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2017-04-13

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I came across an old country guidebook the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each vil-lage, and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on one' s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.
Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flour-ishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless,this would really be a false impression. On the surface, there has been a decline of village com-merce, but its power is still remarkable.
Our local grocer' s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing their shopping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value.
His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, but he will deliver anything at any time. His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an old retired woman who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The richer customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour. They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer, a red-faced figure, instantly obtains it for them.
 Nowadays the commercial services in the village are __________.

A.still very active
B.quickly declining
C.unable to flourish
D.personal to visitors

参考答案

A

答案解析

【内容概要】
本文介绍了英国乡村贸易的发展情况。从表面上看,乡村贸易逐渐凋零,而实际上其生命力依然不减。面对城镇大超市的竞争压力,乡村杂货店凭借个性化送货上门服务等优势表现出大有可为的形势。
【参考译文】
几天前,我偶然发现了一本古老的国家指南。它列出了每个村里所有的商人。在维多利亚时代晚期的农村,过去的各种服务都可以在自己的家门口进行,这点让人印象深刻。
如今,来英国乡村的旅行者可能会认为依然盛行的乡村商人要么卖速冻食品给当地人,要么售卖古董给游客。然而,这真是个错误的印象。从表面上看,乡村贸易逐渐凋零,而实际上其生命力依然不减。
例如,当地的杂货店由于附近城镇超市的竞争而日益扩大。妇女们很明智,在购物时更喜欢去村里的小商店,顺便聊聊当地新闻,而不愿在超市里排队等候。杂货店主深知个性化服务具有不可估量的价值。
他的价格可能高于城镇,但他愿意随时发货。他的助手很乐意在午餐时间沿着乡村街道骑着自行车,就是为了送一块奶酪给一位退休的老太太,她只是碰巧和路过的朋友随口说了一句要奶酪。有钱的顾客会打电话告诉店主自己的购物清单,接着这些货物会在一小时内被送到家门口。他们只要提及一下喜欢某种库存之外的商品,这位红脸膛的店主就马上为他们搞到它。
【精解精析】
【定位】第二段最后一句“…On the surface,there has been a decline of village commerce,but its power is still remarkable.”。
【答案详解】逻辑推理题。根据文章第二段最后一句推知A项still very active符合题意。

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