Question

【題目】The homestay (寄宿家庭) provides English language students with the good chance to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of an American home.

What to Expect

The host will provide places to live and meals. Rooms will be cleaned every day. And the host is there to offer help and advice on your physical and mental (精神的) health.

Living Area

Host families are mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4. Most hosts don't live in Zone 1 because much of central New York is trading center. Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger houses in uncrowded areas. But it's very convenient to travel to the center of New York by subway.

Meal Plans

It's important to know that few American families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your breakfast mainly includes fruit juice, bread and coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not part of the breakfast. Dinners are usually made up of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee

Friends

If you wish to invite a friend to visit you, you must ask your host for permission (許可) first, because some families feel uncomfortable when there are strangers at their home.

【1】Which of the following will the host provide?

A. Room cleaning.B. A swimming pool.C. Free transport.D. Traveling guide.

【2】We can infer (推斷) that _______ is in central New York.

A. Zone 1B. Zone 2C. Zone 3D. Zone 4

【3】The passage is probably written for _______ .

A. hosts who want to receive foreign students

B. travelers planning to visit families in New York

C. English learners who want to live in American homes

D. foreigners hoping to study American culture

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇介紹說明類文章。文章為那些到英國學(xué)習英語，打算寄宿在英國家庭中的學(xué)生們介紹了寄宿的相關(guān)信息。

【1】題意: 東道主將提供下列哪一項？考查細節(jié)理解題。A. Room cleaning. 房間清潔； B. A swimming pool. 游泳池；C. Free transport. 免費交通； D. Traveling guide. 旅游指南。根據(jù)第二段第1、2句The host will provide places to live and meals. Rooms will be cleaned every day.（主人將提供居住的地方和伙食。房間每天都要打掃。）可知選A。

【2】題意: 我們可以推斷出，_______在紐約中部�？疾橥评砼袛囝}。根據(jù)第三段第2句Most hosts don't live in Zone 1 because much of central New York is trading center.（大多數(shù)東道主不住在1區(qū)，因為紐約中部大部分是貿(mào)易中心。）我們可以推斷出， 1區(qū)在紐約中部。故選A。

【3】題意: 這篇文章可能是寫給___________________的�？疾橥评砼袛囝}。A. hosts who want to receive foreign students想接待外國留學(xué)生的東道主；B. travelers planning to visit families in New York計劃訪問紐約家庭的旅行者；C. English learners who want to live in American home，想住在美國家庭的英語學(xué)習者；D. foreigners hoping to study American culture希望學(xué)習美國文化的外國人。根據(jù)本文主要內(nèi)容尤其是第一段可知，這篇文章是為那些到英國學(xué)習英語，打算寄宿在一個英國家庭的學(xué)生介紹了寄宿的相關(guān)信息。結(jié)合選項可知選C。