Question

Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(懷舊)．It’s fun to come home.It looks the same.It smells the same.You’ll realize what’s changed is you.Home is where we can remember pain，love，and some other experiences：We parted here；My parents met here；I won three championships here.

If I close my eyes，I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home.I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass?top wooden table.To the right of the living room is my first bedroom.It’s empty，but it’s where my earliest memories are.

There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays，and where I cried on Halloween－when I didn’t want to wear the skirt my mother made for me.I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong.If I sit at this table，I can see my favorite room in the house，my parents’ room.It is simple：a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side.Their bed is my safe zone.I can jump on it anytime－waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.

I’m lucky because I know my first home still exists.It exists in my mind and heart，on a physical property(住宅) on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles.It is proof I lived，I grew，and I learned.

Sometimes when I feel lost，I lie down and shut my eyes，and I go home.I know it’s where I’ll find my family，my dogs，and my belongings.I purposely leave the window open at night because I know I’ll be blamed by Mom.But I don’t mind，because I want to hear her say my name，which reminds me I’m home.

1.Why does the author call her parents’ bed her “safe zone”(Paragraph 3)?

A．It is her favorite place to play.

B．Her needs can be satisfied there.

C．Her grandparents’ photos are lined on each side.

D．Her parents always play together with her there.

2.What can be learned from the passage?

A．The old furniture is still in the author’s first bedroom.

B．The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.

C．The author’s favorite room in her first home is the dining room.

D．Many people of the author’s age can still find their first physical homes.

3.Sometimes when she feels lost，the author will________.

A．open the window at night

B．lie down in bed to have a dream

C．try to bring back a sense of home

D．go to Los Angeles to visit her mom

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To express how much she is attached to her home.

B．To declare how much she loves her first house.

C．To describe the state of her family.

D．To look back on her childhood.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。全文記敘了作者對家的懷念和依戀。

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2.2】解析：選B。細節(jié)理解題。文章第一段講到，作者回到了她的第一個家，以及倒數(shù)第二段中的．..on a physical property(住宅)on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles.可知，作者現(xiàn)在仍然能夠參觀她在洛杉磯的第一個家，故B項正確。由第二段的最后兩句可知，作者的第一個臥室里面空了，所以A項錯誤；由第三段中的If I sit at this table，I can see my favorite room in the house，my parents’ room.可知，作者最喜歡的房間是父母的房間，而不是餐廳，故C項錯誤；D項文中沒有提及。

3.3】解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。由最后一段可知，當作者感到迷茫的時候，她會躺下，閉上眼睛，然后想象著回家的情景。所以C項“盡量找回一種家的感覺”符合題意。A項只是作者想象情景中的一個片段；B項“躺在床上做一個夢”，其實作者并不是真的做夢；D項“去洛杉磯看她的媽媽”文中沒有提及。

4.4】解析：選A。推理判斷題。通讀全文可知作者寫本文的目的是想表達自己對家的依戀之情。而B、C、D三項只是對文章內(nèi)容的表述，不是寫本文的目的。故選A項。