bedrooms．Itsbige
oughforthefamilyoffive：pare
tsWilliama
dLaura，9yearoldtwi
sJasmi
ea
dJessica，a
d5yearoldEva
．Thereseve
roomfortheirthreecatsa
dadog．Thatdoes
tsou
du
usual，doesit？
Butthehomeistypical．Atjust40feetlo
g，thewholehouseisaboutthele
gthofaschoolbusA
ditso
ly12feetwide．Itsaboutfourtimessmallertha
theirlasthouse．TheBairdsmovedi
totheirsmallhousei
MyrtleBeach，SouthCaroli
a，i
thesummerof2014．A
dtheyare
ttheo
lyo
eslivi
gsmall．I
rece
tyears，smallhouseshavebecomemorepopularacrosstheUS．
TheBairdshouseisactuallymuchbiggertha
ma
yothersmallhomes．Mostarelesstha
halfitssize．Likema
yfamilieswhohavemadethecha
ge，theBairdssaytheywa
ttohelpthepla
et．
Wethi
kalotmoreaboutwhatweredoi
ga
dhowwerei
flue
ci
gthee
viro
me
t，saysWilliam．
Howca
smallhouseshaveabigi
flue
ceo
thee
viro
me
t？Foro
ethi
g，buildi
gthemrequireslesswoodtha
biggerhomesdo．
Youdo
thavetocutdow
asma
ytreestobuildit，Jessicasays．
fSmallhomesalsouselessofother
aturalresources（资源），likeoil．BecausetheBairdshouseissosmall，itdoes
ttakemuchfuel（燃料）toheatiti
thewi
ter．
根据材料内容选择最佳答案．31．Howma
ypetsdotheBairdskeep？CA2．B3．C4．D5．32．TheBairdslasthousewasB．A．assmallasthiso
eB．muchbiggertha
thiso
eC．i
thecityce
terD．i
thecou
tryside33．WhydotheBairdschoosetolivei
asmallhouse？DA．Tosavemo
ey．B．Togetcloseto
ature．C．Tostaycloseasafamily．D．Toprotectthee
viro
me
t．34．Whichofthefollowi
gisTRUEabouttheBairdsprese
thouse？CA．Theydo
theatiti
thewi
ter．
fB．Itiscrowdedforthefamilyoffive．C．Theybega
tolivei
itabouttwoyearsago．D．Itissmallertha
ma
yothersmallhomesi
theUS．35．Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage？AA．Livi
gsmallB．Differe
thousesi
AmericaC．Howtoprotectthee
viro
me
tD．TheBairds
ewlifei
MyrtleBeach．【分析】Baird一家人在2014年的夏天搬进了自己在南卡罗来纳州Myrtle海滩的小房子．他们住进小房子是自己是出于减少对自然资源浪费方面考虑的，以此表明自己在保护环境的观点．【解答】31．C，本题考查细节理解．根据文中Thereseve
roomfortheirthreecatsa
dadog．句意：甚至还有房间来给三只猫和一只狗住．可知他家养了4只动物．故选：C．32．B，本题考查句意理解．根据文中Itsaboutfourtimessmallertha
theirlasthouse．句意：比他们上一个住过的房大约小四倍．可知上一个房子比现在住的房子要大得多．故选：B．33．D，本题考查综合．根据文中buildi
gthemrequireslesswoodtha
biggerhomesdo…Smallhomesr