Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey （调查）by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
1.The writer mainly _________ in this article.
A. tells us how to achieve personal space
B. explains what personal space people need is
C. introduces some knowledge about personal space
D. argues for the importance of keeping personal space
2.Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?
A. A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume.
B. A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time.
C. A person who hears strange noises when reading at home.
D. A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him.
3.What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?
A. People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before.
B. People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times.
C. There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs.
D. Food service is better provided than seats on the plane.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses.
B. If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated.
C. People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space.
D. Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space.
There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.
When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.
But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”
They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.
Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.
“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.
1.When did the couple first meet?
A. In 1940. B.In 1939. C. In 1941. D. In 1942
2.Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?
A. She is an environmentalist.
B. She can’t afford a new one.
C. She values the card very much.
D. She doesn’t want to waste money.
3.What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?
A. It was first given to Doris on a plane.
B. It is usually kept in their cupboard
C. It was made by hand by Mr. Ward.
D. It is sent to Doris by post every year.
4.By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.
A. The card records their romance
B. The card will still be used in future
C. They both treasure the very card
D. Their affections are still strong
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He he was racing those cars around a great track, which in was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
1.A.discovered B. inferred C. preferred D. worried
2.A.spend B. live C. affect D. enjoy
3.A.struggle B. work C. succeed D. concentrate
4.A.story B. fact C. idea D. figure
5.A.wrote B. told C. knew D. heard
6.A.saw B. recognized C. met D. visited
7.A.careful B. small C. lonely D. clever
8.A.pretended B. believed C. insisted D. suggested
9.A.fact B. case C. turn D. need
10.A.cared B. asked C. won D. looked
11.A.act B. leave C. play D. wait
12.A.running B. getting C. pointing D. shouting
13.A.shouted B. noticed C. suffered D. breathed
14.A.selling B. keeping C. earning D. sharing
15.A.special B. comfortable C. expensive D. necessary
16.A.rest B. cheat C. stop D. sit
17.A.difficulties B. events C. failures D. achievements
18.A.time B. future C. body D. brain
19.A.idea B. meaning C. dreams D. thoughts
20.A.obey B. permit C. wish D. agree
—Sorry, Bill, I can't go straight on and spend more time with you in Huangshan. ——_______
A. It was just like you. B. Isn't it as bad as that?
C. You're really a wet blanket. D. Accidents will happen.
The job interview is a challenge _______ the ability and talent of each interviewee is tested.
A. when B. where C. that D. which
--- This is the same watch ______ I left on the playground yesterday.
--- How can it be possible? I bought _____ the other day.
A. that; one B. that; it C. as; one D. as; that
