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高三英语竞赛题2011-10-19 班级： 姓名： III 阅读（每题2分，满分60分） 第一节 阅读理解（共小题；每小题2分，满分分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的AB、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。“typical” Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comfort and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality. Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that “assembly line life” will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local café? Since the late 1950s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of this competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence. In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old. Which of the following is a feature of the old French way of life? Leisure, elegance, and efficiency Elegance, efficiency, and taste Leisure, elegance, and taste Elegance, efficiency, and leisure Which of the following is NOT true about Frenchmen? Many of them prefer the m