Ⅲ. 阅读短文,回答问题。
If you want to know real Beijing, walk along the streets of Beijing and visit a siheyuan. As traditional buildings, the siheyuan is mostly seen in northern China. A typical siheyuan has a big square courtyard(院子) with four buildings on all four sides. Usually, one big family lives here. The design of a siheyuan follows Confucian(儒家的) ideas of respecting authority(尊重权威) and the old. The northern main house gets the most sunshine, so the eldest family lives there. The east and west wing houses are for children and grandchildren. The southern building is closest to the doorway. It is usually for servants(仆人) or guests. Living under the same roof helps to form a strong family bond(纽带). Every family member stays close by sharing laughs and cries together.
But nowadays, you can't see many of these traditional, beautiful buildings. There are many modern, tall buildings in this big city. The number of the siheyuan in Beijing has dropped from about 40,000 in the Qing Dynasty to about 3,000 today. To protect the siheyuan, the government(政府) will do something.
1. Where is the siheyuan mostly seen?______
2. Why does the eldest family live in the northern main house?______
3. Who is the southern building usually for?______
4. What is good about living under the same roof?______
5. Will the number of the siheyuan keep dropping? Why?
______

1. In northern China.
2. Because the northern main house gets the most sunshine.
3. Servants or guests.
4. It helps to form a strong family bond.
5. No. Because the government will do something to protect the siheyuan.