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.
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(谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinner usually consists 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 a 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.
1.Which of the following will be provided by the host?
A. Room cleaning. B. Medical care.
C. Physical training. D. Free accommodation.
2.What does Continental Breakfast include?
A. Cheese and cold meat. B. Fruit and coffee.
C. Fruit juice and bread. D. Dessert and tea.
3.What’s the advantage of self-catering accommodation for students?
A. To be independent. B. To practice English.
C. To make more friends. D. To enjoy warm family atmosphere.
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An abandoned girl named Sophie happens to see the big friendly giant (巨人) (BFG for short), who is running through the streets of London and “blowing dreams” to children late at night. The BFG is scared that the girl will give away his secret, so he takes Sophie back to his native Giant Country. In fact, the BFG is a kind-hearted vegetarian, but other giants in his native country like nothing more than eating humans. Sophie and the BFG try to stop these giants from continuing to eat humans. During this period, they become good friends.
Spielberg’s The BFG tells the tale of an unlikely friendship brought to life in an imaginary world. However, many people say the story is a bit too kid-friendly. Optimism is Spielberg’s typical tone, but the final victorious battle against the bad guys seems a little bit too easy. And when the BFG fights for the first time against the giants who have been hurting him, it seems confusing how he successfully drives away bad guys who are almost twice his size.
Spielberg does leave a little for adult viewers to digest. The BFG doesn’t want to be seen as a monster by humans，but in the end his own kind ends up caught and locked up in isolation. Will he also be destined (注定) to spend the rest of his days in a remote place alone?
Despite being made for a younger audience, the film is still worth a watch. It doesn’t have gun-fights, death, explosions and the stuff that people seem to be interested in nowadays. But the film takes us back to a more innocent time.
1.Why is Sophie taken to Giant Country?
A. Because she leaks BFG’s secret.
B. Because she happens to see BFG running on the streets.
C. Because she lives a miserable life as an abandoned child.
D. Because she is thought to be likely to tell BFG’s secret to others.
2.What does the underlined phrase ^drives away” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Sends away. B. Breaks away from.
C. Frightens away. D. Keeps away from.
3.What can be inferred from the text?
A. The BFG likes nothing but eating humans.
B. Not every viewer thinks highly of this film.
C. The other giants end up captured and isolated in the film.
D. This film mainly tells the practical friendship between Sophie and the BFG
4.What type of writing is the text?
A. A movie review.
B. An advertisement.
C. An announcement.
D. A fiction.
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If you are a teacher, join Youngzine and sign up your class for free today! Youngzine is an online News Magazine for school age children. It provides an educational, entertaining, yet safe way for kids and adults to get the latest news from around the world.
Many educators have said that Youngzine is a perfect complement to academic material, and can be a great resource for teachers and their classes. Learning through current events not only makes students more aware of what’s going on in the world, but also helps absorb concepts better.
Moreover, Youngzine now provides a safe “blog” environment for classrooms—a constructive, creative and controlled way for teachers to create classroom assignments (任务) and push for discussions on current events!
Youngzine provides special features just for you. If you sign up as a teacher:
• Each of your classes get a “Classroom Code” that identifies the students in that class. For each class, you get a “Blog” where you can post assignments and have students respond. You can include specific articles and quizzes in each assignment.
• For each of your classes, you get to see a foil report of each student’s activities just by going to your classroom tab (标签): their comments, assignment, responses, points and quiz results.
If you are a teacher of homeschool, when you and your students share a computer, it requires each of you to log in/out separately. If it is inconvenient, you can use a single account in your class on Youngzine.
It only takes 2 minutes to get started:
JOIN YOUNGZINE (if you haven’t already done so) and SIGN UP YOUR CLASS!
If you have any questions or comments, let us know—we’d love to make this work for your class.
1.Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. Only school age children can sign up for free.
B. Youngzine is an online News Magazine for all ages.
C. You can learn the latest news all over the world in a safe way.
D. Youngzine provides an entertaining way for people to kill time.
2.Youngzine is of great help for students because ________.
① it helps’ absorb concepts completely.
② it provides a full report of every student.
③ it is a perfect complement to academic material.
④ it makes students aware of what’s going on in the world.
A. ①② B. ①③
C. ②③ D. ③④
3.For what purpose did the author write the text?
A. To encourage teachers to join Youngzine and sign up.
B. To emphasize the importance of a safe blog environment.
C. To provide teachers with a platform to educate students better.
D. To introduce an online News Magazine for both teachers and students.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. Join Youngzine!
B. An Online News Magazine.
C. Sign up for Youngzine for Free.
D. A Safe Way for Kids to Get the Latest News.
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Most people know something about the greenhouse effect. Factories send gasses such as carbon dioxide, or CO2, into the atmosphere, the air around the earth. In the past, this wasn’t a problem because trees absorbed the CO2. But now people in many countries are cutting down billions of trees all around the world. At the same time, factories are sending more CO2 into the atmosphere. It’s difficult to believe, but factories put billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. One ton is over 2000 pounds, so it is a lot of pollution. There is too much CO2 and there aren’t enough trees, so the world is getting warmer. In other words, we have a greenhouse effect. This is terrible for the environment.
What can we do about this? Firsts we can stop using so much coal and oil. We can learn to use different kinds of energy: the sun, wind, steam from volcanoes，and heat from inside the earth. Second, instead of cutting down trees, we should plant more trees. One tree can absorb ten pounds of carbon dioxide every year.
The trees are good for the earth’s atmosphere and for Guatemala (拉丁美洲国家危地马拉).In small towns and villages in Guatemala, most women are poor and have hard lives. Trees help them in three ways. First, the Connecticut factories pay them to plant the trees. Their pay is com, not money. The com is good for their children. Second, these women know a lot about their environment. They know where to plant when to plant, and what kinds of trees to plant. For example，they plant many fruit trees. The fruit gives them vitamins for their families, diets. Other trees are good for firewood. In a few years, the women won’t spend so much time looking for firewood. Third, all these trees are good for the soil. Now rain can’t wash the soil down from the mountains so easily.
This plan isn’t enough to stop the greenhouse effect. However, it’s a start. The woman of Guatemala are helping themselves and helping their environment.
1.Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. Factories send more CO2 into the atmosphere.
B. Trees can’t absorb the same CO2 as they did in the past.
C. Billions of trees are being cut down throughout the world.
D. The greenhouse effect is extremely bad for the environment.
2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. The reasons why we should plant more trees.
B. Ways we can adopt to take heat from volcanoes.
C. Measures to be taken to forbid the use of coal and oil.
D. Things we can do to stop or reduce the greenhouse effect.
3.How does planting trees help improve women’s lives in Guatemala?
A. By preventing the greenhouse effect.
B. By developing their skills of planting trees.
C. By enabling them to earn more money to support their family.
D. By making them get com and fruit to feed their family in return.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards the plan of planting trees in Guatemala?
A. Critical. B. Neutral.
C. Positive. D. Doubtful.
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When many people think about planting a tree, they do not realize that there are several things that they need to consider. You can’t simply just dig a single hole, throw the tree into that space, and expect it to grow without any disease. 1.
The first thing that you need to take into account is the time of year that you are looking to plant the tree in. Believe it or not, in order to plant a tree that will stay alive and be able to survive, you have to plant it at the time of year that is right for the tree. 2. The burning sun during these periods of time will cause a big amount of stress of the tree, which will then lead to its death. 3.
4. You should choose a suitable region and climate for the tree. If you decide to plant a tree that is not a native of a particular climate, you need to consider different factors about the tree such as the growth habits of the tree and how much tolerance the tree has to different weather conditions.
5. Sometimes in cases where people will be digging deep holes to plant a tree, they need to make sure that they are not digging around the phone lines that may be buried below the surface. Among other things, the hole determines if the tree can survive.
A. Normally you should never plant a tree in late spring or summer.
B. When digging a hole for a tree, you’d better dig as deep as possible.
C. You should then look at the place where you plan to plant the tree in.
D. The best time to consider planting your tree is around autumn or early spring.
E. The tree will not only be planted but will continue to grow well for years to come.
F. The next thing that you need to know is whether there are requirements where you’ll dig.
G. There are a few basic things that you need to do in order to make sure the tree grows healthily.
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Easter is a holiday celebrated all over the world. A lot of people like to do ____ things during the Easter weekend. One year my friends Katherine and David decided to ____ on the weekend. They lived in Houston and I lived in San Antonio, about 250km away.
I was very ____ to go to the wedding. I ____ a new black suit, new black shoes, and a great wedding gift for Katherine and David. After having breakfast in my apartment, I was ready to go and got into my car. I started the car and was ____! The car made a very loud scratchy ____. It didn’t start. My car was ____!
I ____ called my other friends who were going to the wedding. They were all in Houston already. I was so ____. I really wanted to go to the wedding. Then I ____ one more person that might still be in San Antonio. The girl I ____, Emily.
I called Emily to see if she was still in town and she was! She came to my ____ and we drove to the wedding together. I was a little nervous ____ I liked her very much, but I didn’t dare to ask her out. On the way, we had a great ____ and we were both really excited for David and Katherine and couldn’t ____ to get there.
The wedding was beautiful. There was so much delicious food at the ____, and because it was Easter, the entire wedding was ____ in very bright colors. The best part was that Emily and I danced all night together. I got to know her very well and we decided to go on a ____ when we ____ to San Antonio. My car breaking down was the best thing that ____ to me that Easter weekend!
1.A. ordinary B. common C. strange D. special
2.A. get changed B. get separated C. get married D. get promoted
3.A. interested B. excited C. confused D. disappointed
4.A. wore B. bought C. borrowed D. made
5.A. moved B. frightened C. shocked D. surprised
6.A. sound B. voice C. shout D. cry
7.A. broken B. wrong C. dead D. injured
8.A. slowly B. immediately C. finally D. gradually
9.A. happy B. pleased C. upset D. curious
10.A. dreamed of B. thought of C. talked about D. spoke about
11.A. fancied B. hated C. disliked D. enjoyed
12.A. dormitory B. company C. apartment D. town
13.A. so B. because C. but D. and
14.A. conversation B. speech C. rest D. travel
15.A. bear B. wait C. stand D. help
16.A. celebration B. congratulation C. reception D. recreation
17.A. lighted B. decorated C. painted D. constructed
18.A. day B. date C. week D. night
19.A. got up B. got down C. got over D. got back
20.A. occurred B. hit C. happened D. struck
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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，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。
National Youth Day is celebrated in China every year on 4th May. It 1. (establish) by the Government Administration Council of People’s Republic of China in December of 1949 2. (honor) the May Fourth Movement of 1919.
After World War I ended, 3. peace conference was held by the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Japan in Paris. China sent some of its delegates (代表) to participate in the conference. China demanded that Japan cancel the unfair “21 items” and 4. Germany should give Shandong Back to China, 5. was occupied by Japan during WWI. The very rational request was refused and the 6. (legal) privilege of Germany of Shandong Province was transferred to Japan. The outcome caused a significant amount of anger among the residents of China. Approximately 30,000 students from different 7. (university) around Beijing gathered at Tian’anmen Square on May 4th to hold a protest 8. the decision. Finally on June 28th Chinese delegates refused to sign the Paris Treaty, 9. (make) the movement a success. This marked the 10. (begin) of National Youth Day.
难度: 困难查看答案及解析
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。
Decades ago, I was a child. Hoped I could have an opportunity to attend college, my parents were pushed me to study hard. I experienced pressure at the first time. I did that my parents expected me to do because I didn’t want to let them off. I was born in a rich family, and I really knew life was not easy. All the things my parents did were for their hope that I would lead better life in the future.
Finally thanks to their push and the pressures, I had a chance to go to college and am able to meet my parents’ expectations. I made them.
难度: 困难查看答案及解析
假定你是李华，是红星高中的学生会主席。为让更多的人了解中国优秀传统文化，你校将举办中国传统文化展（the Traditional Chinese Culture Exhibition)，请给你的外教Mr. Green写封邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括：
1. 时间、地点以及参加人员；
2. 文化展的宗旨；
3. 展出内容：相关书籍、照片、绘画、剪纸等。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Green,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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