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【题目】Weird Homes We All Wish We Live in

Your home is one of the biggest purchases you’re going to make in your entire life, but that doesn’t mean you can’t live somewhere you enjoy. If you’re looking for the weird, the wonderful, or just odd, then these houses are the top of the list.

Upside Down

Like the previous upside down home, this is the type of concrete house that is more interesting to really see from the outside than it is to actually live there. The door is near the top. If you want to live here, you are going to have to deal with the crowds exploring daily.

Satellite Home

Having an entire side of your house made of glass is just asking for a rock to be thrown by the local children. However, it also offers the best view surrounding the scenic home. The inside appeared to be separated into multiple tiers, with each tier broken down into various rooms.

UFO House

This home is located within Taiwan at present. For those who have wondered what it would be like to be kidnapped by aliens and forced to live within their ship for a few years, this house should offer some similar experience.

New Age Tree Fort

If you grew up a flower child, then chances are you either adapted that lifestyle into your own or would prefer to forget it. If it’s the former, then the tree fort-style home would be perfect to live within. It’s centered perfectly in the middle of a forested area, supported by metal beams, and built from strong wood.

【1】Why can Satellite Home offer the best view around itself?

A. Because its outside is very interesting.

B. Because one side of this house is made of glass.

C. Because viewers can stand on its door near the top of the house.

D. Because it is centered in the middle of a forest.

【2】The underlined word “kidnapped” probably refers to “___________”.

A. taken away B. let down

C. helped out D. brought up

【3】What building materials are used for these weird homes according to this passage?

① Concrete ② Rock ③ Metal ④ Wood

A. ①②③. B. ①③④. C. ②③④. D. ①②④.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要描述介绍了三种“奇怪的房子”。

【1】B细节理解题。根据有Satellite Home下面的话Having an entire side of your house made of glass is just asking for a rock to be thrown by the local children. 可知Satellite Home有一面是玻璃制的所以可以提供最好的视觉去观看风景，故选B。

【2】A推理判断题。根据上下文句意可知此处是指对于那些希望被外星人带走到他们飞船上的人，所以taken away符合句意，选A。

【3】C细节理解题。根据文章 this is the type of concrete house that is more interesting to really see from the outside than it is to actually live there. 以及 It’s centered perfectly in the middle of a forested area, supported by metal beams, and built from strong wood. 可知这些房子分别是由故① Concrete ③ Metal ④ Wood建成，故选C。

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