
Angelo was a businessman. In 2005, he was quite ill. So he wanted a place where he could live a happy and healthy life. He realized that he didn’t need to live in a huge house in the city. He believed that being closer to nature could help him feel better.
One day, he was in the woods when it started to rain. He looked for a place to keep dry and he discovered a cave (洞穴) house! It was 800 years old. From 1962, no one lived there and the house stayed empty. Angelo liked the house very much. He went to see the possibility of getting it. It was for sale, and in 2010, he decided to buy it.
After that, he started to cut into the rock and to rebuild and modernize the house. He worked for over a thousand hours from beginning to end. He planned everything himself, he moved about 80 tons of rock himself and he painted the house. Angelo finished the house in nine months.
The house is not huge. It is about 65 m². It has modern facilities (设施), such as hot water, Internet connections and heating under the floors of the rooms. Angelo uses the house as a place to go to sometimes, to get away from his busy city life. In order to help other people get closer to nature, he shares his house with them when he doesn’t live there. They can enjoy Angelo’s happy house and run away from their busy lives, too.
1.1. What do we know about Angelo in paragraph 1?
A He was a young doctor.
B He wanted a different life.
C He was always in good health.
D He lived in the countryside.
解析:选B。答案:B - 题型:细节理解题 - 解析:第一段:他重病后想要一处幸福健康的居所,不想住在城市大房子,向往亲近自然,说明他想要不一样的生活。 A 错,他是商人不是医生;C 错,他当时身患重病;D 错,原本住在城市。
2.2. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to (指的是)?
A The rain.
B The wood.
C The house.
D The money.
解析:选C。答案:C - 题型:代词指代题 - 解析:前文讲他非常喜欢这个洞穴屋,于是去了解得到**这所房子**的可能性。it 指代前面的 the house。
3.3. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A Why Angelo liked the house.
B How Angelo rebuilt the house.
C Why the house was for sale.
D How the house was discovered.
解析:选B。答案:B - 题型:段落主旨题 - 解析:第三段讲述他开凿岩石、重建、现代化改造,投入工时、自己规划、搬岩石、粉刷,九个月完工。整段讲他如何重建改造这所洞穴屋。
4.4. Why does Angelo share his house with other people?
A To raise some money.
B To present its modern facilities.
C To make more friends.
D To help them get closer to nature.
解析:选D。答案:D - 题型:细节理解题 - 解析:原文 “In order to help other people get closer to nature, he shares his house with them”,明确说明分享房屋的目的是帮助他人亲近自然。A、B、C 文中均无依据。