Question

People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. In this sense they mean that the home is very important and  21 . Most people in Britain live in houses  22  flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(個人的); they can 23 them and change them in any way they 24 . In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is  25  for himself or herself and for invited friends.

People usually like to  26  their space. Are you sitting now in your home or in a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your 27  around you; on the train you may have 28 your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own.

Once I was traveling on a  29  to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no  30 on my side of the table at all. I was made rather  31 . I thought he thought that he owned the  32  table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on  33 ! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had  34  his space ! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He  35 moved his case to his side of the table. ( Of course , it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me !

1.	A．helpful B．personal C．necessary D．useful

 

2.	A．rather than B．a(chǎn)s well as C．a(chǎn)s a result of D．or rather

 

3.	A．buy B．leave C．paint D．offer

 

4.	A．make B．clear C．like D．prepare

 

5.	A．only B．a(chǎn)lready C．ever D．even

 

6.	A．marked B．decide C．choose D．keep

 

7.	A．towels B．sands C．papers D．flags

 

8.	A．found B．given C．put D．stored

 

9.	A．plane B．train C．way D．street

 

10.	A．matter B．weight C．light D．space

 

11.	A．a(chǎn)ngry B．hurt C．fearful D．busy

 

12.	A．right B．only C．small D．whole

 

13.	A．the table B．his case C．the seat D．his side

 

14.	A．invaded B．shut C．separated D．shared

 

15.	A．hesitatingly B．immediately C．slowly D．calmly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.C 動詞辨析。【解析】同上。

1.A 副詞辨析。指家是英國人給自己的唯一的地方。

2.A 動詞辨析。A標(biāo)明；B決定；C選擇；D保持。根據(jù)本段內(nèi)容可知很多人都 標(biāo)明自己屬于自己的地方。

3.A 名詞辨析。A毛巾；B沙地；C報(bào)紙；D旗幟。在海邊，人們把毛巾鋪開，標(biāo)明地盤。

4.C 動詞辨析。指在火車上把衣服或者包放在座位上表明這是你的地方。

5.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知是在火車上發(fā)生的事情。

6.D 名詞辨析。指那個人把手提箱放在桌子上，我就沒有了空間，space空間。

7.A 形容詞辨析。別人占了我的地方，我很生氣。

8.D 形容詞辨析。那個人認(rèn)為他擁有整個桌子。

9.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知他把手提箱放在桌子上，那么我就把報(bào)紙都放在他的箱子上，

10.A 動詞辨析。invade入侵；他認(rèn)為我入侵了他的空間。

11.B 副詞辨析。指我把報(bào)紙拿掉以后他立刻就把箱子也拿掉了。