corn dominates the landscape.
$ H7 h, ^: H3 E3 N; O' Y9 _Four years ago, when I last took this trip, the roads were dust and telephone wires did not run parallel to the highway. Bare roads have been replaced by sleek, newly paved highways running from Shanghai to Nanking, to my smaller, home city, Wuhu. Unlike the changes I had heard of and expected in Shanghai, Wuhu was much more of a surprise. The small city where I was born had grown up as I have. There are large high-rise buildings, each ringed with smaller buildings around it, many of these apartment complexes. Little seemed familiar and I wonder what my grandparent’s flat built of brick and mortar had become. 2 J) V# S- x/ c
『Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised to find out that their home had been demolished and rebuilt as a six story apartment complex as well. 』②Walking up to the second floor I saw my grandfather’s face peering out of the screen door. He began to smile as he saw me, and so did I. Their home is now no different from a western apartment. Equipped with the modern amenities of a gas stove, a toilet, a showerthis was indeed different from four years ago.
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6 {. f; @7 E: t' A9 y1. According to the author, dramatic changes took place in.
; P8 f4 E$ v& F1 d1 p2 ]$ Q! SA. cities but not countryside of China B. both cities and countryside of China ' y/ f# T3 b N$ \. K: ~
C. countryside but not in large cities D. everywhere / N/ J. ]9 V; h1 r
3 o' N6 I" e; M' |2. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that .
# s# K4 ?: J0 V( l! g2 VA. peasants lead similar life all over the world
' v, Z F. ~# x( @B. Chinese irrigating system is more impressing than that in America
8 m, W0 X7 y' vC. peasants in Midwest America raise more corns while Chinese peasants raise more rice
+ S; B! V+ I2 D6 {8 `D. peasants in Midwest America raise more rice while Chinese peasants raise more corn 0 l5 B0 m: T: ]" m
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3. The author was traveling to Wuhu.
b U$ m; o9 ]( `# E& o+ XA. in order to take a stop during the trip from Shanghai to Nanking 5 G' t+ B0 l9 U9 q) g8 j5 X
B. in order to find some place similar to his hometown 7 L! |- t! x; M( }8 p- S( X- L
C. in order to visit his grand parents
8 s8 b/ r/ ^" v: l; HD. in order to find out changes in small cities
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4. The author’s grand parents. ( S$ A# |% {" S
A. live in their house of brick and mortar
8 o6 R) @2 {5 s$ dB. live in an apartment similar to westerners ; h7 I- C: y) Z2 N
C. led a totally westernized life
+ R9 F: S- G9 t6 |7 `/ L/ M2 A# D. mD. was poor as they always were * q; B: ~7 x! R$ g: N5 P
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5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage? " D" Z' i; m. a8 C6 U# I
A. Flash back to China B. From Shanghai to Nanking C. Wuhu Today D. Back With My Grand Parents
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