阅读理解 People often say that the Englishman"s home is his castle. They mean th
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important and personal to him. Most people in
Britain live in hous
es rather than flats, and manypeople 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 usuallyloved. 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 your? 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 at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communications o 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 h
ead. I had invaded(侵犯)his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case inorder 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?
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 aboutB. you feel lonely because you travel on your own
C. you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun
D. you f
eel lonely and you don"t belong to that place or that group of peopleB. private spaces
C. local people
D. other countries
B. You always feel at home in another country.
C. Most British people prefer living in houses to flats.
D. You can"t mark your private space in a foreign country.
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
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ned to saying "I love you". I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers sa
id it to them. "Does your mom love you?" "Of course "they answered.
"How do you know? "was my logical question. They responded that their mons cooked and
always told them what they were doing wrong to show their caring. I was stunned. So mon"s cooking
and criticzing read out as "I love you ". "Then how do you say "I love you "to her?" They agreed that
getting good grades, followed by god jobs would be how they showed their
love. I come from a culture where most people are expressive enough, so I repeated these queries in
classes over time. Gradually, I began to get different response. Some of them had exchanged those
sentiments with their moms.
One of my favorite stories of change came from a girl. When she came home from university,
her mother met her at the door and hugged(拥抱)her. This had never happened before, but her mom
said, "Now that you have gone I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and
children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and tha
t I would begin hugging you. "In my family we all say "I love you" a lot. While it is true that we often say the words without
having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three
little words carry a world of meaning, even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the
last words we
say to or hear from those we love. B. is a young woman
C. is expressive enough
D. knows much about China
B. cooking
C. getting good grades
D. doing something helpful;
B. She loves her daughter and misses her.
C. She is glad that she has more time to herself
D. he finds it interesting to hug her daughter.
B. Say "I
love you "a lot to Chinese people . C. Say "I love you "as a greeting to others.
D. Say "I love you "without great depth of feelings.
be 1 and all we have to do was to make them start working.
The first thing I said to them was, "I would like to know what your 2 are." Everyone looked at me
as if I were 3 . One woman said "I don"t know what you can 4 with dreams. The rats are eating up my
kids." I said. "That"s terrible. You are very much 5 with the rats and your kids. How can we help?" " I
could use a new screen door(纱门)because there are 6 in the old." I asked, "Is there anybody
knowing 7 to fix it?" A man said, "Long ago I used to do things like that but now I have a bad back,
but I"ll 8 ." I gave him some money to do that.
The next week, when the group was 9 , I asked the woman, "Well, is your 10 door fixed?" "Oh,
yes," she said. "Then we can start dreaming, right?" She 11 at me. I asked the man, "How do you feel?"
He said, "Well, it"s funny that I"m beginning to feel a lot 12 ." These seemingly small 13 allowed the
group to see that dreams were not stupid. One woman 14 that she wanted to be a secretary. I said, "
What 15 in your way?" She answered, "I have six kids, and no one can 16 them while I"m away." I
asked "Who would help this woman while she gets some 17 at school?" Another woman said "I got
kids, too, but I could do that." So the woman went to school.
In 12 weeks these people were 18 public welfare. The woman who 19 the children became a
licensed foster care (代别人照看孩子)person. The man became a handyman. I"ve not only done that
20 , I"ve done it many times.
| ( )1. A. self-confident ( )2. A. purposes ( )3. A. crazy ( )4. A. live ( )5. A. involved ( )6. A. rats ( )7. A. what ( )8. A. continue ( )9. A. sat ( )10. A. new ( )11. A. laughed ( )12. A. better ( )13. A. strengths ( )14. A. complained ( )15. A. stands ( )16. A. take care ( )17. A. education ( )18. A. back ( )19. A. took in ( )20. A. forever | B. self-employed B. goals B. ridiculous B. do B. furnished B. holes B. which B. try B. placed B. wood B. smiled B. worse B. weakness B. shouted B. stops B. look after B. help B. off B. took down B. never | C. self-independent C. hopes C. funny C. go C. equipped C. sinks C. how C. do C. seated C. main C. glared C. more C. successes C. shared C. allows C. attend with C. benefit C. on C. took away C. even | |
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| One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students and write down the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn"t know others liked me so much," were most of the comments. No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents. Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended his funeral. As she stood there, one of the soldiers came up to her. "Were you Mark"s math teacher?" he asked. She nodded: "yes." Then he said: "Mark talked about you a lot." After the funeral, Mark"s mother and father were waiting there, "We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket, "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it." The teacher carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark"s classmates had said about him. "Thank you so much for doing that," Mark"s mother said, "As you can see, Mark treasured it." The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don"t know when that one day will be. So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. 1. The underlined word individual in paragraph one probably mean___________. A. one student B. one teacher C. one parent D. one comment 2. From the soldier"s words in the second paragraph we can infer that_________. A. Mark disliked his math teacher very much B. That particular class has no influence on Mark C. Mark often mentioned that class to his friends D. Mark loved to learn math very much 3. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Students did not care others" comments. B. Mark always had the papers with him. C. Mark lost his wallet in the battle. D. Mark lost the papers in the battle 4. Which of the followings can be the best title of the passage? A. Tell them, before it is too late. B. Too busy to show your love. C. Love is action instead of words. D. Good words turn away coldness. | |||
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| In 1924, Hachiko was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner"s life Hachiko saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925 when Professor Ueno didn"t return on the usual train one evening. The professor had suffered a stroke at the university that day. He died and never returned to the station where his friend was waiting. Hachiko was given away after his master"s death but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. After time, Hachiko realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachiko waited for Professor Ueno to return. And each day he didn"t see his friend among the crowd at the station. Hachiko became a permanent figure at the train station, which eventually attracted the attention of many people. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachiko and Professor Ueno together each day. Realizing that Hachiko waited for his dead master, their hearts were touched. They brought Hachiko treats and food to nourish him during his wait. This continued for 10 years, with Hachiko appearing only in the evening, precisely when the train was due at the station. Hachiko: The True Story of the Royal Dogs of Japan is Hachiko"s story, as well as an informative look at dog culture in Japan and the history and tradition of the Akita-ken, one of the most ancient, beloved and faithful dog breeds ever. 1. The underlined word "his friend " in the first paragraph refers to ______. A. Hachiko B. Ueno C. Tokyo D. Shibuya 2. Which of the following statements about Hachiko is NOT true? A. Hachiko saw his master off from the front door everyday. B. Hachiko appeared every evening in the station for ten years. C. Many people offered Hachiko food during his waiting. D. Hachiko was adopted by others after his master"s death. 3. The first four paragraphs are developed mainly__________ . A. by cause and effect B. by order in space C. by order in time D. by examples 4. We can infer that Hachiko: The True Story of the Royal Dogs of Japan is likely to be ____. A. a book B. a magazine C. a song D. a picture | |||
| When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn"t the first time I had been __1__. Like  most English children I learned French __2__school and I had often been to France, so I __3__speaking a foreign language to people who didn"t understand __4__. But __5__I went to America, I was really looking forward to__6__a nice easy holiday without any__7__problems.__8__wrong I was! The misunderstanding began_ 9 _the airport. I was looking for a__10__telephone to give my friend Danny a __11__and tell her I h  ad arrived. A__12__old man saw me looking lost and asked _13 __ he could help me. "Yes." I said,"I was to give my friend a ring. ""Well, that"s nice," he said. "Are you getting _14_ ? But aren"t you a bit young?"" _15 _is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I"ve arrived. Can you tell me _16 there"s a phone box?" "Oh!" he said, "there"s phone downstairs." When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. "Don"t worry,"she said to me, "I had so many _17 _at first. There are lots of words which the Americans _18__differently in meaning from us British. You"ll soon get used  to__19__funny things they say. Most of the _20__, British and American people understand each other!" | |||