Whose house is this? It’s the Dawson’s new house in the village. The name of this village is Belmont. It’s a little village near the big city. There are two small lakes in Belmont, and they live near one of them. They like it very much.

Mrs Dawson is usually busy because she does her housework, she cooks the meals, she cleans the house, she washes the clothes, and she does the shopping for the family. Her daughter, Ann helps her a little every day. Mr Dawson sometimes helps his wife, too.

Many people are now moving from the cities to the village. It is like a little town(城镇),but it’s usually more quiet and people are more friendly.

(　　 ) 51.Who is the busiest in the Dawsons?

A . Mr Dawson.　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. Mrs Dawson and her daughter.

C. Mrs Dawson.　 　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. Mr Dawson and his daughter.

(　　 ) 52.Where is Belmont?

A. It is near a big city.　　　　　　　 　 B. It’s near a big town.

C. It’s near another city. D. It’s near the two lakes

(　　 ) 53.Mr Dawson _________.

A. often helps Mrs Dawson 　　 B. helps Mrs Dawson every day

C. never helps Mrs Dawson D. sometimes helps Mrs Dawson

(　　 ) 54.Ann _________.

A. doesn’t like their house　　　　　

B. never helps her mother

C. helps her mother with the housework every day

D. sometimes helps her mother

(　　 ) 55. Many people are moving to the village because(因为)_______.

A. there are lakes near the village

B. the village looks like the city

C. it is like a little town

D. it’s usually more quiet and more friendly

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Mrs. Smith was looking at the show window of a shop selling shirts. She wanted to buy a

  1  for Mr. Smith, her husband. There were so many beautiful shirts that she couldn’t decide

 2. At last, she chose one and bought it home.

While Mr. Smith was reading a newspaper, she showed him the shirt. She wanted to know whether it would fit her husband or not. Her husband   3  the shirt. But it didn’t fit him   4 . It was both too long and too big. Then Mrs. Smith washed it in order to make it become smaller. But the shirt   5  didn’t fit him. Now it was too small for him. She asked Tom, his son, to   6 , and he did so. The shirt didn’t fit him,   7 . Then the woman began to wash the shirt once more to make it   8 . But this time the shirt became too short after she washed it again.

Now the little girl, her daughter was   9  when her mother dressed her in the shirt. Why? Because it was too large, she didn’t like it at all. None of them knew   10 . Mrs. Smith felt so upset.

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

In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless(除非) the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. In the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest(客人) for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though（尽管）there is no people sitting on it.

1. In America men usually ______.

A．walk ahead of women                    B．eat in a restaurant

C．walk behind women                     D．drive a car to work

2.  If a man invites a lady for dinner, he should _________.

A．walk behind the lady

B．walk ahead of the lady

C．ask the lady to choose the table

D．ask the man to open the door

3. In the street men ______.

A．cross the street

B．walk on the right side of the ladies

C．walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic

D．walk near the ladies

4. If a man walks with two ladies, he should ______.

A．walk between them                      B．run before them

C．follow them                            D．go away

5. If Mrs. Green wants you to visit her house in a car, you should ______.

A．sit beside a guest                        B．sit at the front seat

C．sit at the back seat                       D．drive the car