Every year,many foreign students go toAmericato study English. Some of them will live in an American family,but others will make a different decision. They’ll  live with friends who come from their own country. I believe that if a foreign student thinks carefully about the two ways,he’ll decide to live with an American family. Even though there are one or two disadvantages (不利之处)to the first way,there are far more advantages.

   In making his decision about how to live in the I USA,the foreign student is careful to think about one or  two disadvantages to live with an American family. First  of all,he must know that he’s going to feel homesick (想家的)at first. Living in an American family may make this feeling become stronger. Aslo,the American family  may do too much to take care of him. They may ask him where he’s going,when he leaves home,and when he’ll I return.  If a foreign student lives in an American home, he’ll know the country and its people much better. 

  For example,he’ll see how the parents teach their children. He’ll feel better because the American family will help him get used to a new life. In an American family,he can learn English fast. Family members can help him with his homework. When he speaks English,they can help him correct(改正)the mistakes he has made. In this way,he can learn English more easily.

  Although there are some disadvantages to live in an American family,there are more advantages.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. Which of the following  isn’t seen  as  an

advantage in living with an American family?

A. The student may know the country better.

B. The family may do much to look after him.

C. The student can learn English fast.

D. The student can get some help from the family.

(   ) 2. What is the best title of the text?

A. Living with an American Family

B. Getting to KnowAmericaBetter

C. Making English Better with the Help of an American Family

D. Two Ways of Living in     theU.  S. A.

(   ) 3. The two ways of living in  the USA for foreign

students in the text are        .

A. living with an American family and living in a room in school

B. living with an American family and living with American students in a house which the student has to pay for

C. living with friends from their own country and living in a room in school

D. living with an American family and living with friends from their own country

(   ) 4. By living with friends from his own country,a foreign student        .

A. may soon get to know American people

B. can learn faster

C. may feel less homesick

D. doesn’t miss home any longer

(   ) 5. The writer thinks that it’s good for a foreign student to live        .

A. in an American home

B. in a room in the school

C. with friends from his own country

D. alone

  “Learning a language is easy. Even a child can do it!”

Most adults (成年人)who are learning a second language would not agree with this. For them,learning a language is a very difficult task. 1     But learning a language is easier for children.

Language teachers often give advice to language learners : “ Read as much as you can in the new language. ” “Practice speaking the language every day. ” “Live with the persons who speak the language. ” But what does a successful language learner do? 2     

   Successful language learning is active learning. The successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language. 3      They will try any way to communicate.

4      They are energetic in language learning because they know clearly why they learn a language.

Successful language learners work hard in language learning. 5      If you are less successful,you should do well to try the above ways.

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺,内容完整,并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. Successful language learners are learners with purpose.

B. They need much time to study and practice,and even sometimes they don’t get good results.

C. They try every chance to listen more,speak more,read more and write more.

D. They find people who speak the language and ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake.

E. Language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar in some ways.

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