Question

【題目】The homestay provides English learning students with the good chance to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of an American home.

The host

The host (主人) will provide healthy meals and clean rooms. And the host will offer help and advice on your physical (身體的) 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 it is in the central New York and most of it is trading center (商業(yè)中心). Most of the rooms in Zone 3 and 4 are larger than those in Zone 2.

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. Clean rooms. B. A swimming pool. C. A car. D. English books.

【2】Which zone is in central New York?

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

【3】What do most hosts would like to offer for breakfast?

A. Fruit juice, cheese and coffee. B. Fruit juice, bread and coffee.

C. Fruit, fish and cold meat. D. Fruit juice, dessert and vegetables.

【4】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The hosts will care for your physical and mental health.

B. Few American families offer the traditional cooked breakfast.

C. You can’t invite any friends to the house without asking the host.

D. Most of the rooms in Zone 3 and 4 are smaller than those in Zone 2.

【5】Where can we probably read this passage?

A. In a storybook.

B. In a dictionary.

C. In an English learning magazine.

D. On a cooking TV programme.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 A

【3】 B

【4】 D

【5】 C

【解析】

文章主要講述的是一些想住在美國(guó)的家庭學(xué)英語人，他們?cè)谝率匙⌒蟹矫嫘枰�注意的事�?xiàng)。

【1】根據(jù)The host (主人) will provide healthy meals and clean rooms.可知提供干凈房間；故選A

【2】根據(jù)Most hosts don’t live in Zone 1 because it is in the central New York 可知在紐約中心的是 Zone 1 ；故選A

【3】根據(jù)Your breakfast mainly includes fruit juice, bread and coffee.可知早餐是水果汁，面包和咖啡；故選B

【4】根據(jù) And the host will offer help and advice on your physical (身體的) and mental (精神的) health.可知A對(duì)；根據(jù) few American families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast.可知B對(duì)；根據(jù)If you wish to invite a friend to visit you, you must ask your host for permission (許可) first, 可知C對(duì)；根據(jù)Most of the rooms in Zone 3 and 4 are larger than those in Zone 2.可知D不對(duì)；故選D

【5】根據(jù)文章主要講述的是一些想住在美國(guó)的家庭學(xué)英語人，他們?cè)谝率匙⌒蟹矫嫘枰�注意的事�?xiàng)。可知可能在英語學(xué)習(xí)雜志上看到；故選C

短文閱讀，做題時(shí)要結(jié)合文章的特點(diǎn)，題目涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷，做題時(shí)要在了解文章大意的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合題目針對(duì)不同的題型采用不同的解答方式，比如細(xì)節(jié)理解題，我們要抓住里面的最有效的信息選擇出正確的答案，總之理解透文章是做好一篇閱讀理解的關(guān)鍵。例如：小題4 根據(jù) And the host will offer help and advice on your physical (身體的) and mental (精神的) health.可知A對(duì)；根據(jù) few American families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast.可知B對(duì)；根據(jù)If you wish to invite a friend to visit you, you must ask your host for permission (許可) first, 可知C對(duì)；根據(jù)Most of the rooms in Zone 3 and 4 are larger than those in Zone 2.可知D不對(duì)；故選D