When people travel in another city or country ,they sometimes stay in the homes of the local people. This is called homestay . It is a great experience because you can meet people from a different country or city and learn something new about that place . I am Wan Li from China. I came to the UK with my friends for a short visit . we are living with an English couple ,Mr. and Mrs.Green ,in the west of London. They have a wonderful four –bedroom house . This is a new house . It has two bathrooms and a garden with many beautiful flowers. I have a bedroom of my own .
There are some shopping centres and restaurants near the house, and the house is close to an underground station. It takes about thirty minutes to get to the centre of London.
I think a homestay may be a good choice for you if it is your first time to visit abroad . The local people are friendly and willing to help. If you happen to celebrate the holidays with them, you will get to know more about western culture and customs.
1.The underlined word homestay in the passage means_________.
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A．Stay at home. |
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B．Stay in the homes of one’s friends |
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C．Stay in the homes of one’s relatives |
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D．Stay in the homes of the local people. |
2.Wan Li and his friends live with _______ in London.
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A．Mr. and Mrs. Bush |
B． Mr. and Mrs. Green |
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C． Mr. and Mrs. |
D．Mr. and Mrs. Brown |
3.There is ____________near the house.
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A．a bus station |
B．an underground station |
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C．a train station |
D．an airport |
4.How long does it take Wan Li to get to the centre of London from the west of London?
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A．Thirty minutes |
B．Thirteen minutes |
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C．Twenty minutes |
D． Forty minutes |
5.When travelers to the Great Britain happen to celebrate the holidays with the local people they will learn more about___________.
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A．western culture and customs |
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B．world culture and customs |
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C．eastern culture and customs |
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D．southern culture and customs |
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Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革) 1 for others in the street．Tom was also a 2 boy．One day, a rich man 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom．
He watched his 4 shoes for a while, and then, looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of peopl well．They love money but hate to spend it．
Tom said, “Let me 5 your shoes, sir．Only two pence(便土), sir．
Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．
Tom thought for a second and then called out, ‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time
Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．
When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子), Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for Him 6 he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 7 ．He refused to payanything and went away．
But to his 8 , the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 9 at him．
Finallyn the rich man 10 and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．
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We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane
one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjo
yable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats
.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holi
day.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundred
s of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interestin
g or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why peopl
e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.1.According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.
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A．bycar |
B．bytrain |
C．byplane |
D．bysea |
2. If we travel by car, we can _________.
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A．enjoythelongestjourney |
B．travelonlyfiftymilesaday |
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C．makeourowntimetable |
D．traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes. |
3. When people travel on business, they usually take _________.
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A．aboatoratrain |
B．acaroratrain |
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C．aplaneoracar |
D．atrainoraplane |
4. _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.
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A．Cars |
B．Moderntrains |
C．Planes |
D．Buses |
5.If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______ .
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A．itisasfastastrainsandplanes |
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B．itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday |
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C．itisverycheap |
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D．itcanstopwherevertheylike |
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Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White’s home last before heading for home. Grandpa White’s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He often waited for him near the front gate with sweets or nice cakes. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing—about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.
The thing that Bob didn’t like about Grandpa was his never-endless stories about his boyhood in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa’s boyhood, but he couldn’t get away.
After grandpa’s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Bob didn’t want to complain, but customers were unhappy.
1. When he took the newspapers to Grandpa, Bob would often receive .
A. old newspapers B. sweets or cakes
C. some money D. a paper with questions for him to answer
2. Which do you think is true?
A. Bob lived with Grandpa White.
B. Grandpa didn’t like to read newspapers.
C. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.
D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.
3. Bob could do nothing when .
A. Grandpa began to tell his boyhood
B. the customers got their newspapers late
C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely
D. grandpa asked him about the things he was doing.
4. The passage mainly tells us that .
A. Bob was still a child B. Grandpa liked to tell stories
C. The customers sometimes got angry D. Lonely people need other peopl
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