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Host family accommodation means that hosts treat the student as a full member of the household, eating together with the student and sharing the common living areas with him/her. No more than three adult students or four junior students will be accommodated in host family accommodation at one time.
Host family accommodation remains popular among international students. It is the most economical and beneficial accommodation for any student. It is also the best way to practice English and learn new cultures. As a result, it is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host family enables students to get enough practice during the short time of their study so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families, students are able to spend a lot of time communicating with their "host parents", who are often very hospitable and friendly, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Most host families are always ready to help students out in any situation. Often the bonds that are made between international students and their host families endure many years, and are maintained through letters and e-mails. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students as it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.
The advantages, however, have not prevented host families from worrying. On the one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. One problem is that the majority of hosts in big cities, now generally single and young, have less time available for international students, but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. On the other hand, students' expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to make living conditions better, including broadband Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with international students.
Title: Host Family Accommodation |
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Definition |
Host family accommodation refers to a kind of accommodation in which the student is treated as a (71) ▲ member of the host family, eating together and sharing the living areas with the hosts. |
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Language study |
Students learn the language faster because they (73) ▲ frequently enough. |
Cultural communication |
It is more convenient for students to communicate and get to know the local (74) ▲ , people and culture. |
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Cost of (75) ▲ |
Sometimes it is the least expensive and enables students to live at a low cost. |
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Problems |
Loss of the selling point |
Hosts (76) ▲ enough time to communicate with students. |
Rise in (77) ▲ |
Students are demanding more from their host families. |
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(78) ▲ taken |
Improvement of service quality |
Hosts are (79) ▲ living conditions. They are offering students structured (80) ▲ activities. |
Conclusion |
Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with international students. |
As a boy, Sanders was much influenced by books about the sea, but by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a doctor. So he was often with the doctors and got along very well with them. When he was fourteen, he was already hanging around the hospital where he was supposed to be helping to clean the medicine bottles, but was actually trying to listen to the doctors’ conversations with patients in the next room.
During the war Sanders served in the army as a surgeon(外科医生). “That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with real sufferers and on the whole making a success of my job.” In Rhodes he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skill to himself and had a firm belief that he could serve those who lived simply, and were dependent upon him. Thus, while in a position to tell them what to do he could feel he was serving them.
After the war, he married and set up a practice deep in the countryside, working under an old doctor who hated the sight of blood. This gave the younger man plenty of opportunities (机会) to go on working as a life-saver.When he was a small boy, books about the sea had made Sanders want to be ___.
A.a surgeon | B.an army man | C.a sailor | D.a life-saver |
At the age of 14, Sanders ___.
A.worked as a doctor by cleaning the medicine bottles |
B.met some doctors who were very friendly to him |
C.was interested in talking with patients |
D.remained together with the doctors |
Having proved his skill to himself, Sanders ___.
A.wanted to live a simple life like a countryman |
B.came to realize that he was really working for his countrymen |
C.taught himself life-saving |
D.was highly respected by the old doctor |
When the war was over, he ___.
A.learned from an old doctor because he was popular |
B.started to hate the sight of blood while working |
C.served the countrymen under an old doctor who needed someone to help him |
D.had few chances to be a “life-saver” because he was younger |
Most children now chat daily either online or through their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge number of other children all over the world. Some are shy “in real life” but are confident to communicate with others online; others find support from people of their own age on relationship issues, or problems at home.
Sometimes the online world, just like the real world, can introduce problems, such as arguments. Going online is great fun, but there are also a few people who use the Internet for offensive (冒犯性的) or illegal aims. Children must be made aware of both the good things and the dangers.
To keep children safe your management must cover the family computer. Just as you decide which TV pro-grams are suitable, you need to do the same for the websites and chat rooms your children visit. Remind your children that online friends are still strangers. Re-minding them of the risks will keep them alert (警惕).
Computer studies are part of schoolwork now, so it’s likely that your children may know more than you do. We get left behind when it comes to the latest gad-gets and the interactive areas of websites, like chat rooms and message boards, which are especially strange. The language of chat is strange to many parents, too. Chatters love to use abbreviations (缩写) such as: atb — all the best, bbfn — bye bye for now, cul8er — see you later, gr8 — great, Idk — I don’t know, imbl — it must be love, kit — keep in touch, paw — parents are watching, lol — laugh out loud, xlnt — excellent!The passage is meant for ______.
A.children | B.parents | C.teachers | D.net bar owners |
Which of the following will the author probably agree with?
A.The Internet is no good for children. |
B.The chat language is strange to adults. |
C.Children shouldn’t chat so much online. |
D.The Internet is a good place for children. |
In order to keep children safe online, you’d better ______.
A.choose suitable websites and chat rooms for them |
B.teach them to use correct net words |
C.surf the Internet together with them |
D.forbid them to use the Internet |
If you stand beside him when your son is chatting about something secret online, he may use ______.
A.bbfn | B.lol | C.paw | D.cul8er |
Most people think their time problems are outer, and that they are caused by the telephone, meetings, visitors, and delayed information or decisions. Although these problems often have a bad effete on them, as when people call or drop in, we usually contribute to them. We fail to have calls screened by a skillful secretary or assistant, or we leave our door open, actually assuring constant interruptions.
In almost all cases, it is possible to influence, if not control, it usually can cause problems, such as, slowness and indecision, lack of self-discipline, the inability to delegate, or the tendency to fight fires, to act without thinking, and to jump from task to task without finishing any of them.
Time is constant that cannot be changed. The clock cannot be slowed down or speeded up. Thus we cannot manage time itself. We can only manage our activities with respect to time.
The same skills are needed as those used in managing others—the abilities to plan, organize, delegate, direct, and control. Time management is simply self-management. It is impossible to be effective in any position without controlling one’s time effectively.
Successful time management does not mean working harder, but working smarter. All kinds of management skills must be used in the home and office to get most value from time. You must think ahead about what to do, and timely than others, making it get maximum results in the shortest possible period.According to the writer, time problems .
A.are caused by the telephone, meetings and visitors |
B.are caused by delayed information or decisions |
C.can be solved by self-management |
D.can’t be controlled |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as tile internally generated time wasters?
A.slowness and indecision. |
B.Lack of self-discipline. |
C.Jumping from task to task without finishing any of them. |
D.Working hard. |
It can be concluded from the passage that the abilities to plan, organize, delegate, direct and control should .
A.be used in managing others’ activities |
B.be used in managing one’s own activities |
C.not be used in time management |
D.be used in managing both others’ and one’s activities |
We can also draw a conclusion that the key to successful time management is .
A.working harder and harder |
B.clever self-management |
C.thinking of what to do, and how and when to do it |
D.employing a skillful secretary |
In the early part of the twentieth century, racism was widespread in the United States. Many African Americans were not given equal opportunities in education or employment. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was an African American woman who gained fame as a concert singer in this climate of racism. She was born in Philadelphia and sang in church choirs during her childhood. When she applied for admission to a local music school in 1917, she was turned down because she was black. Unable to attend music school, she began her career as a singer for church gatherings. In 1929, she went to Europe to study voice and spent several years performing there. Her voice was widely praised throughout Europe. Then she returned to the US in 1935 and became a top concert singer after performing at Town Hall in New York City.
Racism again affected Anderson in 1939. When it was arranged for her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed it because of her color. She sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial for over 75 000 people. In 1955, Anderson became the first black soloist to sing win the Metropolitan Opera of New York City. The famous conductor Toscanini praised her voice as “heard only once in a hundred years”. She was a US delegate to the United Nations in 1958 and won the UN peace prize in 1977. Anderson eventually triumphed over racism. According to this passage, what did Marian Anderson do between 1917 and 1929?
A.She studied at a music school. | B.She sang for religious activities. |
C.She sang at Town Hall in New York. | D.She studied voice in Europe. |
Toscanini thought that Marian Anderson .
A.had a very rare voice | B.sang occasionally in public |
C.sang only once in many years | D.was seldom heard by people |
Anderson’s beautiful voice was first recognized .
A. at the Lincoln Memorial B. in Washington, DC.
C. in Europe D. at the United NationsThis passage shows that Anderson finally defeated racism in the US by .
A.protesting to the government | B.appealing to the United Nations |
C.demonstrating in the streets | D.working hard to perfect her art |
Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.
The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29hours, respectively.
Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news; 62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet.
Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States.Which of the following is not true?
A.Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV. |
B.There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the internet. |
C.There are more people using e-mail compared with those searching information on the internet. |
D.There are more people using e-mail compared with those reading news on the internet. |
The survey shows that .
A.Only 10.4% reported use the internet to send and receive email. |
B.Less than half of the people use the internet for enter fain-ment. |
C.All of the people reported like to play games on-line. |
D.Most of the people reported read online news. |
Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?
A.TV | B.Sina | C.telephone | D.QQ |
The underlined word “exceeded” means .
A.increased to | B.increased by | C.risen | D.decreased |