US people are overweight, eat lots of fast food and fill their homes with pets. At least that’s what 21 European teenagers think.
The students, 18 from Germany and 3 from France, are exchange students. They are studying in the US for a year. After a few days in the US, they said what they thought about the country.
Most talked about the amount of fast food US people eat. It’s not that the students don’t eat fast food. They just don’t eat as much.
Laetitia Villeneuve from France said she eats fast food, usually McDonald’s, only once or twice a year.
“I like it,” said Nora Koeberle from Germany. “But I couldn’t eat it every day. I’d get fat.”
Students are surprised at how big US people seem.
“There are fat people in Germany,” said Antonia Greimel from Germany. “But not as many as there are here.”
They also spoke about the animals. Silvana Wolfram from Germany said she had heard about how people had lots of pets in the US.
Other ways of US high schools interested the students.
For example, Koeberle said she wouldn’t be able to play an instrument or sports as part of her classes in Germany. She can in the US.
But the best thing about US high schools is something the European kids can’t get back home. “I do wish we had parties,” Koeberle said.
1.Where do the 21 students come from?
A. Germany and France. B. Germany and England.
C. France and Greece. D. England and Greece.
2.Which of the following about the students is TRUE?
A. Greimel thinks there Ve more fat people in Germany.
B. Villeneuve eats McDonald’s once or twice a week.
C. Koeberle has music class or PE class in Germany.
D. Wolfram has learned something about pets in the US.
3.According to the last paragraph, we know ________.
A. Koeberle will go to parties before she leaves the US
B. there are not parties in Keoberle’s school in Germany
C. Koeberle wants to hold a party with her classmates
D. Koeberle doesn’t like the parties in the US
4.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. why US people eat so much fast food
B. why US people are overweight
C. what the 21 European students think of US people
D. how people have lots of pets in the US
Guide for New Students
Transportation
The TWU Express is a shuttle (班车) service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 9 am and 3 pm, Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.
Food
The TWU Cafeteria is open from 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks (小吃), drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay in cash or with your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.
If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.
Health
The Wellness Centre，on the top floor of Douglas Hall, is committed (承担) to physical, mental and social health. A doctor or a nurse is available (可获得的) if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.
Relaxation
The Globe, in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.
1.What is the function (功能) of TWU Express?
A. To carry students to the lecture halls.
B. To provide students with campus tours.
C. To take students to the Mattson Centre.
D. To transport students to and from the stores.
2.What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?
A. Do homework and watch TV. B. Have meals and meet with friends.
C. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts. D. Add money to your ID and play chess.
3.Where and when can you cook your own food?
A. The McMillan Hall, Sunday. B. The Lower Café, Sunday.
C. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday. D. The Globe, Friday.
假定你是李华。你的交换生朋友Mary在你市举办的青年舞蹈比赛中荣获一等奖。请你用英语给她写封信。内容包括：
1. 表示祝贺；
2. 询问比赛情况；
3. 邀请她周末到你家教你跳舞。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mary,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last week, my English teacher let us did some research on “How to study English well”, She asked us to form a small group, that was made up with five students. In my group, there are three girls and two boys. I suggested we each play different role in it. Then I prepared the questions, and the rest of my group collected students’ answer. Because we worked as a team, so the research went very good and ended within two hours. The teacher praised me group, and I learned the important of cooperation（合作）.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
During the summer vacation, I took part in 1. 16th Natural English Contest（竞赛）, in which I was listed in the top 10 and 2.（gain）valuable experience.
I never expected 3.（go）that far. And I had never thought about standing that high on the stage. 4. at that moment, I set out for the long ride, All I had to do was try.
Preparing for the contest, practicing a 3-minute speech, and overcoming stage fright（怯场）, I spared no effort to take part in the competition.
One of my 5.（teammate）, my good friend in my school, gave me lots of encouragement and advice during the contest. Her ideas were new and powerful and she stayed quite calm when she was fighting against her 6.（compete）. She was like my coach, 7. showed me how to search for related materials online and how to express my own view 8.（clear）.
Thanks 9. the contest and the help pf my friend, I now feel relaxed on stage and confident when 10.（talk）.
I used to travel to make myself relaxed. Two years ago, I was rather busy with my business and under a lot of _______, so I went to Las Vegas for a holiday. I just wanted to get away and _____ for a while.
When I was on holiday, a（n）_______ suddenly came to me. I had long wished to pay a visit to the Greek island of Santorini. Therefore, the idea of a two-week European ______ alone was born.
I’d driven ______ across the US before, but traveling to other ______ whose languages aren’t the same as mine ______ me. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to ______with anyone.
But I soon ______ that if I wanted to follow my dreams, I had to ______ out of my comfort area. If I let ______ take control of me, I’d get nowhere.
As I was ______ more places visit on my trip, I found Mykonos, Greece, which I ______ just as much as I liked Sanorini. When I arrived in _______, it was like I was in a dream.
What I appreciated best was the bus ride to Venice. As I rode the bus and enjoyed every new thing I saw, I was completely ______ from the pressure of my work. How ______ it was to see people riding their bikes to the ______ they would like to go to!
Some people might say, “It’s not a big _______; it’s just Venice. Thousands of people go there every day.” But is was more than that to me. It was about having a ______ and when it was time for it to come true, don’t let it _______.
1.A. joy B. pressure C. loss D. pain
2.A. wait B. sleep C. work D. relax
3.A. idea B. incident C. stranger D. invitation
4.A. stay B. research C. vacation D. study
5.A. fast B. alone C. entirely D. together
6.A. cities B. parks C. countries D. companies
7.A. attracted B. frightened C. surprised D. interested
8.A. agree B. play C. communicate D. travel
9.A. realized B. responded C. selected D. suggested
10.A. look B. leave C. make D. step
11.A. fear B. pride C. anger D. courage
12.A. in danger of B. in place of C. in search of D. in charge of
13.A. explored B. visited C. doubted D. liked
14.A. Asia B. Europe C. America D. Africa
15.A. tired B. lost C. different D. free
16.A. threatening B. generous C. hard D. nice
17.A. castles B. places C. situation D. homeland
18.A. deal B. reality C. order D. ending
19.A. business B. dream C. future D. journey
20.A. explore B. decrease C. go D. happen
