Question

【题目】 Where is your home? Home can be just the building where you sleep at night. Or, it can be the place where you feel loved and safe.

Do Ho Suh is an artist. He was born in South Korea in Asia. His new exhibition is about home and how people feel about it. It is called "Almost Home." The inspiration for his series of homes camefrom when he moved to New York after college. You can see it at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The museum is in Washington, D.C.

The exhibition has three houses. Each is made of colored fabric (织物). They are connected. Suhcalls them hubs. Visitors are able to walk through them. Each hub shows one of Suh's homes. Theblue hub is his home in South Korea. He lived there as a child. The pink hub is his apartment inNew York City. The green hub is his home in Berlin, Germany. For Suh, blue means sadness. Hesaid he felt sad when he lived in Seoul. The hubs are connected together. They are sewn (缝) in theold Korean way. Suh calls them "suitcase homes." They do not weigh much. This way they can bemoved from museum to museum. With the suitcase homes, Suh can carry his home with him. Hesaid he is like a snail. The snail carries its home on its back. He feels all his homes carry his oldmemories.

Immigrants are people who move from one country to another. Suh is also an immigrant. In a way,we are all immigrants. We all move from place to place.

Suh wondered how other people feel about home. For some people, it is just a place. For others, itis a feeling. His art has a purpose. It shows how he felt moving from country to country. In someplaces, he felt good. He felt protected, comfortable and free. In other places, he felt like a stranger,Suh said.

Maybe you still live in your first home. Still, Suh's exhibition will make you think about your feelings about it. Sometimes your memories of these details can be a home worth visiting.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE about Do Ho Suh?

A.He is good at Korean sewing method.B.He made his house in Berlin blue.

C.He got this new idea before college.D.His exhibition is about home and feelings.

【2】In the third paragraph, which of the following is NOT mentioned?

A.The colors of Suh’s houses.B.The cost of his fabric houses.

C.The places where Suh lived.D.How Suh’s houses were made.

【3】How did he feel when he moved from country to country?

A.He never felt at home anywhere he went.

B.He felt different in each place he went.

C.He felt happiest when he left Seoul

D.He felt happy in every home he had.

【4】According to the passage, what is the purpose of Suh's exhibition?

A.Do Ho Suh wants to help people build houses like his model ones.

B.Suh wants to show his feelings about home when moving place to place.

C.Do Ho Suh hopes other people all have the same feelings as him.

D.Suh wants to show poeple that fabric is a good material to build houses.

【5】What can we learn from this passage?

A.The inspiration for this exhibition was from his experience.

B.Immigrants like to move among different countries.

C.Home is the place where you feel loved and safe.

D.Those who still live in their first homes do not hold memories.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

短文讲了作者由自己搬家的感受，而想知道其他人对家的感觉，所以进行一个关于家的展览。

【1】细节判断题。根据第二段句子His new exhibition is about home and how people feel about it.It is called "Almost Home."他的新展览是关于家的，以及人们对它的感觉.它被称为"Almost Home".可知他的展览是关于家庭和感情的，故选D。

【2】细节判断题。根据第三段句子The pink hub is his apartment in可知提到了颜色；The blue hub is his home in South Korea.可知提到了住的地点；Each is made of colored fabric(织物），可知房子由什么制造的，所以没有提到他的织物房子的成本，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据倒数第三行句子In some places, he felt good. He felt protected, comfortable and free. In other places, he felt like a stranger, Suh said.在一些地方，他感觉很好，他感到受保护、舒适和自由。苏赫说，在其他地方，他感觉自己像个陌生人，可知他在每一个地方都有不同的感觉，故选B。

【4】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段句子His art has a purpose. It shows how he felt moving from country to country.他的艺术是有目的。这表明他从一个国家移到另一个国家感觉如何，可知Suh想在搬家的时候展示他对家的感觉，故选B。

【5】细节推理题。根据倒数第三段句子immigrants are people who move from one country to another. Suh is also an immigrant. In a way, we are all immigrants. We all move from place to place. Suh wondered how other people feel about home. For some people, it is just a place. For others, it is a feeling. His art has a purpose. It shows how he felt moving from country to country.移民是那些从一个国家搬到另一个国家的人。Suh也是一个移民，在某种程度上，我们都是移民。我们都从一个地方搬到另一个地方。Suh想知道其他人对家的感觉。对一些人来说，这只是一个地方，对另一些人来说，这是一种感觉。他的艺术有其目的。这表明他从一个国家移到另一个国家感觉如何。可知这次展览的灵感来自于他的经历，故选A。