Will you be happy when you leave your mother? Or will you miss your mother? If you do, you are homesick. “homesick” is a word made up of HOME and SICK. You know each word, right? But do you know the meaning when you put them together? It is Sick For Home. It means you miss your home. You miss the delicious food at home.

Now think for a minute about SEASICK. Is Seasick the same as Homesick? Does seasick mean Sick For Sea? It means something quite different. “Seasick” means Sick By The Movement On The Sea. If you travel by ship and you feel seasick, you just want to go back home and have a good rest. Why? Because you feel sick on a ship.

Have you ever heard of a person being heartsick? If you’re heartsick, you are sad and your heart is broken. And we also have other words made like this, such as “handshake” and “handbag”. Isn’t it interesting? It is also helpful to know something like this in your English study.

1.If you are homesick, you will .

A. call your mother B. stay at home C. cook for yourself D. visit your friend

2.When we say “a person is seasick”, we mean that .

A. he misses his family B. he likes going by ship

C. he feels sick when he goes by ship D. his ship is broken

3.The word “ ” is made like “homesick” or “seasick”.

A. interesting B. musician C. swimming D. homework

4.“Heartsick” means in Chinese.

A. 有心脏病的 B. 悲伤的 C. 有心理问题的 D. 心脏受损的

5.From this passage, we can know that .

A. there are many words like homesick in English

B. it’s interesting to learn words like homesick

C. it’s helpful for us to know more about these English words

D. A, B and C are all right.

完形填空(10小题,每小题1分,共10分)

先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Now more than 40 million (百万) foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming 1 . It has really 2 the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning 3 . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 4 in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher 5 Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

I think Chinese is 6 to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is 7 different from any other language in the world.

It will 8 me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time 9 the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, 10 Chinese is such a different language from English.

I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind.

1.A. worse B. poorer C. friendlier D. politer

2.A. stopped B. practiced C. started D. influenced

3.A. English B. Chinese C. French D. Japanese

4.A. students B. workers C. teachers D. volunteers

5. 20. A. comes to B. leaves for C. goes around D. comes from

6.A. easy B. surprised C. difficult D. boring

7.A. slowly B. quickly C. easily D. completely

8.A. get B. take C. spend D. waste

9.A. on B. in C. at D. with

10.A. if B. because C. while D. when

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