B
While traveling in Tongcheng, Anhui Province, tourists must visit a famous alley—Liu Chi Xiang. There is an interesting story of the alley(小巷).
Zhang Ying was a minister(大臣) during the Qing Dynasty. He lived in Beijing. One day, he received a letter from his family in his hometown of Tongcheng. From the letter, Zhang learned that his family was arguing with their neighbor Wu over the house boundary(边界). Zhang's family wrote the letter and hoped that Zhang could force(迫使) the Wu family to make a concession.
However, Zhang wrote a poem back saying, “Writing a letter from home, miles away, just for a wall. To yield(让步) three feet would harm none at all. Looking at the ten-thousand-mile-long Great Wall, long gone(一去不返) is its builder Emperor Qinshihuang.”
After reading the letter, Zhang's family understood that the close relationship(关系) with their neighbors was more important than their wall's boundary. So they decided to move their wall back about one meter for their neighbor. The Wu family was deeply touched by this and they moved their wall one meter back, too. It created a two-meter-wide alley between their houses.
Now, Tongcheng is a national historical and cultural city. And the story of Liu Chi Xiang is still widely spread. It always reminds people to live in harmony(和睦) with one another.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
()6. What was the argument between Zhang family and Wu family?
A. About the size of the house.
B. About the height of the house.
C. About the price of the house.
D. About the boundary of the house.
()7. What does the underlined word “concession” mean in Chinese?
A. 调解 B. 让步
C. 解释 D. 弥补
()8. What did Zhang Ying mean in his letter?
A. Arguing didn’t help to change the boundary.
B. It was improper to argue over small things.
C. Qinshihuang was a great emperor in ancient China.
D. The good relationship between neighbors was more important.
()9. What happened in the end?
A. The two families decided to build the house together.
B. The two families lived in harmony with each other.
C. Zhang family built their house far away from Wu.
D. Wu family moved away from the village.
()10. What is the writer's purpose in writing the text?
A. To tell readers an interesting story.
B. To advise people not to argue over small things.
C. To introduce a place of interest.
D. To ask people to get along well with each other.

6. D 由第二段第四句可知，张家与吴家争吵是因为两家房子的边界。
7. B
8. D 由第三段及第四段第一句可知，信的内容为一首打油诗“一纸书来只为墙，让他三尺又何妨？长城万里今犹在，不见当年秦始皇”，通过这封信，张家理解了邻里关系比围墙的边界更重要。
9. B 由第四段可知，张家和吴家都各让了一步，留出了两米宽的巷子。推断出两家最后关系很和睦。
10. C 通读全文可知，本篇文章是在介绍安徽的一个景点——六尺巷。

【分析】解答此类英语阅读理解题，需遵循“先读文，再解题，回原文，找依据”的思路：首先快速通读全文，把握文章核心内容；接着逐题分析题干，定位题干关键词到原文对应段落或语句；最后根据题型（细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意等）的解题方法，结合原文信息选出正确答案。
【解析】6. 细节理解题，根据第二段第四句“Zhang learned that his family was arguing with their neighbor Wu over the house boundary”可知，两家争吵的原因是房屋边界，故选D。
7. 词义猜测题，由上下文可知，张家希望张英迫使吴家做出让步，结合后文张家主动退让的情节，可推断“concession”意为“让步”，故选B。
8. 细节理解题，根据第三段张英的诗及第四段第一句“the close relationship with their neighbors was more important than their wall's boundary”可知，张英意在表达邻里关系比房屋边界更重要，故选D。
9. 细节理解题，根据第四段内容，张家和吴家各退让一米，形成两米宽的巷子，可知两家最终和睦相处，故选B。
10. 主旨大意题，通读全文可知，文章主要介绍安徽桐城的著名景点六尺巷，故选C。
【答案】6.D 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】本文结合传统文化素材，考查学生对英语阅读理解中细节定位、词义猜测及主旨把握的能力，内容贴近生活，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7