What makes a house a home?Not size, of courseI’ve been in some of the grandest houses in

What makes a house a home?
Not size, of course．I’ve been in some of the grandest houses 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 house I’ve been in since．
Now John Edwards is exploring what makes a house a home in his just-released 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 houses 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 townhouse for 21 years．The loose windows that make noise 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 see 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 purpose of the second paragraph is to A．mean the author likes living in grandest housesB．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 houses【小题3】About the book Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, we know that A．it was the description of Edwards’ housesB．it is mainly about housesC．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 loose windows and the shallow fireplace ?A．His house was too old to live in．B．He missed the feelings of home．C．He hated living there．D．He missed 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 ideasB

(答案→)B 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 house 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selflessness。

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