2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：家乡

　　(2010江苏省南京市 三、阅读理解D,10分)

　　People often say that the Englishmans 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 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 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 dont have any private space.Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world.All day long ,you share public spaces with o ther pople.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 dont 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 .Havent you enjoyed being part of a group and owninga bit of space?

　　41.The writer was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because______.

　　A.he had no place to sit21世纪教育网

　　B.someone had invaded his space

　　C.too many people shared a section with him

　　D.some other people talked about things he didnt know about

　　42. you feel lonely and outsidein 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 dont belong to that place or that group of people

　　43.In Paragraph 4 ,the pronoun themrefers to(所指) ___________.

　　A.public spaces B.private spaces C.local people D.other countries

　　44.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. 21世纪教育网

　　C.Most British people prefer living in houses to flats.

　　D.You cant mark your private space in a foreign country.

　　45.Tha 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 spacein communication

　　D.create their private spaces by talking with local people

　　答案:BDCCC