Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space.The amount of space

a person needs around him is a cultural difference, not an economic one.Knowing your own psychological space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices, including, for example, the number of bedrooms in the home.If you were brought up in a two-child family, and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms, the chances are, if you have two children or more, that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them.In America, for example, they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies.This is very rare in the world.

In many other countries, the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them.

The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs.Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it.Others have separate little corners where family members go to be alone.

Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons, they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures.It is almost impossible, however, to completely change your psychological space needs.

26.The passage is chiefly concerned with _______.

A.American way of living

B.living conditions in different countries

C.space requirements in different cultures

D.space requirements and economic factors

27.According to the author, the amount of living space a person needs is decided by ______.

A.his cultural background

B.the relationship between the family members

C.his financial situations

D.how many rooms there are in his house

28.The example of American families seems to suggest that ______.

A.Americans are more eager to be alone when they are at home

B.psychological space needs are developed when one is very young

C.it is advisable to let the baby sleep with his parents

D.it is advisable to let the baby sleep in a separate room

29.Some families gather close to each other at home because _______.

A.they have limited living space

B.it satisfies their psychological space needs

C.they have been brought up in a small family

D.they haven’t small corners for themselves

30.According to the author, psychological space needs _______.

A.will change as one’s incomes reduced

B.can be changed at will

C.will change if you move to a smaller house

D.can hardly be changed altogether