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.

Growing Pains 104

Act One
Mom, Dad and Mike are busy in the kitchen. Carol is writing something upstairs.
Maggie: Mike, would you get your sister, please？
Mike: Yeah. Fido, dinner.
Carol: I'll be right down. Tell Mom, I'm just gonna finish this paragraph.
Mike: Hey, Mom, Fido's gonna finish her paragraph.
Maggie: Thank you. I heard. And frankly, Mike, I don't think it's funny or proper for you to call your sister Fido.
Mike: You are right. It's a boy's name.
Jason: Is she still working on that article？She's taking the school paper very seriously.
Mike: Come on. This is one of the greatest papers in the world. It's nice and soft.
Maggie: Mike, this is very important to Carol. Try to stop your bad comments（评论）.
Act Two
All the family are siting at table.
Jason: You're working very hard, sweetheart.
Carol: Yeah, I just wanna get it right, you know, so it's like a best article they've ever got.
Mike: I don't think so. Mom says Mike can make three more comments on you during dinner.
Jason: Probably that was the last one. Right, Mike?
Mike: Why? Yes, Father.
Carol: Anyway, tomorrow is the moment of truth.
Tomorrow, Mr. Simmonds reads all the articles, and decides who gets the job.
Jason: Oh, no, no, not Simmonds.
Maggie: Why? Who's Simmonds?
Jason: That's the teacher who locked the kid in the closet for not finishing the homework.
Maggie: I don't think there's anything to worry about.
Just do the best you can. I'm sure he'll be impressed.
Carol: This is so exciting. Maybe I get the job. Maybe I don't. But I'll never find out unless I try my best and give it my all. Mom, do you think you can read my article tonight and tell me what you think?
Maggie: Well, I'll be happy to, honey.
Carol: You'll be honest?
Maggie: Very honest.
Carol: Well, I know. I am probably just worrying too much. But have you ever wanted something so much that you could feel it with your entire body?
【小题1】Fido is the other name of ________.

A．Maggie	B．Mike
C．Jason	D．Carol

【小题2】From the dialogue we can learn that Mike________.

A．makes no comments on his sister's paper

B．thinks highly of his sister's paper

C．is laughing at his sister

D．is praising his sister

【小题3】Why doesn't Jason like Simmonds?

A．Because Simmonds is not good at teaching.

B．Because Simmonds is hard on students.

C．Because Jason does not know the teacher.

D．Because Jason is not honest.

【小题4】Carol asks her mother to read her article to ________.

A．make an honest comment

B．learn what the activity for Mike

C．set a good example for Mike

D．make the teacher impressed

完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Golf is an outdoor sport in_____a player attempts to hit a small hard ball____a hole in as____wings（挥动，击杆）as possible. Players_____the ball with one of several kinds of long, slender golf clubs. The kind of club_____on the location and distance____the hole. Golf is played on a course that normally is_____into 18 units, also called holes, of varying lengths and difficulty.
Golf is one of the most_____outdoor sports in the world. Millions of men, women, and children play golf as an individual or_____sport,____in high school and college competition. Millions more enjoy golf as a_____of recreation and exercise. Golf is also a popular____sport,_____thousands of fans to tournaments（比赛，锦标赛）. Millions more may watch tournaments____television.
____20 million Americans play golf every year. About_____of them are women. The United States has about 14,000 golf courses. About 5,200 are private courses—country clubs and golf clubs____to members only. Another 6,500 are daily fee_____, which are privately owned facilities that admit the public________a fee. About 2,200 courses are publicly_____

【小题1】

A．that B．what C．it D．which

【小题2】

A．in B．into C．to D．from

【小题3】

A．many B．less C．a few D．few

【小题4】

A．play B．provide C．hit D．perform

【小题5】

A．depends B．relies C．decides D．discusses

【小题6】

A．from B．into C．to D．in

【小题7】

A．made B．classified C．separated D．divided

【小题8】

A．excited B．common C．popular D．graceful

【小题9】

A．singular B．team C．plural D．personal

【小题10】

A．which B．both C．that D．so

【小题11】

A．play B．format C．form D．method

【小题12】

A．spectator B．individual C．team D．performance

【小题13】

A．creating B．turning C．driving D．attracting

【小题14】

A．by B．over C．with D．on

【小题15】

A．Masses of B．More than C．In addition to D．Lots of

【小题16】

A．a total B．the half C．the fourth D．four

【小题17】

A．available B．similar C．convenient D．familiar

【小题18】

A．clubs B．golf C．players D．courses

【小题19】

A．of B．for C．to D．by

【小题20】

A．admitted B．displayed C．owned D．serviced

   Tang Dynasty poets sang for about three centuries in different tones. There were many famous poets living in the Tang period such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. Quan Tangshi edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of about 48, 900 poems that were written by over 2, 200 poets. But it doesn't cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, poems were recited when lovers walked under the moonlight. Poems were also recited when soldiers fought on the battlefield. People recited them in the open air or at temple fairs.

In the Tang Dynasty scholars（学者）had to be poets. Their readers were not only people of high social position but also common people. Poets recited poems；women singers sang poems and other ranks of people, including old women and children, read Tang poems. This atmosphere affected foreigners who visited the country at that time. As a result, Tang poetry was introduced to some adjacent countries, like Japan and Vietnam.

Tang poetry is a most brilliant page in the history of ancient Chinese literature. It's a miracle（奇迹）in the cultural history of mankind. The Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire with a vast territory. It inherited（继承）Chinese civilization that went back to ancient times, and was combined with the best of other cultures and adopted the benefits of other nations in the world. Tang poetry wasn’t the only spiritual wealth created by people of the Tang Dynasty. Philosophy, handwriting, painting, music and dance all gained new peaks of development. Tang poetry, however, was the jewel in the crown and the greatest achievement in the Tang Dynasty.

【小题1】It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that ________.

A．there were more than 48, 900 poems written in the Tang Dynasty

B．in total there were four famous poets in the Tang Dynasty

C．only people of the Tang Dynasty created poems

D．in the Tang Dynasty most common people were poets

【小题2】The underlined word "adjacent" in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A．neighboring	B．strong
C．poor	D．western

【小题3】What does the author really want to tell us in Paragraph 3?

A．In the Tang Dynasty all poets were scholars.

B．In the Tang Dynasty poems were quite popular.

C．Many foreigners came to the east during the Tang Dynasty.

D．In the Tang Dynasty many poems were sung by women singers.

【小题4】What can we know from Paragraph 4？

A．The reasons for the poets to create poems in the Tang Dynasty.

B．Tang poetry, the greatest spiritual wealth in ancient China.

C．The significance and influence of Tang poetry.

D．The editors of Tang poetry in the Qing Dynasty.

In certain countries of the world，the king or queen is still the head country。The UK is one of these countries。So that does the British royal family(皇室) represent for the British people today? Well，a large number of things。The royal family are of course a part of British history and tradition。They still have an important and meaning for many people today。It just wouldn’t feel the same if there were no royal family。In addition to that，the queen has important formal duties：
●as head of the state，the Queen represents the UK on visits other would leaders to visit the UK.
●as head of the armed force，only the Queen can declare when the UK is at war or when the war is over。
●as head of the Church of England。
Not just the Queen，the royal family spend a great deal of their time traveling up and there should be royal family。Sometimes the press and media criticize（批评）the royal family as well。One criticism is that the British people should not have to pay for the royal through their taxes。Another is that the Buckingham Palace should be open to the public more often，in order to pay for the building repairs that are necessary。
【小题1】Today，the British royal still represents ____of the UK。

A．the honor and pride	B．history and tradition
C．function and law	D．politics and culture

【小题2】Which is one of the Queen’s formal duties？

A．Visiting foreign countries.

B．Fighting in wars.

C．Writing government documents.

D．Repairing the church.

【小题3】Why are royal family criticized by the press and media？

A．Because the royal don’t do anything for the country.

B．Because more people want to visit Buckingham Palace.

C．Because some people don’t want their taxes to be used for the royal family.

D．Because the Queen is too meet busy to meet with her people.