Question

Home stay 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

Home stays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones3 and 4often offer larger accommodation in a less crowned 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（谷物類食品），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 desert, 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 home stay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.

1.The passage is probably written for ____________.

A. host willing to receive foreign students

B. foreigners hoping to build British culture

C. travellers planning to visit families in London

D. English learners applying to like in English homes

2. Which of the following will the host provide?

A. Room cleaning. B.Medical care.

C.Free transport. D.Physical training.

3.What can be inferred from Paragraph3?

Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2

B. The business centre of London is in Zone.

C. Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre.

D. Zone 2 is more crowded than Zone 4.

4. According to the passage. What does continental Breakfast include?

A. Dessert and coffee B. Fruit and vegetables.

C. bread and fruit juice D. Centre and cold meat.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述的是寄居在當(dāng)?shù)厝思依锬軌蛱峁┙o學(xué)英語的學(xué)生在教室外面講英語的機(jī)會同時也會有成為一個英國家庭的一部分的經(jīng)歷

1.推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段Home stay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.可知本文是給那些想到英國去學(xué)習(xí)語言的人所寫的，介紹homestay的信息。故選D項。

2.  細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.可知A項Room cleaning是對方提供的服務(wù)之一，故選A項。

3.推斷題。根據(jù)第三段提到的Home stays 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.可知倫敦1區(qū)是商業(yè)的集中區(qū)，2,3,4區(qū)有很多homestay的服務(wù) 故選B項。。

4.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段提到Y(jié)our accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal, bread and tea or coffee.可知C項是傳統(tǒng)的英國早餐的內(nèi)容，故選C項。

考點(diǎn)：文化類閱讀。