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一
语法选择(共
15
小题;每小题
1
分,满分
15
分)
Have
you
ever
felt
uncomfortable?
Many
of
__1___
feel
uneasy
when
someone stands too close __2__ us, talks to us too __3__ or makes eye contact
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
__4__
imaginary
space around the body, but also the space around all the ___5___. 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 __6___.
___7___ people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space or
not in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a
strong
desire(
渴望
)
to
have
space
to
___8___.
In
a
survey
by
TripAdvisor,
a
travel
website,
people
said
that
if
they
___9___

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
__10__their
faces
to
read
in
fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go
and
watch
a
library
table.
You
will
notice
__11__
one
of
the
corner
seats
will
usually
__12__
first,
because
they
are
the
farthest
way.
What
if
someone __13__ 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
__14__
cultures.
In
Latin(
拉丁人的
)
cultures,
__15__,
people
are more comfortable standing near each other.
1.
A. we
B. us
C. our
D. ours
2.
A. with
B. in
C. to
D. at
3.
A. loudness
B. louder
C. loudly
D. loudest
4.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
5.
A. sense
B. senses
C. sensing
D. sensings
6.
A. anger
B. angry
C. angers
D. angrily
7.
A. Whether
B. What
C. That
D. Which
8.
A. them
B. their
C. themselves
D. they
9.
A. has to
B. have to
C. had to
D. having to
10. A. in the front
B. in front