What is it that makes a house a home ? A home is a place of panionship with people in it who love each other , who are harmonious and closer inside with one another than they are outside with those in the workplace or with classmates at school . A home is a place of panionship that it’s difficult to leave. In a home there is love , sharing and appreciation , and the members help each other .
I have seen families on the street. But if they live , sleep , talk , and eat together , they are a family, even if they are poorly off. You don’t need a roof to make a home. The truly homeless are some of the rich people who build multi-million-dollar houses and are too busy to live in them . The truly homeless are those who have turned their home into a hotel lobby . The parents work. The children do wrong . They don’t talk and eat together every day . They rarely see each other . The truly homeless people are those with babysitters , caretakers , gardeners and maids. Parents are unaware , too busy making money outside the home that they don’t live in . This is another way of looking at the rich and the homeless . Who is to be pitied ?
Control of the puter and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. If the puter is on all the time , the house turns into an office, even if everyone is at home . Many homes these days are just offices. Human munication has stopped . The puter eats up the time that one should be giving to others within the home . Using the puter moderately gives us time for gentleness , play and munication , not with a screen , but with a human being.
【小题1】The purpose of the first paragraph is to .A．tell us that where there is home there is loveB．tell us what people think home isC．show the author’s concept of homeD．tell people how to have a happy home【小题2】The underlined word those in the second paragraph refers to .A．people who build multi-million-dollar housesB．people who have lost their family membersC．people who don’t spend time with the familyD．homeless families living on the street in America【小题3】Which statement is Not True according to the passage ?A．A home is a place where you are willing to stay .B．Even the poorest person can have a happy home .C．Computers and the Internet are important for a happy family.D．Sometimes it’s the rich that should be pitied .【小题4】Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage ?A．How to make a house a homeB．What makes a house a homeC．Who are homeless , the poorD．What’s a home forC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章通过下定义和对比的方法阐述了作者对家的看法。家是一个充满爱、关心和温暖的地方；是一个彼此爱护、互相扶持的地方；真正没有家的人不是头顶没有屋顶的人们，而是那些住在豪宅里却整天忙忙碌碌，无暇顾及彼此的人们。
【小题1】C主旨大意题。从文章开头的设问What is it that makes a house a home ? 以及A home is a place of panionship；A home is a place of panionship可知本段中心是作者阐述家的概念。
【小题2】C词义猜测题。从下文Parents are unaware , too busy making money outside the home that they don’t live in .可知此处those指那些忙忙碌碌，没时间和家人在一起的人们。所以C选项正确。
【小题3】C细节理解题。从文章末段Control of the puter and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. 可知要控制电脑和网络的使用才会让一栋房子成为一个家，所以C选项正确。
【小题4】B主旨大意题。文章开头提出家的概念，然后通过对比展开论述，最后说如何能构建一个和睦的家庭。所以B选项正确。