The homestay（寄宿家庭） provides English language students with the good chance to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of an American home．
What to Expect
The host will provide places to live and meals．Rooms will be cleaned every day．And the host is there to offer help and advice on your physical and mental（精神的） health．
Living Area
Host families are mainly in Zones 2，3and 4．Most hosts don't live in Zone 1because much of central New York is trading center．Zones 3and 4often offer larger houses in uncrowded areas．But it's very convenient to travel to the center of New York by subway．
Meal Plans
It's important to know that few American families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast．Your breakfast mainly includes fruit juice，bread and coffee．Cheese，fruit and cold meat are not part of the breakfast．Dinners are usually made up of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert，fruit and coffee．
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend to visit you，you must ask your host for permission（许可）first，because some families feel uncomfortable when there are strangers at their home．
51．Which of the following will the host provide？
A．Room cleaning．
B．A swimming pool．
C．Free transport．
D．Traveling guide．
52．Most hosts would like to offer you for breakfast．
A．fruit juice，cheese and coffee
B．bread，fruit juice and coffee
C．fruit，fish and cold meat
D．fruit juice，dessert and vegetables
53．We can infer（推断） that is in central New York．
A．Zone1
B．Zone 2
C．Zone 3
D．Zone 4
54．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？
A．The hosts will care for your physical and mental health．
B．Few American families offer the traditional cooked breakfast．
C．You can't invite any friends to the house without asking the host．
D．Most of the rooms in Zone 4are smaller than those in Zone 2．
55．The passage is probably written for ．
A．hosts who want to receive foreign students
B．travelers planning to visit families in New York
C．English learners who want to live in American homes
D．foreigners hoping to study American culture．
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阅读表达。阅读短文，根据短文内容完成下列各小题。
Welcome to London, one of the most exciting cities in the world. There are lots of things to see and to do in London.
Sightseeing
There are many beautiful old buildings and monuments in London. See Big Ben and the House of Parliament, which stand on the River Thames near Westminster Abbey. Go Down the river to the Tower of London, and visit St Paul’s Cathedral.
Shopping
Go to Oxford Street, where there are several large department stores, or to Knightsbridge, the home of Harrods. If you like small shops, there is an attractive shopping center in Covent Garden. And London has over 100 street markets.
Theaters
London is well-known for its many theaters. Try and get tickets for the National Theater, a modern building containing three theaters on the south bank of the Thames.
Music
If you like classical music, go to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall or the Royal Festival Hall. You can hear excellent Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.
Restaurants
London has many excellent restaurants serving food from almost every country in the world. Go to Charlotte Street, and take your pick from Italian, French, Chinese, Indian, Greek, etc. Sometimes it’s hard to find an English restaurant.Give this passage a proper title (给这段文章一个恰当的标题): ______________________________________________________________
Where do Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament stand? ______________________________________________________________
What building contains three theaters in London? ______________________________________________________________
what kind of restaurants is sometimes hard to be find in London? ______________________________________________________________
将划线的句子译成汉语。 ______________________________________________________________
Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous British newspaper reported in May.
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former (前任的) teacher retired（退休）and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary school. The new teacher, Ms Puckey, was to start teaching the girl and reopen the school.
But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.
“I was not pleased with the new teacher,” the mother said, “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms Puckey got the job, my children would not be going to school.”
The school lies on an island off the northeast coast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.The reading is about_________.
| A．the smallest school that was closed down |
| B．the only pupil in the smallest school |
| C．the new teacher and her teaching |
| D．the old teacher who just retired |
“turn up” in the reading means_________.
| A．pass an exam | B．go to school |
| C．pay money | D．hand in homework |
From the reading we can know that the school_____.
| A．is too far for the students |
| B．does not have enough teachers |
| C．does not have many pupils |
| D．is new but small |
Before the school was closed down_________.
| A．the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home |
| B．the only pupil had to move to a secondary school |
| C．a famous newspaper had written something about it |
| D．the girl’s mother had a talk to the former teacher |
The reading doesn’t say but we can infer (推断) that_______.
| A．the girl’s mother had only one child |
| B．the new teacher was not kind to the girl |
| C．the old teacher was fit to teach the girl |
| D．the parents were unhappy with the school |
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
One of the sweetest gifts of nature is a red, ripe strawberry. There are three basic kinds of strawberries: June bearing, ever bearing and day neutrals.
June bearing are ready in the spring, so they are also called spring bearing. But gardeners will not get a crop during the first spring after planting. Ever bearing , when planted after the last winter freeze, will produce fruit during spring or early summer. A second or sometimes third crop will be ready in late summer. Day neutrals produce fruit throughout the summer months.
The University of Illinois Urban Extension says ever bearers and day neutrals are especially good for home gardens. Plant strawberries in the spring as soon as the soil is dry enough. Try to plant late in the day or on a cloudy day. The soil should cover just the roots and not the crown on top of the plant. Runners will appear in a few weeks.
Strawberries grown in containers（容器） need a soil depth of about twenty-five to thirty centimeters. Be sure the container has holes in the bottom.
Strawberries grow well in loamy soil（沃土） that lets water pass through easily. Carl Wilson at the Colorado State University Extension suggests mixing about three to five percent organic（有机的） material into the soil.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。The strawberry is a kind of fruit with red color and sweet taste.
June bearing is usually planted in winter of last year.
Strawberries can grow both in gardens and in containers.
The right time to plant strawberries is on a wet day.
Strawberries only produce fruit once.
阅读填空先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。
Do you love to travel and enjoy writing about your experiences? In fact, whenever we see something new, we wish to write it down in one form or another. We will be happier if we share our experiences with others. Then how can we write better travel stories? The following may be useful.
Memory and notes
Don’t believe your memory. You may have a good memory, but you cannot remember everything. You are seeing and hearing so much information while you’re on a trip. When you come back to write about your travel stories, you may forget something. So you should make notes, take photographs, and if possible, take videos. In this way, you can describe your travel and write it down without missing anything.
Photographs and your stories
Photographs are very helpful for you to remember what you have seen. As you see the photographs, you can describe your experiences easily by remembering the feeling when you took them.
When you are writing about your travel stories, make sure they are not too short as your readers may not get the full impressions of them and make sure they are not so long that the reader may get bored.
| How to write better travel stories |
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Suggestions |
Memory and notes |
◆It’s hard to remember everything ◆Maybe you will forget something when you ◆Make notes, take photos and take videos. |
Photographs and your stories |
◆Photographs are of great ◆It’s easy for you to describe your experiences by remembering how you ◆Make sure your travel stories are |