Iamoneofthemanycitypeoplewhoarealwayssayingthatgiventhechoicewewouldprefertoliveinthecountryawayfromthedirtandnoiseofalargecity.Ifitweren’tformyjobIwouldimmediatelymoveoutfortheopenspacesandgobacktonature．

Citiescanbefrighteningplaces.Themajorityofthepopulationliveinmanytowerblocksnoisydirtyandimpersonal.Thesenseofbelongingtoacommunitytendstodisappearwhenyoulivefifteenfloorsup.Allyoucanseefromyourwindowisskyorotherblocksofflats.Childrenbecomeaggressiveandnervousastheyareshutupathomealldaywithnowheretoplay;theirmothersfeelisolated（孤立的）fromtherestoftheworld.Strangelyenoughinthepasttheresidents（居民）ofonestreetallkneweachotherbutnowadayspeopleonthesamefloorintowerblocksdon’tevensayhellotoeachother．

Countrylifeontheotherhanddiffersfromthiskindofisolatedexistenceinthatasenseofcommunitygenerallybindstheresidentsofsmallvillagestogether.Peoplehavetheadvantageofknowingthatthereisalwayssomeonetoturntowhentheyneedhelp.Butcountrylifehasdisadvantagestoo.Whileitistruethatyoumaybeamongfriendsinavillageitisalsotruethatyouarecutofffromtheexcitingandimportanteventsthattakeplaceincities.There’slittlepossibilityofgoingtoanewshoworthelatestmovie.Shoppingbecomesamajorproblemandforanythingslightlyoutoftheordinaryyouhavetogoalongwaytothenearestlargetown.Thecitypeoplewholeaveforthecountryoftencan’tbearthestillnessandquietthere．

Whatthenistheanswer?Thecountryhastheadvantageofpeaceandquietbutsuffersfromthedisadvantageofbeingcutoff;thecitygivespeopleafeelingofisolationandconstantnoisecannearlydriveyoumad.Butoneofitsmainadvantagesisthatyouareatthecenterofthingsandthatlifedoesn’tcometoanendathalf-pastnineatnight.Somepeoplehavefoundacompromise（折衷）betweenthetwo:leavecitiesandmovetovillageswithincommuting（乘车往返）distanceoflargecities.Itsoundsgreat!

1．Itseemsthatthewriterpreferstoliveinthecountrymainlybecause______．

A．thecityissomehowpolluted B．thecountryfolksaremorefriendly

C．onecangetbettersleepinthecountry D．it’shardforpeopleto