[2025 江苏南京检测] Around the world, people live in different kinds of homes. In the countryside, people live together with their family in big houses with gardens or 1. And the buildings in cities are usually 2 together.
A home 3 be any kind of house—large or small. Some people even have homes on boats, in tents or in caravans so that people can move them around. Caravans are 4 homes. They are towed (拖;拉) by a car or a truck. Some of them are holiday homes where people can 5. We can see many families stay in these caravans. Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles (车辆) that are pulled by 6.
In the past, rich and important people would 7 strong castles (城堡) to help keep their families safe. People usually built them on the top of hills with high 8 and some even had moats. Moats are deep and wide ditches (沟) with water. They make it 9 for enemies (敌人) to
get into the castles.
Today, we have different ways of 10 our homes safe. Some homes have video cameras and an alarm system (警报系统).
Homes are important to us. We need a home where we feel warm and safe.
()1. A. grounds B. yards C. cottages D. wheels
()2. A. close B. large C. cheap D. famous
()3. A. must B. mustn't C. can D. can't
()4. A. mobile B. wooden C. dry D. beautiful
()5. A. study B. cook C. smell D. relax
()6. A. planes B. cats C. horses D. cars
()7. A. build B. sell C. collect D. hold
()8. A. floors B. stones C. tents D. walls
()9. A. important B. difficult C. popular D. comfortable
()10. A. letting B. keeping C. protecting D. holding

完形填空·语篇导读 本文介绍了世界各地的人们居住的不同类型的房屋以及房屋对人们的重要性。
快速答案
1—5 B A C A D
6—10 C A D B B
1. B 句意为:在农村,人们和家人一起住在带花园或院子的大房子里。ground 意为“场地”;yard 意为“院子”;cottage 意为“小屋”;wheel 意为“轮子”。根据空前的 gardens or 并结合选项可知,此处应是指院子。故选 B 项。
2. A 句意为:城市里的建筑通常紧挨在一起。close 意为“接近的”;large 意为“大的”;cheap意为“便宜的”;famous 意为“著名的”。根据语境并结合选项可知,此处指城市建筑通常紧挨在一起。故选 A 项。
3. C 句意为:家可以是任何类型的房子,无论大小。must 意为“必须”;mustn't 意为“禁止”;can 意为“可以”;can't 意为“不能”。根据下文“Some people even have homes on boats, in tents or in caravans so that people can move them around. ”可知,此处指家可以是任何类型的房子。故选 C 项。
4. A mobile 意为“移动的”;wooden 意为“木制的”;dry 意为“干燥的”;beautiful 意为“美丽的”。根据下文“They are towed by a car or a truck. ”可知,它们被汽车或卡车拖着,应是可以移动的。故选 A 项。
5. D 句意为:其中一些是度假屋,人们可以在那里放松。study 意为“学习”;cook 意为“做饭”;smell 意为“闻”;relax 意为“放松”。根据 holiday homes 可知,度假屋应是用于放松的。故选 D 项。
6. C plane 意为“飞机”;cat 意为“猫”;horse 意为“马”;car 意为“汽车”。根据 Old-fashioned gypsy caravans 及常识并结合选项可知选 C项。
7. A build 意为“建造”;sell 意为“出售”;collect 意为“收集”;hold 意为“持有”。根据to help keep their families safe 可知,此处应是说建造坚固的城堡来帮助保护家人的安全。故选 A 项。
8. D floor 意为“地板”;stone 意为“石头”;tent意为“帐篷”;wall 意为“墙”。根据上文 help keep their families safe 及语境可知选 D 项。
9. B important 意为“重要的”;difficult 意为“困难的”;popular 意为“流行的”;comfortable 意为“舒适的”。根据上文“Moats are deep and wide ditches with water. ”可知选 B 项。
10. B 句意为:今天,我们有不同的方式来保持我们的家安全。let 意为“让”;keep 意为“保持”;protect 意为“保护”;hold 意为“持有”。“keep... safe”意为“保持……安全”,故选 B项。

【分析】先通读全文，明确文章主旨为介绍世界各地不同类型的居住房屋及房屋的重要性。解题时，需结合每个空格的上下文语境，分析选项词汇的词义，同时运用生活常识和固定搭配知识，逐一确定每个空的正确选项。
【解析】1. 第1题：句意为“在农村，人们和家人一起住在带花园或院子的大房子里”，选项中yard（院子）符合语境，故选B。
2. 第2题：句意为“城市里的建筑通常紧挨在一起”，close（接近的）符合城市建筑的特点，故选A。
3. 第3题：句意为“家可以是任何类型的房子，无论大小”，can（可以）表示可能性，契合下文提到的各种特殊房屋的语境，故选C。
4. 第4题：根据下文“它们被汽车或卡车拖着”，可知房车是可移动的，mobile（移动的）符合，故选A。
5. 第5题：根据“度假屋”的语境，人们在那里放松，relax（放松）符合，故选D。
6. 第6题：老式吉普赛大篷车常识上由马拉动，horse（马）符合，故选C。
7. 第7题：建造坚固的城堡来保护家人安全，build（建造）符合，故选A。
8. 第8题：城堡为保障安全需有高墙，wall（墙）符合，故选D。
9. 第9题：护城河深且宽，让敌人难以进入，difficult（困难的）符合，故选B。
10. 第10题：固定搭配“keep...safe”意为“保持……安全”，符合语境，故选B。
【答案】1.B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.B
【知识点】完形填空、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】本文围绕不同居住房屋展开，考查学生在语境中运用词汇的能力，需结合上下文、词义及常识解题，属于基础型完形填空。
【难度系数】0.6

[2024 原创]My name is Suzy. My home is in a big and busy city now. I often want to live in a different environment. Now I take the chance to introduce my dream house. I would like it to be near the hills and there are trees and flowers all around it.
My life in the city is busy all the time. I even don't have time to have a good rest. I just want to live in a quiet house, enjoy the beautiful nature and spend time with my family. Besides, I can have my own time to cook my favourite food by myself.
I wish it could be a big house with a beautiful garden at the back. Gardening is a hobby of mine. And I plan to grow plants like tomatoes, chillies, lemons, mangoes, and colourful flowers. An animal friend, perhaps a dog, may like the garden space, making our house happy. Inside my room, I have a bed, a table, a chair and some other useful things. As for colour, all of them are green.
It's the colour of nature.
This is my dream house. I'll try to make my dream come true and live in my dream house.
()11. Where does Suzy want to have her dream house?
A. In front of the trees.
B. Near the hills.
C. Far from the flowers.
D. Beside the river.

()12. 新考法选项选择 What does Suzy want to do in her dream house?
a. enjoy nature
b. spend time with her family
c. take some exercise
d. cook her favourite food
A. abc B. bcd C. acd D. abd
()13. What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word "Gardening"?
A. 园艺 B. 刺绣 C. 编织 D. 陶艺

阅读选择·语篇导读 本文主要介绍了苏济的梦想房屋。
快速对答案 11—13 B D A
11. B 细节理解题。根据第一段的“I would like it to be near the hills and there are trees and flowers all around it. ”可知选 B 项。
12. D 细节理解题。根据第二段的“I just want to live in a quiet house, enjoy the beautiful nature and spend time with my family. Besides, I can have my own time to cook my favourite food by myself. ”可知 abd 与文章内容相符,故选 D 项。
13. A 词义猜测题。根据后一句“And I plan to grow plants like tomatoes, chillies, lemons, mangoes, and colourful flowers. ”可猜测出画线单词意为“园艺”。

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解选择题，包含细节理解题和词义猜测题。第11题需定位原文中关于梦想房屋位置的描述；第12题需提取原文中苏西想在梦想房屋做的事，排除无关选项；第13题需结合后文语境推测划线词含义，整体考查学生的信息定位与词义推断能力。
【解析】11. 细节理解题：根据第一段“I would like it to be near the hills...”可知苏西的梦想房屋在山附近，对应选项B。12. 细节理解题：根据第二段“enjoy the beautiful nature（对应a）、spend time with my family（对应b）、cook my favourite food（对应d）”，未提及take exercise（c），故abd符合，选D。13. 词义猜测题：后文提到计划种植各类植物和花朵，属于园艺活动，故“Gardening”意为园艺，选A。
【答案】11.B 12.D 13.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】本题为常规英语阅读题型，侧重考查学生快速获取文本信息和语境推断的能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6