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、Although
B、After
C、Because
D、If
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：结合下文可知本段主要讨论的是住在郊区的好处。“...one has to get up earlier and spend more time intrains or buses”说的是住在郊区的不好之处，与下文的各种好处应该是让步关系，即尽管这一不好之处，人们依旧可以享有更多的好处。故选although最合适。答案为A。
