“Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a roo
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“Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local(当地的) family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor’s language ability,” said a teacher during a school meeting last term. “Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won’t be disappointed.”
After this special meeting, I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month, I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London, a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.
As we were still young, we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London, we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family(寄宿家庭) was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them, too.
The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast, a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sight-seeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben, the London Bridge, and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.
The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet, time really flew fast. Three weeks later, we had to leave “home” for Hong Kong.
小题1:In the “homestay” program, a visitor can _____.| A．learn more about holidays | B．understand his culture better | | C．improve the language ability | D．take part in foreign meetings |
小题2:The writer had wanted to visit London since _______.| A．last month | B．a long time ago | | C．the special meeting | D．her stay abroad |
小题3:The writer’s host family ______.| A．was very kind to her | B．went sight-seeing with her | | C．had two white daughters | D．was interested in her activities |
小题4:From the passage, we know that the writer ______ in London.| A．wished to stay a little longer | | B．had a wonderful time | | C．had classes in many interesting places | | D．helped the teacher take the students in a car |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：在国外游学选择什么样的寄宿方式？选择去当地居民家里住是一个不错的选择。我一直想要这样的机会，终于上个月和一些同学一起去了伦敦。我们住在不同的家庭里，而我选择的家庭让我学到了很多。每天都有各种各样的活动和出游。然而三个星期很快就过去了，这成了我宝贵的回忆。
小题1:细节理解题。根据文章第一段的It also helps to improve the visitor’s language ability.判断选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据文章第二段的and we went to London, a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.判断选B。
小题3:细节理解题。根据文章第三段的They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. 判断选A。
小题4:推理判断题。根据最后一段的段意（我喜欢此次旅行的每一分钟。……我们得离开“家”去香港。）判断我在伦敦过得很愉快。选B。 |
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Songkran（泰国泼水节）is the traditional Thai New Year that starts on April 13 annually. It’s also callled the “Water Festival” because people believe that water will wash away bad luck and make people fresh.
On the day, we spinkle洒small drops of water to bless monks and elders. Their hands are spinkled with perfumed(有香味的) water. In addition, this festival is for rain because it is the hottest season.
Nowadays, during the Songkran Festival, people always wet down everybody who walks past their houses or walks down the streets with cups or buckets水桶 of water. Everyone gets wet, but it is all in a spirit of friendliness, blessing and fun. People who get wet actually do not get angry because they know that it is traditional.
People will go to the temples to bathe沐浴Buddha images佛像and give special food to the monks. People do good things such as fish or birds and other animals released释放from their cages. On this day, everywhere in Thailand, people celebrate and enjoy the festival, especiallly in the northern part of Thailand.
We can see many foreigners join in the events and enjoyed this festival with Thais. Everybody also enjoys public events such as beauty contests, parades游行, and marching bands. 游行乐队
The Water Festival gives us freshness, happiness and fun because the weather is very hot. I hope everyone will travel to Thailand and enjoy this festival.
小题1:The traditional Thai New Year ________.| A．is celebrated at the beginning of each year. | | B．comes three months before that of each countries. | | C．is celebrated in a special way with its own activities. | | D．is the same as in other parts of the world. |
小题2:People sprinkle water during the Songkran Festival, because they______.| A．have nothing else to do | | B．believe it will bring good luck | | C．have too much water in their country | | D．want to use water to fight with each other. |
小题3:When Thai New Year comes, people think it ________ to make others wet through.| A．traditional | B．unfriendly | C．curious | D．strange |
小题4:Besides sprinkling water, people also_______ in this festival.| A．invite honorable foreign guests to join in them | | B．give freedom to some animals | | C．attend rich feasts宴会 and have fun with others | | D．bathe together to wash away bad luck |
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It can be hard to meet people from another culture. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal（信号）. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize （强调）the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in “small talk”, usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries--like the UK or France—people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment（多元文化环境）will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
小题1:In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ________.| A．keep each other company | B．share the same Culture | | C．get to know each other | D．develop closer relations |
小题2:The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that _________.| A．even talk and silence can be culturally different | | B．too many words are of no use | | C．people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature | | D．the English prefer to make long speeches |
小题3:According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?| A．By sharing different ways of life. | | B．By recognizing different values. | | C．By accepting different habits. | | D．By speaking each other’s languages. |
小题4:What would be the best title for the text?| A．Multicultural Environment. | B．How to Understand Each Other. | | C．Cross-Cultural Differences. | D．How to Build Up a Relationship. |
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When you don’t have anything planned for the day or it’s rainy outside and your children are stuck in the house, why not sit around and tell them riddles? Telling riddles will make your family laugh and sometimes even scratch their heads, trying to figure out what the answer is.
Riddles have been a pastime for centuries. Not only have riddles been something for passing the time, but they have also been used to pass on secret information during the Second World War. Even the ancient Greeks used riddles. They would tell riddles at parties and whoever was the first to get them right would receive prize.
Most riddles use words that have double meanings or share the same sound like “hear” and “here”. So in order to get the riddle, you will have to do some creative thinking and think of all the possibilities of different words. The difficulty of figuring out the riddle is based on the riddle itself. The riddle has to provide you with enough clues to come to the right answer, but that doesn’t mean that the clues have to be easy.
If you are looking to tell riddles but don’t know any, you can look online and you will find a large number of sites that will have hundreds of different riddles to choose from. If you would like to look somewhere else then you could look at your local bookstore, where you will be able to find many different books with thousands of riddles to choose from. You can even find websites and books that will tell you how to write your own riddles.
After you have found some resources that have different riddles, you will need to read through them to find the right ones for you and your family: You will also need to make sure that your kids will have a chance to figure out the answers. So take your time and choose the right family riddles to tell.
小题1:What is the author’s main purpose in writing the text?| A．To recommend an interesting family activity. | | B．To stress the importance of family activities. | | C．To encourage children to read more books. | | D．To introduce the history of riddles. |
小题2:From the text we know that riddles _______.| A．do not have enough clues | B．have a very long history | | C．were used in World War One | D．were first used in ancient Rome |
小题3:In Paragraph 3, the author mainly ________.| A．discusses how riddles are created | | B．explains why fiddles are interesting | | C．tells people how to solve riddles | | D．shows the benefits of telling riddles |
小题4:To collect riddles, the author suggests ________.| A．one way | B．two ways | C．three ways | D．four ways |
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Do you know the following expressions?
Faustian bargain
According to most stories, Faust was a German scholar who was rather unhappy with his life．The devil（魔鬼）, Mephistopheles, promises him that in return for his soul．he will give Faust unlimited power and knowledge．Faust agrees and experiences all kinds of pleasures, but, in the end, his soul goes to the hell．A “Faustian bargain” therefore is a deal that finally results in one"s ruin．It means a bargain made for temporary gain without taking future consequences into consideration．
A three-ring circus
When you refer to a situation as being a three-ring circus, you are saying that it is a situation of complete confusion．There are so many activities taking place all together that they leave you confused or annoyed．The expression comes from the world of entertainment—the circus．The area where the artists perform their acts is called the “ring”．In the past, some of the circuses were so large that they had three acts taking place meanwhile in three different “rings”．The audience had to decide which “ring” they wanted to focus on．
In the swim（of things）
When someone is in the swim of things, he is actively participating in the things happening around him, as in “I"ve been ill, but soon I"ll be back in the swim of things.” In the world of fishing, fishermen use the word “swim” to refer to the section of the lake/river where fish can be found in plenty．So, if you are a fish man and wish to catch a lot of fish, where would you be? You would be “in the swim”!
小题1:If a person makes a Faustian bargain, _____．| A．he might come to a bad end | | B．he would be considered clever | | C．his life would become satisfying | | D．he would gain power and knowledge |
小题2:In the past, why did a circus perform different acts at the same time ?| A．It was the audience’s requirement. | | B．The time was limited. | | C．The circus was very big. | | D．They wanted to earn more money. |
小题3:What do we learn about the expression “in the swim（of things）”?| A．It means having a lot of things to do． | | B．It has nothing to do with swimming． | | C．Originally it was used to refer to "going fishing"． | | D．Patients use it to express their desire for health. |
小题4:What is the text mainly about?| A．The development of English phrases | | B．Some old and interesting stories | | C．Some phrases" meanings and origins | | D．Some misunderstandings about words |
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New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It’s now a “global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly increased by foreign language skills.
Deeply involved with this new technology is a kind of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.
Overseas assignments (指派) are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive (行政) ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being “out of sight and out of mind.” He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to manage back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more common.
Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices (装置) with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.
English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.
The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight (洞察力) to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign customers over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset (有价值的人或物) to the firm.
小题1:With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, businesspeople ________.| A．are eager to work overseas | | B．have to get familiar with modern technology | | C．are gaining more economic benefits from domestic operations | | D．are attaching more importance to their overseas business |
小题2:In this passage, “out of sight and out of mind” (Line 3, Para. 3) probably means ________. | A．leaving all care and worry behind | | B．being unable to think properly for lack of insight | | C．being totally out of touch with business at home | | D．missing opportunities for promotion when abroad |
小题3:According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today? | A．Ability to speak the customer’s language. | | B．Connections with businesses overseas. | | C．Technical know-how. | | D．Business experience. |
小题4:The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can ________. | A．fast-forward their proposals to headquarters | | B．better control the whole negotiation process | | C．easily make friends with businesspeople abroad | | D．easily find new approaches to meet market needs |
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