Question

Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses”, and you can see why!

Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.

Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one big very bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs, a round table, and a big round rug (地毯) in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves, another bubble is the garden room, and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles---a bedroom and a bathroom.

The doors and windows are also round, of course. The windows are like eyes. There aren’t any curtains (窗簾) in the house, because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.

Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect (建筑師)， Antti Lovag. “A lot of modern houses are bad for us, especially tall buildings of flats,” says Lovag. “Because round homes are more natural, people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this. “Some people think my house is funny,” he says, “but for me, this is the perfect home.”

（1）題判斷正誤（“T”表示正確，“F”表示錯(cuò)誤）；（2）題完成句子；（3）題簡略回答問題；（4）題找出并寫下第三段的主題句；（5）題將文中劃線句子譯成漢語。

1.You can find more “bubble houses” in the south of France .（ ）

2.Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves .

3.What is the third bubble around the living room?

4._____________________________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________

 

Answer 1

1.T

2.round things

3.It’s a music room.

4.Everything in the “bubble house” is round.

5.因?yàn)閳A形的房子更自然，（所以）人們（居住/生活）在里面感到快樂。

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹Cyril Dick是一名設(shè)計(jì)師，他的房子既不是現(xiàn)代的房子，也不是將來的房子，他的房子每件物品都是圓的，被稱為“泡沫”房子。

1.根據(jù)短文第一段“There are more houses like that in the south of France.”的描述可知，在法國南部有很多像這樣的房子。因此這個(gè)敘述是正確，故寫T。

2.根據(jù)短文第二段“Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. ”的描述可知這里指的是圓的東西，故應(yīng)填：round things。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段“---and the third bubble is a music room.”的描述，可知應(yīng)答； It’s a music room..

4.根據(jù)短文Everything in the “bubble house” is round. 及下文描述，可知本段主要是說明泡沫房子中的所有東西都是圓的。故答：Everything in the “bubble house” is round.

5.句子翻譯題。由于本句前半部分是because引導(dǎo)的原因主語從句，后半部分中them指代的是前文的圓形的房子。故可譯作：因?yàn)閳A形的房子更自然，（所以）人們（居住/生活）在里面感到快樂。

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。