People often say that an Englishman’s home is his castle(城堡)．They mean that the home is very important and personal．Most people in Britain live in houses rather than in flats(公寓)，and own their homes．They can paint and change them in any way they like．In a crowded city everyone knows that he or she has private space which is only for himself or herself and for invited friends．
People usually like to mark(做标记)their space．Are you sitting on a beach or a train or in a library?If you are on the beach you may have spread(撒)your sands around you; on the train you may have put 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 train to London．I was in a section(区域)for four people and there was a table between us．The man opposite me had his bag on the table．There was no space on my side of the table at all．I was made rather angry．Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table!I took some newspapers out of my bag and put them on his．When I did this he sat up straight at once, opening his eyes wide．I had invaded(侵占)his space!A few minutes later I took my newspapers off his bag in order to read them．He at once moved his bag to his side of the table．
(1)
The English call their homes“castles”because ________．
[ ]
A．
they don’t make friends with others
B．
homes provide them their own space
C．
they don’t want to stay with others
D．
they are very important persons
(2)
The word“private”in the first paragraph means“________”in Chinese．
[ ]
A．
私人的
B．
公共的
C．
相邻的
D．
隐蔽的
(3)
According to the passage, if an Englishman is on the beach, he will probably ________ to show his own space to others．
[ ]
A．
sit in another person’s chair
B．
talk loudly with his friends
C．
cover himself with sands
D．
spread sands around him
(4)
Why did the writer get angry?
[ ]
A．
Because the man’s bag fell on the writer’s foot．
B．
Because the man’s bag was on the writer’s seat．
C．
Because the man didn’t leave space for the writer on the table．
D．
Because the man’s bag prevented the writer looking out of the window．
(5)
The writer put his newspapers on the man’s bag in order to ________．
The famous director(导演)of a bib and expensive film decided to film a beautiful sunset 1 the sea, so that people could see the man and the woman players in front of 2 at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other．So, one day he 3 a group of men out one evening to film the sunset for him．
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you got the sunset for me?”
“No, sir,” one man answered, “We’re on the 4 coast(海岸线)here, and the sun sets in the west．We can get you a sunrise, but not a sunset．”
“But I want a sunset!” the director said 5 , “Go to the airport, take the next 6 to the west coast, and get one．”
But then one of them had an idea, “Why don’t we film a sunrise and then put it 7 Projector(放映机)backwards?Then it’ll 8 a sunset．
“That’s a 9 idea!” the director said．Then he 10 to the other men and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a sunrise．”
The group of men went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise．Then at nine o’clock they 11 it to the director．“Here it is, sir,” they said, and showed it to him．He liked it very much．
They all went into the studio(摄影棚)．“All right,” the director said, “Now our players are going to say goodbye．Run the film backwards through the projector so that we can 12 the ‘sunset’ behind them．”
The “sunset” began, 13 after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the man to stop．
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were 14 the beach．
(1)
[ ]
A．
from
B．
in
C．
over
D．
off
(2)
[ ]
A．
them
B．
it
C．
the sea
D．
the director
(3)
[ ]
A．
called
B．
found
C．
told
D．
sent
(4)
[ ]
A．
east
B．
west
C．
south
D．
north
(5)
[ ]
A．
worriedly
B．
angrily
C．
friendly
D．
sadly
(6)
[ ]
A．
train
B．
taxi
C．
ship
D．
flight
(7)
[ ]
A．
onto
B．
inside
C．
through
D．
under
(8)
[ ]
A．
feel like
B．
look like
C．
become
D．
change
(9)
[ ]
A．
modern
B．
strange
C．
common
D．
wonderful
(10)
[ ]
A．
listened
B．
hurried
C．
turned
D．
rushed
(11)
[ ]
A．
posted
B．
took
C．
left
D．
moved
(12)
[ ]
A．
see
B．
try
C．
push
D．
feel
(13)
[ ]
A．
and
B．
but
C．
then
D．
so
(14)
[ ]
A．
coming onto
B．
catching up with
C．
going away from
D．
getting close to
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The famous director of a big and expensive film decided to film a beautiful sunset 1 the sea, so that people could see the man and woman players in front of 2 at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other．He 3 a group of men out one evening to film the sunset for him．
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you 4 the sunset for me?”
“No, sir,” one man answered, “We’re on the 5 coast(海岸线)here, and the sun sets in the west．We can get you a sunrise, but not a sunset．”
“But I want a sunset!” the director said 6 ．“Go to the airport, take the next 7 to the west coast, and get one．”
But then one of them had an idea．“Why don't we film a sunrise and then put it 8 the projector(放映机)backwards? Then it'll 9 a sunset．”
“That's a 10 idea!” the director said．Then he 11 to the other men and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise．”
The group of men went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise．Then at nine o'clock they 12 it to the director．“Here it is, sir,” they said, and showed it to him．He liked it very much．
They all went into the studio(摄影棚)．“All right,” the director said, “Now our players are going to say goodbye．Run the film backwards through the projector so that we can 13 the 'sunset’ behind them．”
The “sunset” began, 14 after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the men to stop．
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves(波浪)on the sea were 15 the beach．
not sitting down with a 31 expression. Instead, he had a 32 in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious (珍贵的) thing he had.
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