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Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential . Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans Available
Continental Breakfast
Breakfast and Dinner
Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal, bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self¬catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room¬-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long¬stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
【小题1】The passage is probably written for ___________.
A.foreigners hoping to build British culture
B.hosts willing to receive foreign students
C.English learners applying to live in English homes
D.travellers planning to visit families in London
【小题2】Why do some people choose self¬catering accommodation?
A.To enrich their knowledge of English.
B.To enjoy much more freedom.
C.To experience a warmer family atmosphere.
D.To entertain friends as they like.
【小题3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A.The business centre of London is probably in Zone 1.
B.Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2.
C.Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre.
D.Accommodation in the city centre is not provided.
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同类题1

The president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, is asking for foreign help to fight forest and agricultural fires in his country. According to Mr Widodo, Indonesian helicopters are only able to carry a small amount of the water needed to put out the fires. “_____________________________________” the Associated Press reported his comment.
The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space says more than 1,300 fires are burning across the country. The government has sent about 25,000 soldiers, police and firefighters in six provinces to battle the fires.
Indonesian farmers and some businesses often burn rainforest to clear land at this time of year. The burning usually takes place during the country's dry season. But a large rise in palm(棕榈)oil production on peat lands is blamed for the many fires this year. Peat is made partly of dead plants, which burns easily and is often used as cooking fuel.
The resulting thick, black smoke has polluted skies over Indonesia and four other countries. The burning has worsened air quality, closed schools and caused any outdoor activities to stop. The smoke is not only affecting people; it is affecting wildlife. In Indonesian Borneo, an animal rescue center says some of its animals have developed breathing problems. If the fires continue, a lot more could become sick and some could die.
Scientists have warned that the fires this year could be worst ever because of a weather system called El Nino. They say the weather system has created extremely dry conditions in Indonesia.
【小题1】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.Countries should hold hands in the fight against fires.
B.It takes countries time to figure out ways to fight fires.
C.It’s too late for countries to make efforts together to put out fires.
D.Countries should work together to put our fires as soon as possible.
【小题2】Which statement is true according to the passage?
A.El Nino might help relieve the dry conditions in Indonesia.
B.Many animals have become sick and died because of the fires.
C.25,000 people from home and abroad have been sent to fight fires.
D.Some other countries besides Indonesia have been affected by the fires.
【小题3】What is the main cause of the many fires this year?
A.The increase in palm oil production.
B.The burning of rainforest.
C.The extreme dry weather.
D.A weather system called El Nino.
【小题4】This passage might be found in .
A.a government reportB.a news report
C.a firefighting guideD.an agricultural book

同类题2

   Some authors have made some predictions (预测) about what our modern life could become. Here are four books that, somehow, managed to predict the future.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

This novel was published in 1935. It’s about a dance marathon competition. Competitors who last the longest can get prize money. It’s just like reality TV shows. In reality shows, people voluntarily do things that are physically and mentally tiring or embarrassing.

Neuromancer

William Gibson’s 1984 novel, Neuromancer, not only gave birth to the cyberpunk genre, but it also predicted cyberspace (网络空间) and the Internet. In 1984, there was already a network, but only several universities used it. Gibson predicted the rise of technological addiction and people’s need to be online.

Earth

In 1990, Brin published the novel where the story takes place in the year 2038. A black hole has fallen into the Earth’s core. Scientists have a year to fix it, or the earth may be destroyed. And Brin correctly predicted the World Wide Web (Web) that was invented a year after the book was published. In Earth, the characters don’t think they would find any Earth-like planets. In reality, we have found several Earth-like planets.

Childhood’s End

Childhood’s End is about an invasion (入侵) of Earth by aliens called the Overlords. They help advance human technology. One of those technologies they introduce is a type of virtual reality that is like a movie. The author also predicted that in the early 2000s, people might watch TV for three hours a day.

【小题1】Which of the following books predicts a new kind of TV shows?
A.They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?B.Childhood’s End
C.NeuromancerD.Earth
【小题2】What was predicted by Neuromancer?
A.A special way of communication.B.People’s eagerness for new things.
C.People’s need for the Internet.D.The invention of the computer.
【小题3】What do we know about the novel Earth?
A.It is about the exploration of the Earth-like planets.
B.One opinion of its characters has been proven wrong.
C.Only it made predictions about aliens.
D.It was written after the Web was invented.

同类题3

   Isaac Asimov is one of the most famous science fiction(科幻小说)writers of all time. He moved from Russia to the United States in 1923.He was a teacher at Boston University and began writing science fiction stories in 1939.His most famous works are the Foundation books and the Robot stories. He died in 1992 at the age of 72.

"There are not many people who have invented a useful scientific term,and although I did it unknowingly,I am not going to let anyone in the world forget it,"said Isaac Asimov. He was talking about the word "robotics" —the study of robot behaviour.

Asimov wrote several stories about robots between 1940 and 1990.One of the special features of the robots in these stories was that they were programmed to follow the Three Laws of Robotics.

The First Law: A robot must not hurt a human being,or allow a human being to be hurt.

The Second Law: A robot must obey orders by human beings unless these orders conflict(冲突)with the First Law.

The Third Law: A robot must protect itself unless this conflicts with the First or Second Law.

In Asimov's stories,the robots must follow these laws so that they do not attack the humans that created them.

Some scientists think the Three Laws of Robotics are hard to realise in real life. On the other hand,some say that the laws are great for science fiction but completely useless in real life. For example,if the laws really worked,robots couldn't be used in wars,as this would break the First Law. Since the army is one of the biggest supporters for robotic research,it is very unlikely that an attempt to follow these rules will happen.

According to Asimov,one thing is certain:"Robots are changing the world and driving it in directions we cannot clearly foresee(预见)."

【小题1】At Boston University, Isaac ________.
A.learned to write stories
B.started to write science fiction stories
C.taught the writing of science fiction stories
D.invented a robot for writing
【小题2】According to some scientists, the Three Laws of Robotics are ________.
A.boringB.important
C.practicalD.unrealistic
【小题3】Based on the Three Laws of Robotics, robots can't be used ________.
A.in real lifeB.in wars
C.in the armyD.in the writing

同类题4

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town claiming(宣称) that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole country. A large crowd gathered,and they all agreed that his heart was____because there was not a single scar(疤痕) in it. The young man was very proud.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as____”The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s____It was____strongly, but full of scars. It had places____pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several____edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps(缺口) where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “____your heart with mine, anyone with his eyes can see mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours looks perfect but I____never trade with you. You see, every____represents a person____I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they____me a piece of their heart that fits into the____place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I treasure, because they remind me of the love we____
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart____, and the other person hasn’t returned a____of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is____a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they____open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return where I have been waiting and fill the space. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
Tears running his cheeks, the young man walked up to the old man,____his own perfect heart, and tore out a piece. He____it to the old man with trembling hands.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It____, but not perfectly, as there were some rough edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect any more but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They hugged and walked away side by side.
【小题1】
A.uglyB.perfectC.goodD.hurt
【小题2】
A.mineB.hisC.theirsD.ours
【小题3】
A.coatB.appearanceC.faceD.heart
【小题4】
A.knockingB.strikingC.beatingD.hitting
【小题5】
A.thatB.whichC.whereD.whose
【小题6】
A.smoothB.roughC.brokenD.pretty
【小题7】
A.ComparingB.ComparedC.CompareD.Compares
【小题8】
A.mightB.wouldC.couldD.should
【小题9】
A.oneB.heartC.pieceD.scar
【小题10】
A.on whomB.in whomC.with whomD.to whom
【小题11】
A.takeB.giveC.lendD.pass
【小题12】
A.emptyB.fullC.redD.first
【小题13】
A.hadB.gaveC.sharedD.owned
【小题14】
A.inB.awayC.offD.up
【小题15】
A.lotB.sheetC.pieceD.pile
【小题16】
A.takingB.makingC.keepingD.bringing
【小题17】
A.lastB.cutC.comeD.stay
【小题18】
A.carried awayB.reached intoC.took outD.brought up
【小题19】
A.returnedB.tookC.offeredD.served
【小题20】
A.fitB.hitC.beatD.set

同类题5

   Following Mo Yan's Nobel Prize , the usually silent Chinese literary circle got warmed up again. A Shanghai writer named Jin Yucheng surprised nearly everyone by making his novel full of Shanghai dialect.

Published in 2012, the 350,000-word Blossoms (Fan Hua) is a novel about the changes in Shanghai over 30 years, drawing clear images of the city through the stories of many common people. There is no main story like most novels, but every story in it could run independently. While putonghua is the standard choice for Chinese literature today, Jin's use of the Shanghai dialect appears both different and bold.

"I have seen too many novels that look similar to each other. Chinese literature is getting monotonous in both language and form. I want to be special with my own language, " Jin told the Global Times.

In the novel, Jin makes a breakthrough by mainly using dialogues to unfold various plots and represent typical characters on a daily basis. He also abandons the use of some punctuation like quotation marks (引号), showing a return to the traditional Chinese huaben genre.

Since its publication, the book has been widely recommended on Sina Weibo with many netizens rating the novel high for its unique use of dialect and vivid description of life using plain speech.

Jin said that he got the idea of writing the novel while chatting in an online forum where people use the Shanghai dialect. The praise he received from the netizens encouraged him to continue writing the random stories.

"I'd like to see more writers to follow my lead. It will enrich our literature and make it diverse," he said.

【小题1】What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A.The Chinese literary circle is never silent.
B.Mo Yan was surprised at Jin Yucheng's new novel.
C.The stories in the novel aren't linked to each other.
D.The novel represents the lifestyle in Shanghai in the 1930s.
【小题2】The underlined word " monotonous" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to "   ".
A.lacking in variety
B.being short of expectations
C.wanting further improvement
D.requiring more consideration
【小题3】How does Jin Yucheng make a breakthrough in his novel Blossoms?
A.By inventing lots of typical characters.
B.By creating a vivid background.
C.By employing dialogues to develop plots and represent characters.
D.By using beautiful words in Shanghai dialect.
【小题4】What encouraged Jin Yucheng to continue writing in dialect?
A.The family's support.
B.The netizens’ praise.
C.The citizens comments.
D.Other writers encouragement.