Question

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

　　Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space. The amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural（文化的）difference, not an economic（经济的）one. Knowing your own psychological（心理的）space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices, including, for example, the number of bedrooms in the home. If you were brought up is a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms, the chances are, if you have two children or more, that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them. In America, for example, they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies. This is very rare in the world. In many other countries, the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them.

　　The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs. Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house have nothing to do with it. Others have separate little Corners where family members go to be alone.

　　Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons, they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures. It is almost important, however, to completely change your psychological space needs.

（1）The first sentence in Paragraph 1“Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space” means“________”

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A. No two people need exactly the same amount of living space.

B. Living space requirements are not always the same.

C. The world requires the same amount of living space.

D. Nobody needs a required amount of living space.

（2）Some families gather closer to each other at home than others because ________.

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A. they have limited living space

B. they are brought up in a large family

C. it satisfies their psychological space needs

D. the children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents

（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage.

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A. Americans are trained to live in large rooms at birth.

B. Economic situation decided one's amount of space needs.

C. People in various countries demand different psychological space.

D. Knowing your psychological space needs is important, as it affects your future.

（4）According to the writer of the passage, psychological space needs _______.

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A. are not affected by income at all

B. can hardly be changed altogether

C. can be changed if you make up your mind to do so

D. have nothing to do with cultural background

（5）The best title for the passage is ________.

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A. American Way of Living

B. Psychological Space

C. Space needs in Different Countries

D. Psychological Space and Economic Pressure

Answer 1

答案：B;C;C;B;B
解析：

(1) 这是一道句意理解题.文中Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space.的意思是“并不是所有的人都需要相同的生活空间. 这与选项中Living space requirements are not always the same.其意思是“生活空间的需要并不总是相同”，只不过是同一意思的不同表达法而已，最佳答案为B. (2) 这是一道细节题. 短文第二段The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs. Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it. Others have separate little corners where family members go to be alone.不同家庭中家庭成员的生活空间的不同主要是为了满足各自的心理需要，C顶正确. (3) 这是一道推理判断题.由短文第一段最后两句In America，for example，they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies. This is very rare in the world. In many other countries，the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them, 可以推断出，不同国家的人们需要不同的心理空间，答案选C. (4) 这是一道猜测作者写作意图的题目.文章最后一段阐明了作者的想法，即心理空间的需要不是由经济原因决定的.尽管有时可能受经济压力影响而有所改变.然而很难改变所有人的心理空间的需要，B为最佳答案. (5) 这是一道主旨大意题. 这篇文章主要说明了有关心理空间的问题，即Psychological Space.故B为最佳答案.