My husband and I just spent a week in Paris.____36____So the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the size of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.

The place wasn’t entirely authentic, though. Unlike a normal Parisian apartment, the plumbing ( 水 管 ) worked. ____37____Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice that said, “Ouverture des portes,” in perfect French. That is the only French phrase I mastered, and it’s a shame I don’t have much use for it.

Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone noted in this paper a couple of weeks ago, they eat great food and never gain weight. ____38____ French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.

____39____ On our first morning in Paris, I went around the corner to the food market to pick up some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe small strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!

In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency.

You can tell this by cafés life. French cafés are always crowded.____40____When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously — so seriously that some labor unions recently struck a deal with a group of companies limiting the number of hours that independent contractors can be on call.

其次，说明了巴黎人生活非常精致的原因;最后，说明法国人对待生活的态度，相较于工作效率他们更看

重生活品质。

上文“My husband and Ijust spent a week in Paris(我丈夫和我刚在巴黎待了-一周)”说明了背景;下文“So

the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sith-floor apartment the size of a cupboard.(所以我们做的

第- -件事就是租了一-个非常昂贵公寓，在第六层，只有一 一个橱柜那么大)” 是空格处的结果，因此空格处需

要填原因;根据F项“Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parsians. (我们的目标是看看

我们是否在某种程度上可以活的像巴黎人。)"可知，作者要在巴黎住下来，所以需要租房子，两句构成因

果关系。故选F项。

上文“The place wasn't entirely authentic, though.(不过，这个地方并不是地道的法国住房)”是段落的中心

句，说明第二段主要内容是讲解公寓的情况。下文提到了楼宇和电梯的情况。C项“There was a nice kithen

and a conmfortable bed.(有- -个漂亮的厨房和一张舒适的床)”提到了厨房和床，这些都属于公寓的配置。故

选C项。

上文“... they eat great food and never gain weight.(他们吃得很好，而且从不发胖)”提及了食物。下文

“French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like ltte flavor bombs. (法

国草莓尝起来不像纸板。相反，它们会像小炸弹- -样 在你嘴里爆炸)”在说明法国的草莓很好吃。上下文结

合可知，因为法国的食物质量很高，所以不用吃很多就能很满足，同时吃的少也就不会发胖了。G项"The

food is so delicious that you don't need much of it to make you happy. (食物是如此美味，你不需要吃太多就能

使你快乐)”符合语境要求。故选G项。

第三段主要描述了作者夫妻去了采购了食物，买了草莓。下文“My husband and I agreed they were the best

fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18! (我丈夫和我都认为这是我们吃过的最好的水果。但它们要18美

元!)”说明法国的水果好吃但是也很贵。选项E“That's not the only reason the French eat less than we do.(这

并不是法国人吃得比我们少的唯一原因)” 承接了上-段关于法国人吃的少但是不胖的话题，同时引起下

文，给出了法国人吃的少的另-个原因‘物价贵’ 。故选E项。

根据上文“In France, quality of life is much more important than efcieney (效率). You can tell this by cafes life.

French cafes are always crowded. (在法国生活质量比效率更重要。这一-点 你能从咖啡馆生活看出来。法国的咖啡厅总是很拥挤)”可知，上文说明了法国人对待工作不是很积极且咖啡厅里顾客很多。下文“When do

these people work?(这些人什么时候工作? )”是-一个问句，说明本句属于过渡句，承接上文说明咖啡厅里的

造成拥挤的客人的情况，A选项中有“customer"符合咖啡馆的情境设定，同时讲述了不是所有的客人都是

游客，那么意味着大部分人都是当地人，符合下文的提问。故选A项。.