12.A great many people,when they speak of home,tend to connect it with a certain atmosphere,certain physical surroundings(環(huán)境),and certain emotional attitudes within themselves.This sentimentality(多愁善感) toward home is something that has come down to us from the past.Many modern people do not have it,and I think it is a good thing that they do not.
In the old days,life was difficult.Enemies could attack you and kill or rob you,and you had little protection against them.People did not live in well-built houses where doors could be locked.They did not have the protection of an organized police force or telephones which could call the police instantly.How did this influence the way people felt about home?Small family groups clung(貼近) tightly together for protection against beasts and against other men.
Today,thanks to modern transportation and well-organized society,thousands of people willingly and eagerly leave the surroundings where they were born,and the oftener they do so,the less sentiment they are likely to have for those surroundings.I lived in England for three years,and I noticed that boys and girls left their parents'homes and lived in places of their own.There they could just telephone and ask an agency to provide them with a house or an apartment,which was their home.How has the meaning of this word"home"been changed by such activity?What does home mean to those people or to families who often move about,living in first one hotel and then another?I believe that for them home means a place where they can have privacy.
As for me,the atmosphere and surroundings of the place where my parents live have no sentimental attachment(依戀).Home is where I can shut the door and be by myself.When I left my parents several years ago,I was anxious to leave.You might call it unfeeling,but that was the way I felt.On the day of my departure for the United States,my grandmother cried.My father,however,showed that he knew how I felt."Son,"he said,"I am not sorry that you are leaving us.I only hope that you make the most of your time."
77.Why are modern people willing to leave their parents'homes?C
A.Because they can afford the money to live outside.
B.Because there are no wild animals or enemies around.
C.Because the society provides them with the feeling of safety.
D.Because they are not actually satisfied with their environment.
78.What can we learn from the article?B
A.Surroundings influence the way that people act.
B.Not many modern people have sentimentality toward home.
C.Rights to privacy are well protected in modern society.
D.Older people can hardly understand the leaving of the young.
79.What is the best title for the passage?D
A.The History of Home
B.People and Home
C.Different Ideas of Home
D.Ideas of Home Have Changed.
分析 許多人在談到家的時候往往將它和某種氣氛,某種環(huán)境及內(nèi)心的某些情感態(tài)度聯(lián)系在一起.這種對家的依戀情感古已有之,代代相傳.許多現(xiàn)代人不再有了,我認為這是件好事.在遙遠的過去,人們生活十分艱難.敵人可能會攻擊你,殺害你或搶動你的財富,而你卻毫無還手之力.人們并不住在可以鎖門閉戶的構(gòu)造堅固的房子里.他們沒有一支有組織的警察隊伍的保護,也不能隨時打電話報警.這些怎樣影響人們對于家的感情呢?小小家庭的成員緊密團結(jié),聚在一起,共同抵御野獸和敵人.只有最勇敢的人才離開小小的家族管轄區(qū).甚至在中世紀也只有最勇敢的人才敢涉足海外.人類對安全的追求決定了人們對家的熱愛.我相信,美國的早期定居者對此一定深有感觸.他們被饑茺壓迫得走投無路,只好毅然決定冒險來到這個舉目元親.易愛印第安人攻擊的陌生的地方.甚至今天,我們從少數(shù)民族團體的態(tài)度也可以看出這一點.由于缺乏安全感,他們?nèi)匀槐3种挥心哿Φ募彝ゼ~帶.
今天,由于有了現(xiàn)代交通和組織良好的社會,成千上萬的人們愿意并且渴望離開他們出生的環(huán)境.而且,他們離家外出越頻繁,對出生的環(huán)境的情感就可能越少.我曾經(jīng)在英國,他們只需拿起電話,要求一家房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)銷處提供一幢房子或一個套間,那就是他們的家了.家這個詞的意義是如何被這種行為改變的呢?家對于那些經(jīng)常流動,從一家旅館到另一家旅館居住的人們或家庭成員又意味著什么呢?我認為,家對他們來說是一個離群獨外不受干擾的地方.
我對父母居住之地的氣氛,環(huán)境沒有眷戀的情感.家就是一個我能關(guān)起門來獨處的地方.現(xiàn)在我的家就是伊登宿舍的一個房間.幾年前當我離開父母時,我沒有戀戀不舍,巴不得快快離開.你也許會覺得這是無情無義,然而那確實是我的感受.我離家去美國,祖母嗚咽,淚流不止.但我的父親卻表時他能理解我的心情."孩子"他說"我對于你的離去并覺得悲傷.我只希望你能充分利用時間."
解答 77.C.細節(jié)題,結(jié)合thanks to modern transportation and well-organized society,thousands of people willingly and eagerly leave the surroundings where they were born,and the oftener they do so可知是因為交通和組織良好,可知是以為有安全感,故選C.
78.B.細節(jié)題,結(jié)合.This sentimentality(多愁善感) toward home is something that has come down to us from the past.Many modern people do not have it,可知不是很多的現(xiàn)代人對家依戀,故選B.
79.D.標題判斷題,結(jié)合第一段A great many people,when they speak of home,tend to connect it with a certain atmosphere,certain physical surroundings(環(huán)境),and certain emotional attitudes within themselves.This sentimentality(多愁善感) toward home is something that has come down to us from the past.Many modern people do not have it,and I think it is a good thing that they do not.可知本文是說人們對家的概念的改變,故選D.
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