TEXT A
If you like the idea of staying with a family, living in house (guest house 1. 小旅馆2. （大房子旁供客人居住的）客房) might be the answer.[81]Good landladies (a woman from whom you rent a room, a house, etc. 女房东；女地主; a woman who owns or manages a pub or a guest house （酒吧或招待所的）女店主，老板娘)---those who are superb cooks and launderers (洗衣工. thunderer 怒喝的人大声说话的人. blunderer 犯大错的人), are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize（to frighten and threaten people so that they will not oppose something or will do as they are told 恐吓；恫吓；威胁）their guest and overcharge （to make somebody pay too much for something 多收（某人的）钱）them at the slightest opportunity. The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes. If you are lucky, the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and companionship. For the less fortune, house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to visit, and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking (/raʊ/ a serious disagreement between people, organizations, etc. about something 严重分歧；纠纷; a noisy argument between two or more people 吵架；争吵) if tidy and untidy guest (a person who is staying at a hotel, etc. 旅客；房客) are living under the same roof. //
[82]The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing, with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what, and in what proportion. One person may spend hours on the phone, while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with guest, how do you persuade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave you in peace, especially if you are student and want to study?
[83]Conversely, flat sharing can be very cheap, there will always
be someone to talk to and go out with, and the chores (A routine task, esp. a household one家务活), in theory, can be shared.//
81.According to the passage, landladies are ________
ually strict.
B.always mean.
C.adequately competent.
D.very popular with their guest.
解析：此题答案为：C。

推理类。

文中提到" Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers, are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guest and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity. The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes. If you are lucky, the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and companionship."从原文中可以找到答案：这段话的大意就是：好的屋主和坏的屋主是一样的多。

而现实中的屋主就是在两个极端的中间的。

如果你足够幸运，你会找到一个比较好的屋主。

可用排除法，A，B
选项是坏的极端（A指的是bad landladies,为片面信息。

B也没有提到，且过于绝对.），D选项是好的极端，：文中提到：“Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers. D, … are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guest and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity.“指两种都很常见，而不是受欢迎。

”有bad landladies,自然不能说所有的landladies都受到房客的欢迎。

82.What is the additional disadvantage of flat sharing ?
A. Problems of sharing and paying.
B. Differences in living habits.
C. Shared cooking and bathroom facilities.
D. Restriction to invite friends to visit.
解析：A。

细节类。

由文中第二段可知。

“…with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what,…”（另外一个困难是决定由谁来付钱和付多少…）以及”If you want privacy with guest , how do you persuade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave。