2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（21）_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（21）

　　both of them were worried about joblessness

　　her husband was to blame for the unemployment

　　they didn’t love each other when they got married

　　3、Which of the following can best describe their present life?

　　Bitter but easy.

　　B. Comfortable and happy.

　　C. Hard but warm.

　　D. Well-off and relaxing.

　　4、The best title of the passage might be ______.

　　We Have It All

　　B. We Find It Again.

　　C.A Perfect Couple

　　D. Hard Time

　　参考答案1—4、ABCA　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip as much as the British. If prying into(打探) other’s lives were an Olympic sport, then Team GB would surely take the gold medal.

　　And when the British can’t watch the lives of real people, they have another source of entertainment to fall back on—the soap opera. British soap operas are very different to US TV dramas. For one, they are normally longer running. The two most popular, Coronation Street and East-enders, have been running for 48 and 24 years respectively. Both are broadcast several times a week, so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street.

　　The most obvious difference is that, unlike US dramas, the British soap operas focus on the real world. There is little glamour (魅力), the stars are rarely rich, and they normally have boring jobs. Perhaps the appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audience—but with some drama added. This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.