Question

【題目】Living with other people can be difficult, especially when each person has their own ideas about how they want to live. 【1】. Taking a few simple steps will help you share your living space harmoniously.

Discuss your expectations ahead of time.

【2】. This applies to finances, food, possessions, use of common areas, loud activities or parties, quiet hours, and so on.

Divide responsibilities.

Make a plan to divide up responsibilities and chores（家常雜務(wù)）between you and your roommate. For example, if your roommate is a good cook and you are not, 【3】. It may also be a good idea to set up a chores schedule, where you will take turns cleaning the bathroom, raking out the trash and so on.

【4】.

Not everyone has the same ideas about day to day living as you do. Take your roommate’s feelings into consideration. For instance, if you are dying to throw a party on Thursday night but your roommate has a final early the next morning, agree to postpone the party till Friday evening, instead.

Communicate effectively.

Communication is key in making the relationship work. If a problem comes up, it’s better to talk about it right away than to ignore it. For example, say “Chris, it upsets me when I wake up to find all the milk gone. If you use the last of something, can you please add it to the list?” If you simply cannot communicate openly and there is tension all the time, 【5】.

A. Be prepared to compromise

B. Create a roommate agreement on Internet use

C. ask him or her to cook if you’ll clean up afterward

D. you may as well find a new roommate

E. Though having a roommate can be challenging, it can also be enjoyable and fun from the other

F. People may have different religious or political views that could cause conflict

G. Talk about what each of you needs and wants in advance

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】G

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了一些簡單的可以幫助你和諧地分享你的生活空間的步驟，從另一個(gè)人那里讓你得到享受和樂趣。

【1】上文提到“和其他人住在一起生活是很困難的，特別是當(dāng)每個(gè)人關(guān)于他們想要如何生活都有自己的想法時(shí)。”再根據(jù)下文提到“采取一些簡單的步驟可以幫助你和諧地分享你的生活空間。”承接上下文，E項(xiàng)Though having a roommate can be challenging, it can also be enjoyable and fun from the other“雖然有一個(gè)室友是很有挑戰(zhàn)性的，但從另一個(gè)人那里也可以得到享受和樂趣。”切題。該項(xiàng)中的challenging和上文的difficult相吻合；該項(xiàng)中的enjoyable and fun和下文的share harmoniously對(duì)應(yīng)。

【2】根據(jù)本段小標(biāo)題“提前討論你的期望。”此空位于段落首句，下文提到“這適用于財(cái)務(wù)、食物、財(cái)產(chǎn)、公共區(qū)域的使用、喧鬧的活動(dòng)或聚會(huì)、安靜的工作時(shí)間等等。”承接小標(biāo)題和下文，G項(xiàng) Talk about what each of you needs and wants in advance“提前談?wù)勀銈兠總�(gè)人都需要什么和想要什么。”切題。該項(xiàng)中的in advance和小標(biāo)題中的ahead of time吻合；該項(xiàng)中的what each of you needs and wants與下句內(nèi)容符合。

【3】分析if your roommate is a good cook and you are not, ___3___.的結(jié)構(gòu)，可知該句是if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，此空所填內(nèi)容應(yīng)該是小寫開頭，根據(jù)前半句“如果你的室友是個(gè)好廚師，而你不是，”承接前半句，C項(xiàng)ask him or her to cook if you’ll clean up afterward“讓他或她做飯，如果你事后收拾干凈”切題。該項(xiàng)中的cook與上半句中的a good cook匹配。

【4】此空屬于小標(biāo)題，應(yīng)該用短小精悍的祈使句。本段第一、二句提到“不是每個(gè)人都有和你一樣的日常生活的想法。把你室友的感受考慮進(jìn)去。”由此可知，A項(xiàng) Be prepared to compromise“準(zhǔn)備妥協(xié)”符合題意。

【5】分析If you simply cannot communicate openly and there is tension all the time, ___5___.可知該句是if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，此空所填內(nèi)容應(yīng)該是小寫開頭，根據(jù)前半句“如果你不能開誠布公地交流，而且總是有緊張的關(guān)系，” 承接前半句，D項(xiàng)you may as well find a new roommate“你也可以找個(gè)新室友”切題。該項(xiàng)中的a new roommate與上半句的cannot communicate openly相吻合。