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Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go to their offices, factories or schools every day by train or by bus. even though this 1_______ they have to get up earlier in the morning and 2_______ home later in the evening.
One benefit of living outside London is that houses are 3_______ Even a small flat in London 4_______ a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same 5_______, one can get a little house in the 6_______ with a garden of his 7_______.
Then, in the country one can be free 8_______ the noise and hurry of the town. 9_______ one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep 10_______ at night. and, during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy lhe fresh clean 11_______ of the country. If one likes gardening, one can spend one's 12_______ time digging, planting, watering and doing a lot of other 13_______ which are needed in the garden. Then, when the flowers and 14_______ come up. one has the 15_______ of a person who has shared the secrets of 16_______.
Some people, however, take no 17_______ in country things. For them, happiness 18_______ in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not 19_______ living if they had to live it outside London. A walk in one of the parks and a visit to the sea every summer is 20_______ the country they want.
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A、interest
B、pride
C、advantage
D、joy
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：由however转折连词可知下文的内容一定是与上文相反的。下文讨论的是住在市区的好处。由下文的"cinemas and theatres,beautiful shops and busy streets...”可知;有些人对郊区是不感兴趣的。故选A。joy：欢乐，一般不与动词take连用。答案为A。