Dear Lan Lan,

I’m now writing to you at Hartsop, a village in the Lake District, a place to have most beautiful scenery（景色）in English couple here to spend Christmas with them. This was planned for overseas students to know British way of life by living with British families.

We came two days before Christmas and during our stay, we have had everything we expected. Christmas turkey, Christmas cake, Christmas puddings, Christmas parties and Christmas gifts under the Christmas tree. All are exciting and amusing（有趣的）, but above all these, we are deeply touched by the hospitality（好客）of the family, Roger and Anne Marie.

Anne Marie was a nurse and all these days, she had been busy cooking meals, washing dishes and showing us around. Roger, who was a doctor, knows a lot about China and still wants to know more. He plays us Chinese music and it seems to me he does better in that than we do. In the evenings, we all sit around the fireplace with Tim, a lovely dog, by our side. Like long-time-no-see friends, we talk about all the things that have happened or we hope to happen in our lives. There is always so much to tell and to know.

After three months away from home, we are again feeling how sweet a home can be. Roger and Anne Marrie are not like most of the other people we have met who always make us feel we are foreigners in a foreign country. They show such kindness to us that they bring us a person-to-person feeling, instead of a British-to-Chinese feeling. They make us believe that though there are differences of languages and cultures, one may always expect to find in every corner of the world the feeling of love and being loved.

How I wish Mum and Dad could meet them! How I wish you were here with me! How strange it is that the more I feel at home here, the more I miss my real home and all of you. We always talk about “when we go back home next year…” and soon we will turn this into “when we go back home THIS year…” for the New Year’s Day is coming. Miss you.

                                                                   Love

Cao Wen

61. The writer is        now in England.

  A. a Chinese visitor to an English family        B. a Chinese student studying

  C. a Chinese teacher working                       D. a Chinese student living

62. In Hartsop, Cao Wen felt       .

  A. rather at home       

  B. the English home better than her home

  C. she was a foreigner in a foreign country

  D. she was one member of the family

63. It seems that Roger       .

  A. can speak Chinese very well

  B. knows something about Chinese for a long time

  C. once lived in China for a long time

  D. can do everything better than the Chinese

64. When you are away from home, it is good for you to have the feeling       .

  A. of being alone                              B. of going home soon

  C. of love and being loved                 D. as a foreigner

65. In the writer’s opinion, the best home is       .

  A. the home they stayed in England

  B. the home that you left behind

  C. Chinese home

  D. one’s own home

Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning(推理的) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.
For example, you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, “What would make someone put on a heavy jacket?” Maybe the person works in the penguin pen(企鹅圈养地) at a Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.
Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he bullied(欺负)another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!
Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother,Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, this was really much too strange. Cait didn’t know what to do. Just then, Cait’s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause and effect, could you tell?

1. 1.

   According to the second paragraph, which of the following is an effect?

   1. A.
      Someone will go outside into cold weather
   2. B.
      Someone works in the penguin pen
   3. C.
      Someone puts on a heavy jacket
   4. D.
      Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink
2. 2.

   Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. Which of the following isn’t the possible  cause?

   1. A.
      He bullied another student
   2. B.
      He is going shopping
   3. C.
      He is being picked up early
   4. D.
      He is being given a prize
3. 3.

   What was Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall asleep?

   1. A.
      He was going outside
   2. B.
      He was reading a story
   3. C.
      He was leep walking
   4. D.
      He was looking for his dad
4. 4.

   Which of the following is cause and effect?

   1. A.
      Tony got up and had a glass of water
   2. B.
      We came home and found him sleeping
   3. C.
      The ball was lost and a window was broken
   4. D.
      Tim was late again and his teacher got angry
5. 5.

   What is the best title for the text?

   1. A.
      Truth and lies
   2. B.
      Work and sleep
   3. C.
      Cause and effect
   4. D.
      Life and dreams

It was for this reason __________ Tim gave up his well-paid job and moved out of the city to settle down in the country . 

A. which         B. why         C. that          D. how

For Tim this was the beginning of a new life ,        he thought he would never see .

       A．what        B．that C．one   D．it

    Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning(推理的) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.

   For example, you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, “What would make someone put on a heavy jacket?” Maybe the person works in the penguin pen(企鹅圈养地) at a Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.

   Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he bullied(欺负)another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!

   Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother,Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, this was really much too strange. Cait didn’t know what to do. Just then, Cait’s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause and effect, could you tell?

41. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is an effect?

A.      Someone will go outside into cold weather.

B.      Someone works in the penguin pen.

C.     Someone puts on a heavy jacket.

D.     Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.

42. Abi has to go to the head teacher’s office. Which of the following isn’t the possible  cause?

       A. He bullied another student.     B. He is going shopping.

       C. He is being picked up early.      D. He is being given a prize.

43. What was Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall asleep?

       A. He was going outside         B. He was reading a story.

       C. He was leep walking.              D. He was looking for his dad.

44. Which of the following is cause and effect?

A.      Tony got up and had a glass of water.

B.      We came home and found him sleeping.

C.     The ball was lost and a window was broken.

D.     Tim was late again and his teacher got angry.

45. What is the best title for the text?

     A. Truth and lies   B. Work and sleep 

     C. Cause and effect  D. Life and dreams