题文
What is it that makes a house a home ? A home is a place of companionship with people in it who love each other , who are harmonious and closer inside with one another than they are outside with those in the workplace or with classmates at school . A home is a place of companionship that it’s difficult to leave. In a home there is love , sharing and appreciation , and the members help each other .I have seen families on the street. But if they live , sleep , talk , and eat together , they are a family, even if they are poorly off. You don’t need a roof to make a home. The truly homeless are some of the rich people who build multi-million-dollar houses and are too busy to live in them . The truly homeless are those who have turned their home into a hotel lobby . The parents work. The children do wrong . They don’t talk and eat together every day . They rarely see each other . The truly homeless people are those with babysitters , caretakers , gardeners and maids. Parents are unaware , too busy making money outside the home that they don’t live in . This is another way of looking at the rich and the homeless . Who is to be pitied ?
Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. If the computer is on all the time , the house turns into an office, even if everyone is at home . Many homes these days are just offices. Human communication has stopped . The computer eats up the time that one should be giving to others within the home . Using the computer moderately gives us time for gentleness , play and communication , not with a screen , but with a human being.
小题1:The purpose of the first paragraph is to _____________ .A．tell us that where there is home there is loveB．tell us what people think home isC．show the author’s concept of homeD．tell people how to have a happy home小题2:The underlined word those in the second paragraph refers to _____________ .A．people who build multi-million-dollar housesB．people who have lost their family membersC．people who don’t spend time with the familyD．homeless families living on the street in America小题3:Which statement is Not True according to the passage ?A．A home is a place where you are willing to stay .B．Even the poorest person can have a happy home .C．Computers and the Internet are important for a happy family.D．Sometimes it’s the rich that should be pitied .小题4:Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage ?A．How to make a house a homeB．What makes a house a homeC．Who are homeless , the poorD．What’s a home for 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
文章通过下定义和对比的方法阐述了作者对家的看法。家是一个充满爱、关心和温暖的地方；是一个彼此爱护、互相扶持的地方；真正没有家的人不是头顶没有屋顶的人们，而是那些住在豪宅里却整天忙忙碌碌，无暇顾及彼此的人们。
小题1:C主旨大意题。从文章开头的设问What is it that makes a house a home ? 以及A home is a place of companionship；A home is a place of companionship可知本段中心是作者阐述家的概念。
小题2:C词义猜测题。从下文Parents are unaware , too busy making money outside the home that they don’t live in .可知此处those指那些忙忙碌碌，没时间和家人在一起的人们。所以C选项正确。
小题3:C细节理解题。从文章末段Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. 可知要控制电脑和网络的使用才会让一栋房子成为一个家，所以C选项正确。
小题4:B主旨大意题。文章开头提出家的概念，然后通过对比展开论述，最后说如何能构建一个和睦的家庭。所以B选项正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“What is it that make.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
