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Finding a suitable place to live is not easy for a student who first arrived in a strange place. I was lucky because I had booked a dormitory with the school before I arrived. It was a flat with seven independent rooms and a shared bathroom and kitchen. All of my flatmates are all students from Britain. I thought I was lucky to be part of this flat with these energetic young men. However, I found myself unhappy with them only a few days after I stayed there. These young people seemed never to be quiet. Usually they would not come back until late into the night. They even played football in the room whenever they like, whether it's early morning or late night. Worse still, they always had parties. Those loud music and laughter made me sleepless the whole night. Finally, I had no choice but to ask the authority to move me to another flat where most of the students were international students pursuing their master degrees. They were older in age and held heavier study burdens. So they were quieter.
My advice for those who want to study in the UK is to get in touch with the International Student Accommodation Service of your school first and tell them to arrange for you to share a flat with graduates before you come here.
(1) What's the main subject discussed in this passage?
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A．Housing hunting while studying abroad.
B．Living with young British students.
C．Living in a dormitory.
D．Living with students with heavy study burdens.
(2) What was the trouble while living with the British students?
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A．They loved football too much.
B．They often held parties.
C．They disturbed the writer's living greatly.
D．They went to bed too late and got up too early.
(3) The measure the writer took to solve the problem was ________.
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A．asking some older students for help
B．giving the British students heavier study bur-dens
C．asking the authority to make the British students quiet
D．changing a place to live
(4) The advice the writer gave us was that you ________.
[ ]
A．don't live with young British students
B．live with students who have study burdens
C．get your housing fixed before your arrival
D．better live in your school
查看习题详情和答案>>Finding a suitable place to live is not easy for a student who first arrived in a strange place. I was lucky because I had booked a dormitory with the school before I arrived. It was a flat with seven independent rooms and a shared bathroom and kitchen. All of my flatmates are all students from Britain. I thought I was lucky to be part of this flat with these energetic young men. However, I found myself unhappy with them only a few days after I stayed there. These young people seemed never to be quiet. Usually they would not come back until late into the night. They even played football in the room whenever they like, whether it's early morning or late night. Worse still, they always had parties. Those loud music and laughter made me sleepless the whole night. Finally, I had no choice but to ask the authority to move me to another flat where most of the students were international students pursuing their master degrees. They were older in age and held heavier study burdens. So they were quieter.
My advice for those who want to study in the UK is to get in touch with the International Student Accommodation Service of your school first and tell them to arrange for you to share a flat with graduates before you come here.
(1) What's the main subject discussed in this passage?
[ ]
A．Housing hunting while studying abroad.
B．Living with young British students.
C．Living in a dormitory.
D．Living with students with heavy study burdens.
(2) What was the trouble while living with the British students?
[ ]
A．They loved football too much.
B．They often held parties.
C．They disturbed the writer's living greatly.
D．They went to bed too late and got up too early.
(3) The measure the writer took to solve the problem was ________.
[ ]
A．asking some older students for help
B．giving the British students heavier study bur-dens
C．asking the authority to make the British students quiet
D．changing a place to live
(4) The advice the writer gave us was that you ________.
[ ]
A．don't live with young British students
B．live with students who have study burdens
C．get your housing fixed before your arrival
D．better live in your school
查看习题详情和答案>>On numerous drives throughout my childhood, my mother would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle (甲虫) from certain tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.
Though Mother’s Day follows Earth Day, for me, they have always been related. My mom has been “green” since she became concerned about the environment. Part of this habit was born of thrift (节俭). Like her mother and her grandmother before her, Mom saves glass jars, empty cheese containers and re-uses her plastic bags.
Mom creates a kind of give-and-take relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to fend off the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders out at night, it’s likely they’ll be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊). Spiders that make their way into the house are captured (捕获) in a juice glass and set loose in the garden.
I try to teach my children that looking out for the environment starts with being aware of the environment. On busy streets, we look for spent (开败的) dandelions (蒲公英) to parachute; we say hello to neighborhood cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by example. Mom didn’t need to lecture; she didn’t need to beat a drum to change the world. She simply slowed down enough to enjoy living in it and with that joy came compassion and an instinct (本能) for preservation.
I am slowing down and it isn’t because of the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is out of my concern for the planet itself. I’ve begun to save glass jars and re-use packing envelopes. I pause in my daily tasks to watch the squirrels race each other through the palm (棕榈树) leaves above my porch (门廊).
Last summer, in the company of my son and daughter, I planted tomatoes in my yard. With the heat of August around me, I ate the first while sitting on my low wall with dirt on my hands. Warm from the sun, it burst on my tongue with a sweetness I immediately wanted to share with my mom.
【小题1】Why does the author say Earth Day is connected with Mother’s Day?
| A．Because Mother’s Day falls shortly after Earth Day. |
| B．To stress that all the older women in her family are environmentalists. |
| C．To stress how much her mother cares about the environment. |
| D．Because on Mother’s Day her mother shows her how to be friend to nature. |
| A．When she came across a lost dog, she helped it to find its shelter. |
| B．In spring, she spent some time watching the plants growing in the garden. |
| C．She joined in the campaign to encourage the public to contribute actively towards a better environment. |
| D．She walked to a nearby shop which was within ten minutes’ walk rather than drove there. |
| A．The author’s mother is very patient with her children. |
| B．The author’s mother knows how to live in harmony with nature. |
| C．The author’s mother always took care of the wildlife that came into her yard. |
| D．The author’s mother used to remind her to slow down to protect the environment. |
| A．the author thinks that too many people now label themselves environmentalists |
| B．the author’s mother knows how to get rid of the wildlife in her yard |
| C．the author believes that only by learning to slow down, can we enjoy life |
| D．the author realizes that she should teach her children by example as well |
| A．How the author taught her children to protect the environment. |
| B．How the author’s mother influenced the author. |
| C．What inspired the author to slow down and enjoy life. |
| D．How the author spent her time with her children. |
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