阅读理解 D   Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(怀旧). It's fun to come home. It looks the same. It smells the same. You'll realize what's changed is you. Home is where we ran remember pain, live, and some other experiences; We parted here; My parents met here; I won three championships here.   If I close my eyes, I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table. To the right of the living room is my first bedroom. It's empty, but it's where my earliest memories are.   There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays, and where I cried on Halloween-when I didn't want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong. If I sit at this table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents' room. It is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. Their bed is my safe zone. I can jump on it anytime - waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.   I'm lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property(住宅) on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is proof I lived, I grew and I learned.   Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home. I know it's where I'll find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. I purposely leave the window open at night because I know I'll be blamed by Mom. But I don't mind, because I want to hear her say my name, which reminds me I'm home.
单选题 Why does the author call her parents' bed her "safe zone"(Paragraph 3)?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】从Paragraph 3 倒数第2行可以看出,作者可以在害怕或有重要事情宣布的时候随时叫醒她的父母,也就是说她可以随时在有需要的时候寻求父母的帮助,满足她的各种需求,故正确答案为B。
单选题 What can be learned from the passage?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】从Paragraph 2 的最后一句话可以看出,my first bedroom is empty now.故A 选项错误。从Paragraph 3 的第三行可以看出,If I sit at this table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents’ room. 故C 选项错误。从Paragraph 4的第一句话可以看出,I’m lucky because I know my first home still exists.说明大多数人的第一所房子都已经不复存在,故D 选项错误。而从Paragraph 4可以看出,作者在Los Angles 的家仍然幸存,故正确答案为B。
单选题 Sometimes when she feels lost, the author will _______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从最后一段可以看出,每当作者感到迷失时,她就会回到家里寻找归属感(belongings),还会特意在晚上把窗户打开,为的就是听听妈妈呵斥自己的声音。这一切都在告诉她,“I’m home”(文中的最后一句)。故正确答案为C。
单选题 What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】文章通过描述家里各个房间的摆设和回忆,表达了作者对家的深深依恋,特别是最后一段更加突出了“家”对作者的重要性,这里是她最佳的避风港湾,故正确答案为A。