What makes a hou a home?Not size, of cour．I’ve been in some of the grandest

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What makes a hou a home?Not size, of cour．I’ve been in some of the grandest hous 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 hou I’ve been in since．Now John Edwards is exploring what makes a hou a home in his just-relead 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 hous 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 townhou for 21 years．The loo windows that make noi 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 e 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．小题1:What would be the best title for the text?A．Home Means EverythingB．What’s Inside Makes Us Feel at HomeC．Home: The Blueprints of Our LivesD．The importance of the Home小题2:The purpo of the cond paragraph is to __A．mean the author likes living in grandest housB．prove the author got along well with the hostessC．mean the feeling of home isn’t related to the sizeD．show the author’s different feelings about hous小题3:about the book Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, we know that __A．it was the description of Edwards’ housB．it is mainly about housC．it helps us understand the concept of homeD．it was written by the author of the text小题4:What did the author mainly mean when he mentioned the loo windows and the shallow fireplace ?A．His hou was too old to live in．B．He misd the feelings of home．C．He hated living there．D．He misd his old friends too much．小题5:It can be inferred according to the text that __A．the author’s family were very richB．every happy home is the sameC．the author has been living a hard life D．the author and Edwards hold similar ideas 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:B小题1:C小题1:C小题1:B小题1:D

解析

本文论述了如何才能使我们的房子成为家这个命题。小题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。小题1: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。小题1: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。小题1:B细节理解题。由最后一段Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a hou 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。小题1: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lflessness。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“What makes a hou a.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。