Do you know “homestay”? What is a homestay? When you go to another   1 , you can live in a local   2  as a member of the family. This is called a homestay. It’s a great experience (经历)   3  you can learn more about the country and its people.
I’m Lily from   4 . I came to study in Canada with some English teachers. We are living  5  an old Canadian couple (夫妇), Mr. and Mrs. Green. They have a wonderful five-bedroom house. And I have a bedroom of   6  there. They also have two bathrooms and a   7  with many beautiful flowers and big trees.
Mrs. Green   8  does the housework. She does the laundry (洗衣) and cooks meals for us. At the weekend, my friends and I cook some Chinese food for the couple sometimes. They are very happy and they think   9  tastes good. We also celebrated the Canadian festivals with them and get to know   10  about their culture and custom (文化和风俗).

Do you know “homestay”? What is a homestay? When you go to another   1 , you can live in a local   2  as a member of the family. This is called a homestay. It’s a great experience (经历)   3  you can learn more about the country and its people.

I’m Lily from   4 . I came to study in Canada with some English teachers. We are living  5  an old Canadian couple (夫妇), Mr. and Mrs. Green. They have a wonderful five-bedroom house. And I have a bedroom of   6  there. They also have two bathrooms and a   7  with many beautiful flowers and big trees.

Mrs. Green   8  does the housework. She does the laundry (洗衣) and cooks meals for us. At the weekend, my friends and I cook some Chinese food for the couple sometimes. They are very happy and they think   9  tastes good. We also celebrated the Canadian festivals with them and get to know   10  about their culture and custom (文化和风俗).

1.                A．country        B．town           C．village    D．street

2.                A．school         B．restaurant       C．hotel D．home

3.                A．when          B．after           C．because  D．if

4.                A．Canada         B．China          C．America  D．England

5.                A．in             B．for            C．with D．at

6.                A．my own        B．their own       C．me  D．my

7.                A．balcony        B．garden         C．living room    D．kitchen

8.                A．sometimes      B．never          C．seldom   D．usually

9.                A．Chinese food    B．Chinese people   C．English food   D．English people

10.               A．little           B．lot            C．a lot  D．few

Do you know “homestay”? What is a homestay? When you go to another 1, you can live in a local 2 as a member of the family. This is called a homestay. It’s a great experience (经历) 3 you can learn more about the country and its people.
I’m Lily from 4. I came to study in Canada with some English teachers. We are living 5 an old Canadian couple (夫妇), Mr. and Mrs. Green. They have a wonderful five-bedroom house. And I have a bedroom of 6 there. They also have two bathrooms and a 7 with many beautiful flowers and big trees.
Mrs. Green 8 does the housework. She does the laundry (洗衣) and cooks meals for us. At the weekend, my friends and I cook some Chinese food for the couple sometimes. They are very happy and they think 9 tastes good. We also celebrated the Canadian festivals with them and get to know 10 about their culture and custom (文化和风俗).

1. 1.
   1. A.
      country
   2. B.
      town
   3. C.
      village
   4. D.
      street
2. 2.
   1. A.
      school
   2. B.
      restaurant
   3. C.
      hotel
   4. D.
      home
3. 3.
   1. A.
      when
   2. B.
      after
   3. C.
      because
   4. D.
      if
4. 4.
   1. A.
      Canada
   2. B.
      China
   3. C.
      America
   4. D.
      England
5. 5.
   1. A.
      in
   2. B.
      for
   3. C.
      with
   4. D.
      at
6. 6.
   1. A.
      my own
   2. B.
      their own
   3. C.
      me
   4. D.
      my
7. 7.
   1. A.
      balcony
   2. B.
      garden
   3. C.
      living room
   4. D.
      kitchen
8. 8.
   1. A.
      sometimes
   2. B.
      never
   3. C.
      seldom
   4. D.
      usually
9. 9.
   1. A.
      Chinese food
   2. B.
      Chinese people
   3. C.
      English food
   4. D.
      English people
10. 10.
    1. A.
       little
    2. B.
       lot
    3. C.
       a lot
    4. D.
       few

Jack is a little schoolboy. He lives in a small town in England. His father works in a factory in London. One day his mother   1  him to post a letter to his father.

Jack walked down the street. He didn’t see a letter box on the street. But he really   2  a basket with a sign on it. The sign said, “PUT LITTER IN THIS BASKET”. “I can read,” thought Jack, but he couldn’t   3  the word “letter” right.

Jack dropped the letter in the basket. Then he ran  4  to tell his mother about the basket.

“Oh, no, child!” said his mother, “You put the letter in a basket. That litter basket is   5  old paper and other useless things.”

“Oh,”said Jack,“does the   6  on the basket mean that?”

“Yes, it does,”said his mother,“The word is‘litter’not‘letter’. Now get the letter and post it.”

When Jack got there, a man was putting the old   7  in a truck.

“Stop!”shouted Jack, and he began to tell the man about the letter.

The man helped him to look for the letter. After a while they   8  it.

Then Jack put the   9  in the letter box. He said,“  10  don’t they tell us all the words when we first go to school? Then things like that can’t happen.”

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。（共15分，每小题1分）
Music can spread across everywhere and narrow the distance (缩短距离 ) between people of different countries.  1 . NBA star Kobe Bryant worked with music super-star Jay Chou to create a song 2 .The Heaven and Earth Challenge{(天地之斗)}. The song is used in the recent advertisement  3  the soft drinks company Sprite, and the two superstars shot ( 拍摄 ) the advertisement  4  on TV.
The song was written by Jay, whose favorite 5 is basketball. It expresses the love for basketball and  6  encourages young people to be more confident（信心 ) about them selves. Jay  7  that he learned a lot from Kobe’s sports spirit 8  creating the song. He does most of the singing part while Kobe  9 the role as a rapper ( 说唱歌手 ). The basketball star is very confident with his play.  "I love  10  … My part is talk, it's very relaxing and I did a  11  job, it must be A﹡.''Kobe was very happy to 12  with Jay. "1 fell in love with Jay's music since first  13 his songs," Kobe added.
People can download the ring tone (下载铃声) of the song from the Internet. All  14  from the downloads will go to Project Hope, a charity (慈善 ) that helps improve educational facilities (设备) in 15 areas in China.