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Active Villagers
Residents of a small Welsh-speaking community have clubbed together to buy the post office and shop, ten years after buying the pub.
The people of Llithfaen,Caemarfonshire were determined to prevent their village losing its focal point. Ten years ago they paid f40,000 for the pub, called the Victoria, and now they have helped to keep the shop open. Most of the cost,f19,500, was met by the local council and a European Union grant, but the villagers needed to raise a further f6,000 to buy the shop from the owner who is retiring.
John Jones, chairman of the community committee, said:“We went around every house and came back with t500 more than we needed. The post office and the pub are essential to the life of the village. There are no other amenities.”
“We were not prepared to stand by and let the heart and soul be ripped out of our community. No one else was going to help us so we decided to buy them ourselves.” Llithfaen had a population of 600 but that halved when nearby granite quarries were closed.The primary school was shut because of the population decline but the locals turned it into a leisure centre and youth club.
The shop has been leased to Ffion Medi Llywelyn, 24, who lives in the village with her husband, Dillon.She said:“There is a wonderful community spirit here.”
1.The Llithfaen Post Office
A.closed ten years ago.
B.has been saved by the local people.
C.has now closed.
D.has become a restaurant.
2.The shop has been bought
A.by the local council.
B.for f40.000.
C.with the help of the people who live in the area.
D.without permission of the owner.
3.The shop was going to close
A.because of a decision by the European Union.
B.because the owner needed the money.
C.because the owner thought he was too old to run the shop.
D.because there will not be enough customers.
4.f500
A.was paid by every person in the village
B.was paid by the owner of the pub
C.was the amount of money the villagers still had after the village post ofrice had
been bought
D.was the interest coming from the borrowed money
5.Llithfaen no longer has
A.a school. B.a leisure center.
C.a pub. D.a restaurant.
1.B【解析】根据第一段Residents of a small Welsh-speaking community have clubbed together to buy the post office and shop, ten years after buying the pub.在买下酒吧的十年之后， 一个讲威尔士语的小社区的居民联合起来买下了邮局和商店。即邮局被当地居民拯救下来了，故选B。
2.C【解析】根据第二段中Most of the cost,f19,500, was met by the local council and a European Union grant, but the villagers needed to raise a further f6,000 to buy the shop from the owner who is retiring.以及后文可知这家店被买下了，是在当地居民 的帮助下买下了，故选C。
3.C 【解析】根据第二段最后 …to buy the shop from the owner who is retiring可知店 主即将退休，即这家店要关门是因为店主认为自己太老了不能再经营商店，故选C.
4.C 【解析】根据第三段中We went around every house and came back with t500 more than we needed.可知500英镑是买下邮局后村民们还剩下的钱，故选C。
5.A 【解析】根据第四段中The primary school was shut because of the population decline but the locals turned it into a leisure centre and youth club.可知小学被关闭了，故选A。
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