阅读理解。
Most students , who are learning a foreign language . like to choose Homestay when they 6tudy abroad. Others also prefer homestay even if they go on a visit or a holiday in another country. Presently, homestay has become a form of accommodation(寄宿 ) which is very popular all around the world. If you want to stay at a comfortable and home-like house and experience the life of local people, you can book a homestay on the Internet before you go abroad. It is easy for you to pick out a host family that you want to live with from all over the world. So what is homestay? And what makes it so popular nowadays? Homestay means living with a foreign family or "host family" as we 8tay abroad. It is usually called a home away home. There are three ways of doing it :
★Choose to learn English in a language school near your homestay where you live ;
★Have your English classes in the house with a member of family who is a qualified (合格的) teacher;
★Don't have any classes at all when you visit a foreign country-a popular choice if you want to be a tourist far example. Even in the busy summer period the organization that provides the homestays will always try to place you with the most suitable(适合的) host family to meet your needs. With the help of the or organizations. you don't worry about where you live, your interests, your language level. eating habits. medical care and anything else you may have during the homestay.
Though the price of homestay is ,mainly depended on your needs, high- quality homestay accommodation can be relatively economical(经济的). And if you want your homestay in or near the city center, you may pay for an extra amount of money. Even if you 8tay further out. you can expect your journey into the center not to Go beyond 30 minutes.
Not only does homestay accommodation represent(象征) value for money， it also gives you an excellent opportunity to practise the foreign language with your host family. This is a very important extra for students who like t0 8peak as much language as possible. Bui if you plan io learn English . why not have your English classes in your host family? There's no better way to learn languages than this because it makes learning and accommodation together as well as the cultural experience !
1.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Learning languages at school is much better than that in homestays.
B. All the homestay family members used to be good teachers in the past
C. More money should be paid a you live in host families in city center.
D. Everything has to be thought about after you enter a homestay family.
2. What's the writer's attitude towards homestay according lo the passage?
A. The writer think homestay is good for language learning.
B. The writer hopes homestay families will provide more service.
C. The writer is worried about the safety of homestay in the future.
D. The writer complains about development of homestay nowadays
3.What's the passage mainly about?
A. It introduces famous, places of interest around the world.
B. It tells us why homestay has been popular in the world.
C. It give* us advice on how to learn foreign languages well.
D. It describes how homestay works between different countries.
阅读理解。
Elsie Comer is nearly 92, but she can still play a game of Words with Friends on her iPad and claims (宣称) that the Apple product has changed her life.
Mrs. Comer, who lives in a house close to Manchester Airport, admits(承认) to playing the hugely popular puzzle game at a time and also uses her iPad to track the planes that fly overhead and explore the world with Google Earth.
"It's been a wonderful ,way to keep in touch with my family, " she said. "I use it nearly all the hours of daylight. 2-3 hours in the morning. then again in the afternoon. " I live near the airport , so I love being able to look at the Flight Tracker and see where the planes that fly overhead are going. I also really like Words with Friends . and have 16 games going at a time.
Mrs. Comer taught painting when she left school. She did own a laptop. But struggled(费力 ) with it. "She had a laptop before, but the problem was that she couldn't see the cursor(光标), and that she also has shaky hands that struggle with the mouse. " said her 63-year-old daughter, Jean Holt , from Citheroe. "I was in America visiting my daughter, and I played with an iPad and decided to buy one for my mother.
Mrs. Holt loaded the iPad with apps(应用程序) gradually so her mother could learn how to use them. "She uses it several hours a day, and is determined (决心) to keep up with everything new, so she reads the news, sends emails, and uses FaceTime to make video calls to us all." she said.
ELSIES FAVORITE APPS
★Words with Friends-a free Scrabble-like puzzle app
★Flight Tracker-allowing her to see the details of planes that fly over her home
★ FaceTime-used to make video calk to her family around the world
★iMessage-used to send text messages to mobile phones
★Solitaire-a classic card Same
1. Why does the writer write this passage?
A. To tell us the secrets of how Mrs. Comer keeps healthy.
B. To describe how co use Apple apps in our daily life.
C. To explain Mrs. Corner makes a living alone.
D. To prove iPad has good effect on Mrs. Comer's life.
2. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
A. What Mrs. Comer uses her iPad to do in her daily life.
B. How Mrs. Comer explorers the world with Google Earth.
C. When Mrs. Comer sends text messages to mobile phones.
D. Why Mrs. Holt bought an iPad for her mother instead.
3. What does the underlined word " track" mean in the second paragraph?
A. catch up with B. follow the route of
C. take a photo of D. keep in touch with
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. One is never too old to learn.
D. A good beginning is half done.
阅读理解。
Rocky Hurt and Ethan Wilson were playing football in their front yard in Marietta. Suddenly a woman they had never met ran out of her house shouting to them to call an ambulance. That woman was Susanna Rohm. Her 12-week-old baby seemed to stop breathing. She was so scared that she couldn’t find her cell phone . so she had decided to rush outside to ask for help.
After getting their parents to make the call, the two boys followed their mother to see if they could do anything to help. And help they did! As Susanna was trying to do CPR(心肺复苏术) on her baby. young Rocky came in and told her she was doing it all wrong. Instead he asked her to use two fingers, push on the chest 5-10 times, tilt(倾斜 ) the baby's head, plug(堵住) the nose and then do a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (复苏 ) by breathing into the baby's mouth. Luckily for him and the baby, Susanna accepted his advice for even a second and came a loud cry from the baby. Soon the doctors came and the baby was sent to hospital.
The most amazing part of this story is that neither boy has attended a CPR class. Instead, they learned it all by carefully reading the posters on the wall of their school hall. And, while they are now being called heroes and even interviewed on national television. Neither really cares. They are just glad to have saved the baby's life! "Thanks to the posters on the walls, they could save the kid ! " their teacher said to the reporter proudly.
1. What did Susanna ask Rocky and Ethan to do in a hurry?
A. Call an ambulance for her baby.
B. Take care of her baby al home.
C. Help her to find her cell phone.
D. Play football in from of her house.
2.How did Rocky and Ethan learn CPR?
A. They used to go to the hospital to learn from the doctors.
B. They often listened to the radio and kept it in their mind.
C. They usually watched the medical care programmes on TV
D. They read the posters about it on the walls of their school.
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Rocky and Ethan often attended CPR classes.
B. Susanna didn't know anything about CPR at all.
C. Rocky taught Susanna to do CPR correctly.
D. Rocky’s mother did CPR for Susanna's baby.
4. We can know from the last paragraph that
A. Rocky and Ethan were invited to report about CPR on TV.
B. Rocky and Ethan had benefited from their school culture.
C. Rocky and Ethan were famous for making posters al school
D. Rocky and Ethan both cared about being called heroes.
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容．从短文后各西所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
This is a book show. Read and enjoy them in your free time！ Let’s do pleasure reading together.
| Greg Heffley is at school. His middle school is going to hold a dance party. but it is very difficult for Greg to find anyone to go with. Finally he finds a girl from his class luckily. That is the beginning of The Third Wheel story. This book is full of jokes and interesting pictures. By Jeff Kinnney |
| Bean’s elder sister goes to a summer camp. But Bean can't join her because she is too young So Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They come up with all the activities and, of course. they make the rules. Their happiness and kindness will make you want to keep reading. By Annie Barrows |
| Stick Dog is a dog that lives in an empty pipe(管子 ) . He has four friend, named Pooh-Pooh., Strips , Karen and Mutt. When Stick Dog smells delicious hamburgers , he and his friends decide to steal the food from a human family that are having a picnic in Picasso Park. Along the way, they face a lot of funny challenges. By Tom Watson |
| Zoe and Alice's mother saves dogs. But dogs aren’t the only things that need to be saved. The family's new neighbour, Philip. doesn't speak, and no one knows why. White Fur Flying is all about understanding the love from both inside and outside. Although it is a little sad, the book is good to read. By Patricia Maclachlan |
1. We can find out_________ is filled with lots of funny jokes and pictures.
A. The Third Wheel B. Stick Dag
C. White Fur Flying D. Ivy and Bean
2. What do Bean and Ivy decide to do?
A. Join a school dancing party.
B. Steal food from the family.
C. Save dogs in their community.
D. Set up their own camp.
3.What does the writer think of the book White Fur Flying?
A. Funny. B. Humorous.
C. A little sad. D. Boring.
4.The books above are mainly written for
A. middle-aged adults B. kids or teenagers
C. elderly people D. college students
完形填空。
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A.B.C．D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
It was a school sports meeting. My foot still hadn’t healed（愈合）from earlier injury. I had _____ whether I should attend the meeting. Bui finally l was standing at starting line, ready for the 3000-meter run. "Ready.…set.…”the gun popped（砰）and we all_______0ff.A few ,minutes later. When I saw the other girls running ahead of me, I felt very ashamed(惭愧) as I fell farther and farther behind.“Hooray!”shouted the crowd.1t was the______ cheer I had ever heard at a meeting. The first-place runner was two laps（圈）ahead of me when she crossed the finishing line. "Maybe I should_______ out.”I thought as I moved on along the track. However, I made up my mind to keep running for the last two laps in the race. I ran in _____ and decided not to take part in the race next year. "It won't be worth even if my foot has healed，”I thought.
When I got to the finishing line. I heard_____cheer. louder than the one
I’d heard earlier. I turned around and sure enough the boys were preparing for their race. I said to myself. "They must be cheering for the boys.”
1 was leaving______when several girls came up to me. "Wow. you've got courage!“one of them told me.“Courage? I've just lost a race!”I thought.“I would have _______up on the first lap if I were you,” said one girl. "AII of us were cheering for you. Did you hear us?" After hearing these words. I suddenly regained（重新获得）_____．I decided to stick with stick next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always measured(衡量)in medals and victories, but in the difficulty we overcome（克服）．The strongest people are not always the people who______,but the people who don't give up when they fail.
1.A. imagined B. suggested C. doubted D. expected
2.A. rushed B. jumped C. got D. took
3.A. worst B. earliest C. loudest D. shortest
4.A. help B. point C. check D. drop
5.A. order B. pain C. fear D. surprise
6.A. another B. either C. other D. some
7.A. proudly B. nervously C. pleasantly D. silently
8.A. given B. caught C. cheered D. speeded
9.A. energy B. hope C. success D. opportunity
10.A. argue B. win C. challenge D. complain
-Can you tell me__________ tomorrow. Susan?
-At 5: 00 a. m.
A. when your plane arrived
B. when did your plane arrive
C .when your plane will arrive
D. when will your plane arrive
