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2021-2022学年广州市外国语学校九年级第二学期Unit 1 英语试题
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 space, 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 Trip Advisor, 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 sits_____13_____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. a