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A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée tapestry（未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a prent on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all the things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful va. That was a suitable prent for his fiancée. He had been looking at the va for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surpri the young man saw a va broken into many pieces. The manager said: "When th百度翻译
e rvant enters the room, he will drop it."
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.
Everything happened as had been planned. The rvant brought in the va, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed parately.
1. The story took place ______.
a. in France
b. in England
c. in Germany
d. in the United States
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2. Which of the following is true?
a. A rich young man fell in love with a beautiful girl.
b. The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich.
c. The young man loved the girl but the girl didn't love him.
d. The young man had enough money to buy a beautiful va.
3. Why did the young man want to buy a prent for the girl?
a. He wanted to give her a Christmas prent.
b. He fell in love with her.
c. Her birthday was coming soon.
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d. They were going to get married.
4. Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?
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a. He looked very excited.
b. He was poorly dresd.
c. He looked pale and sad.
d. He said he wanted to buy a beautiful va.交大昂立教育
5. On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited becau ______.
a. the girl was in love with him
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b. the girl looked beautiful
c. he was not sure whether his trick would be en through
d. the girl was happy and gay
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People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in hous rather than flats, and m
any people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like. Most hous have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The hou and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himlf or herlf and for invited friends.
People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the at beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you.
Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a ction for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefca on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thought that he owned the whole table. I had been reading a book about nonverbal （非语言的） communication so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his ca! When I did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out 听歌（突出）of his head.
I had taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them. He immediately moved his ca to his side of the table.
6. What does the first ntence in Paragraph 1 mean?
a. Englishmen usually live in homes instead of castles.
b. The castle is more important than the home.
c. The home is more important than the castle.
d. The home matters greatly to Englishmen.
7. Which of the following is NOT the reason for most British to live in homes?
a. They can make changes in hous in which they live.
b. They can keep the private space to themlves and friends.
c. They can own private space like the hou and the garden.
d. They love hous more than gardens.
8. According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means ______.
a. you want to tell others the space belongs to you
b. you want to put your coat on the table
c. you can find no space for your books on the at
d. you want to spread your towels around you further
