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【题目】 Studying abroad is complicated. Apart from academic matters that needed to be dealt with, you also need to maintain a great many personal relationships. 1 I spent most of the three and a half years in Canada with my host family. Their house is not far from my school. They are a local family of five: the parents, two sons at the age of eight or nine, and the grandmother.

In the first half year, we had no big conflicts. 2 Take food as an example. I had to bring my own lunch to school and my host family made cold sandwiches for me every day. Back in China, I always had warm meals, which maybe was why after having cold sandwiches for half a year I couldn’t stand it anymore.

3 They lived in a villa, and offered me a room on the first floor, while their living room and activity room were all on the second floor. At night or on weekends when I was ready to read, do my homework or go to bed, their sons would play with a ball, jump up and down and horse around. It felt like the whole floor was shaking.

After enduring for half a year, I told my parents I wanted to change to a Chinese host family, so that there would be less incompatible living habits. 4 He thought living in a Chinese host family overseas was no different from studying in China.

In the end, I chose to stay with that family and I gradually realized that they were actually nice people. 5 Gradually, they also started to care for me, a stranger from China. Occasionally, they would steam rice and make some stir-fried dishes for me; when the kids were playing upstairs, the host mother would remind them not to make too much noise. Although I was still bothered by their noise sometimes, I knew that there was no perfection in life. We needed to understand each other.

A.Another thing was about housing.

B.Luckily, my parents were of timely help.

C.But sometimes I did feel like fish out of water.

D.Therefore, we have to force ourselves to mature quickly.

E.From then on, I learned to communicate more with them.

F.Instead, sometimes I felt as comfortable there as at home.

G.However, my proposal was strongly rejected by my father.

【答案】

1D

2C

3A

4G

5E

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了作者在加拿大留学时的经历。开始的时候作者和寄宿家庭在食物和住宿上有一些分歧,但在长时间的接触和沟通后,彼此之间也能够互相理解并为对方考虑了。作者意识到,生活中没有完美,人们需要互相理解。

1

考查上下文连接。第一段第二句提到“Apart from academic matters that needed to be dealt with, you also need to maintain a great many personal relationships.”在海外留学的过程中,不仅要处理学业上的问题,还要维护好人际人际关系。结合后文作者和寄宿家庭关于食物和住宿之间的小摩擦并和好的过程可知,在国外留学时,要使自己快速成长起来,以应对不同的人际关系的问题。D项提到“因此,我们必须使自己迅速成熟起来”,符合语境。故选D

2

考查上下文连接。第二段提到作者在寄宿家庭时并没有和家庭主人发生什么非常大冲突,但是在食物上却非常的不习惯,作者在中国的时候都能吃到热饭菜,在国外却只能吃到冷冰冰的三明治,这一点让作者感到“I couldn’t stand it anymore.”自己无法忍受了。C项提到“但有时候我就像离开水的鱼”,表示自己无法适应这里的习惯,符合语境,故选C

3

考查段首句分析。第三段第二句“They lived in a villa, and offered me a room on the first floor, while their living room and activity room were all on the second floor.”提到了作者的居住环境,作者与寄宿家庭住在一栋别墅里,由此判断,该段介绍了作者在海外留学时在住宿方面遇到的不适应。A项提到“另一方面是关于住宿”,符合语境,故选A

4

考查上下文连接。第四段第一句提到“I told my parents I wanted to change to a Chinese host family,”因为作者在这个外国寄宿家庭内的种种不习惯,作者和自己的父母说想换去和中国寄宿家庭住。后文提到“He thought living in a Chinese host family overseas was no different from studying in China.”作者的父亲认为,如果在国外和中国寄宿家庭住的话就跟在国内上学没有任何区别,由此判断作者的父亲不同意作者的这个提议.G项提到“然而,我的提议遭到我父亲强烈的反对”,符合文意,故选G.

5

考查上下文连接。后文提到“Gradually, they also started to care for me, a stranger from China.”渐渐地,他们开始关系我这个从中国来的陌生人,且在该段中,作者还提到寄宿家庭的主人会为了作者做一些热的饭菜,而且在他们儿子吵闹的时候也会对他进行教育。由此判断,作者应该有和寄宿家庭的主人沟通过相应的问题,他们才会有做出相应的改变。E项提到“从那时起,我学会了和他们更多的交流”,符合语境,故选E

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