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【題目】根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。
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People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(個體的): they can paint them, and change them in any way they like. Most house have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private(私人的) space of the individual.
People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train? Have you marked the space around yourself as yours? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the space on my side of the table didn't notice me at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped(瞪出) out of his head. I had invaded(侵犯) his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!
If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don't have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long, you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and "outside". Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don't know about. And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler! But if you understand it then it helps you. Haven't you enjoyed being part of a group and "owning" a bit of space?
（1）The writer was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because .
A.he had no place to sit
B.someone had invaded his "space'
C.too many people shared a section with him
D.some other people talked about things he didn't know about
（2）"……you feel lonely and 'outside"' in paragraph 4 means that .
A.you are alone outside the house
B.you feel lonely because you travel on your own
C.you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun
D.you feel lonely and you don't belong to that place or that group of people
（3）In Paragraph 4, the pronoun "them" refers to(所指) "".
A.public spaces
B.private spaces
C.local people
D.other countries
（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.British people dislike marking their space.
B.You always feel at home in another country.
C.Most British people prefer living in houses to fiats.
D.You can't mark your private space in a foreign country.
（5）The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to .
A.own private spaces by living in houses
B.have one corner of their own in public places
C.realize the importance of "space" in communication
D.create their private spaces by talking with local people

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）D
（3）C
（4）C
（5）C
【解析】本文講述了私人空間的重要性。
（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文中提到The man on the space on my side of the table didn't notice me at all. I was angry.可知，作者在去倫敦的火車上，一個人無視他侵占了他的空間，所以他很生氣。故選B。
（2）詞義猜測題。文中提到Y(jié)ou see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and "outside". Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don't know about.本地人會創(chuàng)造屬于自己的私人空間，通過談?wù)撃愀�本不了解的東西。也就是你融入不到那個群體中，故選D。
（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! 你甚至感覺到他們喜歡你在他們的外面，以便他們更能享受在里面的情景。此處的他們指的就是當(dāng)?shù)厝耍�故選C。
（4）細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文中提到Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes.大多數(shù)英國人喜歡住自己家里而不是公寓里，因為他們喜歡有自己的私人空間，不喜歡被侵犯。故選C。
（5）主旨概括題。推理題：從文章的最后一句話：But if you understand it then it helps you .Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space?可知作者寫這篇文章的目的是讓我們意識到空間在交流中的重要性，故選C。