Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact (接觸) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?

It’s all about personal space, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated (侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume (香水) makes you feel angry.

Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire (渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.

Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.

Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest away. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.

Preferences (偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin (拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.

1.The writer mainly __________ in this article.

A. tells us how to achieve personal space

B. explains why people need personal space

C. introduces some knowledge about personal space

D. argues for the importance of keeping personal space

2. What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?

A. People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before.

B. People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times.

C. There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs.

D. Food service is better provided than seats on the plane.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses.

B. If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated.

C. People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space.

D. Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space.

動詞填空

1.After hearing the latest news, Tom suggested ________________ (sell) the house but Ann didn’t agree.

2.This story tells us a lesson --- the early bird ________________ (catch) the worm.

3.As soon as Eddie finishes the job, he ________________ (allow) to have two weeks off.

4.No one in the small town ______________ (deal) with such a problem before. They don’t know what to do.

5.---How did the accident happen?

---Oh, I could hardly see anything clearly because it ________________ (rain) hard.

6.I am afraid the life we are used to ________________ (change) a lot in a few years’ time.

7._______ the tourists ________________ (remind) to wear warm clothes before they climbed the mountain?

8.She was forced ________________ (give) up her plan because of the bad weather.

My computer needs ______, So I can not do anything on it.

A. to repair B. repairing C. repaired D. repair

My cousin _____ the English Club for almost three years. He speaks good English now.

A. joined B. has joined C. was D. has been in

_________ wonderful news report he wrote! All of us were proud of him.

A. What a B. What C. How D. How a

----Do you want to _____ at the meeting? ---No, I have nothing to _____.

A. say, speak B. tell, talk

C. say, say D. speak, say

完形填空

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can’t remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is clearly. It would be ________ to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would ________ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate(珍惜)more what I had ________ .

My parents and my teachers saw something in me---a potential(潛能)to live---which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with blindness.

The ________ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I ________ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, although being imperfect, a real, positive(積極的)person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things, ________ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was ________ . “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he encouraged me, “and roll it around.” The words were always in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought ________ before; playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I ________ a successful skill of baseball. We called it ground ball.

I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my limitations(限制). It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, ________ on the average(平均)I made progress.

1.A. helpful B. wonderful C. hopeful D. successful

2.A. fail B. try C. want D. prefer

3.A. lost B. left C. used D. cared

4.A. hardest B. boring C. simplest D. easiest

5.A. think B. consider C. guess D. mean

6.A. Later B. Soon C. Once D. Then

7.A. worried B. hurt C. shocked D. encouraged

8.A. important B. unimportant C. possible D. impossible

9.A. invented B. discovered C. ordered D. directed

10.A. so B. for C. but D. and

A situation in which a student is troubled by his parents asking him to go into a job area that makes good money but he doesn’t want to go into, is a bad situation. The question is whether he should go into this job or not.

To start with, you need to go for what is best for YOU, even if there would be some negative(消極的)results. You can’t be happy if you don’t make decisions that are right for you. If you do not make your own decisions and make decisions that will be good for you, your life would be a big lie to yourself, which is not a sign that you have done something you wanted to do.

Living a lie would not be a very good life. The truth is much better than living a lie. If your whole life is a lie, then it is not a very beautiful life at all. In the song Lyin’ Eyes, the woman is living a lie by pretending(假裝)she loves the old man, while in reality she was just in it for money. As a result, her life is miserable(悲慘的) and a big lie.

And finally, money cannot buy happiness. A good example of this is also from the song Lyin’ Eyes. The only reason why the woman married the old man was for the money and gifts she would receive. This results in her life are not happy at all. This just goes to show that no matter how much money you have, your life still might not be happy. It takes a lot more than a bunch of green paper to make your life a good one.

In conclusion, doing what you want is best. If you don’t do what you want to, you won’t be happy with your life.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Parents should not ask their children to live a lie.

B. There is something more important than money in life.

C. Young people should make their own career decisions.

D. Young people are happy to make their own decisions.

2.The underlined part a bunch of green paper in Paragraph 4 refers to(指) _______.

A. gifts B. dreams

C. imagination D. money

3.Which of the following arguments is NOT used to support the writer’s conclusion?

A. It’s best to do what you want.

B. You need to make your own decisions.

C. Money doesn’t mean happiness.

D. Living a lie would not be good.

詞語辨析

1.You should eat a balanced diet to stay healthy.

A.keep B.live C.turn D.get

2.Her lifestyle is not the same as yours.

A.different in B.have differences from

C.different from D.difference in

3.Lisa has to help her mum from Monday to Friday.

A.at weekends B.often C.on weekdays D.hardly

4.Li Lei leaves for school at around six forty.

A.round B.about C.usually D.sometimes

5.Show me your photos when you return to school.

A.be back B.go away C.come back D.went back

---It’s a fine day. Would you like to go bike riding?

---_______________.

A.It’s boring. B.No,I don’t.

C.Sure, you can. D.Yes,I’d love to