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【题目】根据材料内容，选择正确答案。
(A)
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(个体的): 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】本文讲述了私人空间的重要性。
（1）细节理解题。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，作者在去伦敦的火车上，一个人无视他侵占了他的空间，所以他很生气。故选B。
（2）词义猜测题。文中提到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.本地人会创造属于自己的私人空间，通过谈论你根本不了解的东西。也就是你融入不到那个群体中，故选D。
（3）细节理解题。you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! 你甚至感觉到他们喜欢你在他们的外面，以便他们更能享受在里面的情景。此处的他们指的就是当地人，故选C。
（4）细节判断题。文中提到Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes.大多数英国人喜欢住自己家里而不是公寓里，因为他们喜欢有自己的私人空间，不喜欢被侵犯。故选C。
（5）主旨概括题。推理题：从文章的最后一句话：But if you understand it then it helps you .Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and “owning” a bit of space?可知作者写这篇文章的目的是让我们意识到空间在交流中的重要性，故选C。