I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I’ll be with you again on holiday.
I enjoy my stay in England very much indeed.My host and my fellow-students are all very nice to me, but as they say in England, “There’s no place like home”, and I think you will feel this above all at Christmas time.
I’m leaving here early on Thursday, the 23rd, and I will be arriving in Paris on Friday morning.So I will be home about lunch time Please meet me at the station.In some of my earlier letters I have told you all about the other students here.Well, I want to ask my Canadian friend, Ken, to come and spend Christmas, and he has no friends in England except me.He is a very nice boy.I know you will like him and I feel sure he will enjoy Christmas with us.But I haven’t invited him yet.Please let me know soon if that’s all right.I’ve got some Christmas presents for you all, but I’m not going to tell you what they are, so it will be a surprise.
How are you all at home?I hope you are keeping well.Make sure that father always puts on his big coat when he goes out so that he will not catch a cold.We don’t want him ill for Christmas.
(1)
The passage is part of a ________.
[ ]
A.
short story
B.
novel
C.
letter
D.
report
(2)
The writer is probably ________.
[ ]
A.
an English woman
B.
a French woman
C.
a Canadian
D.
an American
(3)
The writer feels very excited because ________.
[ ]
A.
she enjoys her stay in England very much
B.
She will have her friend spend Christmas with her family
C.
She will soon be with her family
D.
She has got some Christmas for her family
(4)
The saying “There’s no place like home” means ________.
[ ]
A.
There’s no place in the world which looks like home
B.
One feels best when one is at home with one’s own people
C.
Things at home are much better than things in other places
D.
Our own home is in every way better than anyone else’s home
(5)
The word“they”in the first paragraph means ________.
I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I’ll be with you again on holiday.
I enjoy my stay in England very much indeed.My host and my fellow-students are all very nice to me, but as they say in England, “There’s no place like home”, and I think you will feel this above all at Christmas time.
I’m leaving here early on Thursday, the 23rd, and I will be arriving in Paris on Friday morning.So I will be home about lunch time.Please meet me at the station.In some of my earlier letters I have told you all about the other students here.Well, I want to ask my Canadian friend, Ken, to come and spend Christmas, and he has no friends in England except me.He is a very nice boy.Know you will like him and I feel sure he will enjoy Christmas with us.But I haven’t invited him yet.Please let me know soon if that’s all right.I’ve got some Christmas presents for you all, but I’m not going to tell you what they are, so it will be a surprise.
How are you all at home?I hope you are keeping well.Make sure that father always puts on his big coat when he goes out so that he will not catch a cold.We don’t want him ill for Christmas.
(1)
The passage is part of a ________.
[ ]
A.
short
B.
novel
C.
letter
D.
report
(2)
The writer is probably ________.
[ ]
A.
an English woman
B.
a French woman
C.
an English woman
D.
an American
(3)
The writer feels very excited because ________.
[ ]
A.
she enjoys her stay in England very much
B.
She will have her friend spend Christmas with her family
C.
She will soon be with her family
D.
She has got some Christmas presents for her family
(4)
The saying “There’s no place like home” means ________.
[ ]
A.
There’s no place in the world which looks like home
B.
One feels best when one is at home with one’s own people
C.
Things at home are much better than things in other places
D.
Our own home is in every way better than anyone else’s home
(5)
The word “they” in the first paragraph means ________.