四六级考试

【单选题】Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the great efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the "typical" Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.
Some say that France has beenAmericanizeD、This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-calledAmericanization 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 Mil 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 card
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, countess 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、
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about FrenchmenA．They actually enjoy working at the assembly line.
B．They are more concerned with money than before.
C．Many of them prefer the modern lifestyle.
D．They are more competitive than the old generation.

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
细节题。从文中第二段第四句可知A项不符合文意，因此为正确答案。而从文中第一段第一句，最后一段最后一句，及第三段第三句，可知其余三项都符合题意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>