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What makes a house a home?
Not size, of course.I’ve been in some of the grandest houses in America, and it’s readily apparent no one lives there.Earlier this year, I had dinner in a mud hut in Ethiopia, where we sat on chairs next to the hostess’ bed -- a home that had more warmth than any house I’ve been in since.
Now John Edwards is exploring what makes a house a home in his just-released Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives.There Edwards writes, " This is a book about homes, the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shaped.The houses and circumstances are different, but much of what you find inside will be familiar."     
Whether you’re sitting in an airport right now, waiting to fly to your childhood home for Thanksgiving, or in your own home waiting for the relatives to arrive, you know what he’s talking about.
We’ve lived in our townhouse for 21 years.The loose windows that make noise in the wind.The fireplace so shallow it holds only one log.The kitchen window that offers a view of the world passing by.It’s where friends sit on the kitchen counter drinking wine while dinner is being fixed.I lived there for only 18, but it will always be my true home.Even the lamp in the west living room window, which I could see far down the road when driving home late at night, still shines.
While all this talk about childhood memories can be warm and comforting, home is whom you’re with, not where you are.As Edwards writes, "Home is family.Home is safety.Home is faith."
Happy homecoming.

1. 1.
   What would be the best title for the text?
   1. A.
      Home Means Everything
   2. B.
      What’s Inside Makes Us Feel at Home
   3. C.
      Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives
   4. D.
      The Importance of the Home
2. 2.
   The purpose of the second paragraph is to _    _
   1. A.
      mean the author likes living in grandest houses
   2. B.
      prove the author got along well with the hostess
   3. C.
      mean the feeling of home isn’t related to the size
   4. D.
      show the author’s different feelings about houses
3. 3.
   About the book Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, we know that       
   1. A.
      it was the description of Edwards’ houses
   2. B.
      it is mainly about houses
   3. C.
      it helps us understand the concept of home
   4. D.
      it was written by the author of the text
4. 4.
   What did the author mainly mean when he mentioned the loose windows and the shallow fireplace ?
   1. A.
      His house was too old to live in.
   2. B.
      He missed the feelings of home.
   3. C.
      He hated living there.
   4. D.
      He missed his old friends too much.
5. 5.
   It can be inferred according to the text that _     _
   1. A.
      the author’s family were very rich
   2. B.
      every happy home is the same
   3. C.
      the author has been living a hard life
   4. D.
      the author and Edwards hold similar ideas

Answer 1

BCCBD
本文论述了如何才能使我们的房子成为家这个命题。
1.B 主旨大意题。文章主要围绕房子和家这个话题展开，即什么使我们的房子成为家。
2.C推理判断题。文章第一段作者提出了心中家的概念作为论点。
3.C理判断题。根据下一句的Parents are unaware，too busy making money outside the home that they don’t live in.可以判断这一类人是很少和家庭成员呆在一起的。
4.B细节理解题。由最后一段Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home.可知合理使用电脑对家庭也是很重要的。与C选项不符。
5.D细节理解题。根据最后一句的Using the computer moderately gives us time for gentleness，play and communication，第一段段末的In a home there is love，sharing and appreciation 及全文第二句的A home is a place of companionship with people in it可知A、B、C正确；文章并没有提及selflessness。