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　　[1]Homestay is a great way to experience a new culture．As a volunteer you will get a new family to live with．Apart from their visits to tourist sites, most international volunteers remember their experiences in the homestay．

　　To help you with your homestay, here are a couple of tips．

　　[2]As a sign of kindness, carry a small gift to the family you are going to live with．It will make you look like a generous person and they will try to accommodate(提供住宿)you longer．People are all glad to be given gifts．

　　[3]As you will be living in a new home and culture, there are things that are different．There should be habits which could be new to you, like how they take a shower or how they raise kid．Do not judge them by their habits, but try to understand their culture．Soon you will find their ways are different but they also work．

　　[4]Don’t be the first one to wake up or the last one to wake up in the mornings．Wake up in time for breakfast and if possible try to help make breakfast．Some cultures find it ________ to still be in bed when everyone has got up．

　　[5]Be thankful for everything the family decides to give you or do for you．If the host mom wants to wash your clothes, just accept and be very grateful．When they bring food and any other things to you, make sure to thank them．

　　[6]Most volunteers stop communicating with the host family after they end their homestay．They may forget the host family．The better way is to keep up with the host family whenever you can．This way you would form a lifelong friendship, and the next time you go to that country you can stay with them again．

1．What’s the best title of the passage?(no more than 6 words)

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2．Complete the following statement with proper words．(no more than 4 words)

Instead of forming an opinion about the habits of your host family, you should try to ____________________

3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．(no more than 3 words)

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4．What is the main idea of the last two paragraphs?(no more than 20 words)

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5．What does the word “It”(Line 2, Paragraph 2)probably refer to?(no more than 3 words)

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解析：

　　1．Tips for volunteers’ homestay

　　2．understand their culture

　　3．very impolite/upsetting/rude

　　4．Be thankful for everything the host family have done for you and keep up with them all the time．

　　5．Giving gifts．


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　　“No one is an island”is a well-known line from John Done's Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago．Even now people still agree with him．No one can live a completely isolated life．Without other people, life became empty and sad．We all need to have friends．

　　For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling sheepish, we may not want to make the first move．It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have．

　　There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous．This“how to”book about getting along with other people bacame a best seller．It was later put into 28 languages．

　　Dale Carnegie's advice seems to be simple．But can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book．

　　1．Be friendly and polite．

　　Always greet with a smile．Begin with“excuse me”or“would you mind”when you want to ask somebody．Remember to say“thank you”and try to be as helpful as you can．

　　2．Go out of your way to be nice．

　　Find some time to do special things for other people．Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better．

　　3．Remember names．

　　They say that the sweetest music to a person's ears is the sound of his or her own name．

　　4．Be open-minded．

　　Try to understand other people's way and ideas and learn something from them．

　　5．Listen patiently．

　　When someone is talking to you, look at her, listen carefully and say something when necessary．

1．What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in the first paragraph?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．What is the best title for this passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．Why do some of us feel it not easy to make friends?(Please answer within 15 words．)

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　　“No one is an island” is a well-known line from John Done’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago．Even now people still agree with him．No one can live a completely isolated life．Without other people, life became empty and sad．We all need to have friends．

　　For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling sheepish, we may not want to make the first move．It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have．

　　There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous．This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best seller．It was later put into 28 languages．

　　Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple．But can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book．

　　1．Be friendly and polite．

　　Always greet with a smile．Begin with “excuse me” or “would you mind” when you want to ask somebody．Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can．

　　2．Go out of your way to be nice．

　　Find some time to do special things for other people．Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better．

　　3．Remember names．

　　They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name．

　　4．Be open-minded．

　　Try to understand other people’s way and ideas and learn something from them．

　　5．Listen patiently．

　　When someone is talking to you, look at her, listen carefully and say something when necessary．

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　　[1]Why can't I get it done?

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1．What is the best title of this passage?(no more than 6 words)

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