题目内容
【题目】If you want to study abroad, have you thought about where to live? I’ve been living and studying in Canada for about nine months. As I’m still too young to rent an apartment by myself. I live with a homestay family and I feel like I’m part of it.
The first time I had a homestay was in 2013. During that time, I stayed in Ajax, a town in Canada, for a week and lived with a homestay family. Carlton lives with his nephew and his niece-in-law. Carlton drove me to an international school to learn about Canadian culture every morning, and he picked me up in the afternoons. Our leisure time was in the evening. The meals he made for me were delicious and we usually watched a movie after dinner. All experiences left an unforgettable impression on me, even if I didn’t live there for a long time.
I’m now living with a Hungarian(匈牙利) family with another Chinese boy. There are two family members--- Mrs Perger and her son, Robert. I’ve already lived here for nine months and I have been deeply moved by many things they’ve done. Once, my roommate went running and didn’t come back for quite a long time. Mrs Perger called him, but he didn’t answer the phone. She began to worry about him, and was even about to cry.
However, living with a homestay family also has its disadvantages, especially when living with a foreign family. The biggest challenge for me has been the totally different lifestyle, which took me a long time to get used to.
Living with a homestay family has given me a lot of new experiences. It has taught me how to communicate with different people. Moreover, when different lifestyles and cultures meet together, I have seen that the spark(火花) they make are spectacular(壮观的).
【1】How many people are there at Carlton’s before the writer lives with them?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
【2】What can we learn from the article?
A. The writer hasn’t got used to the different lifestyle yet.
B. The writer has been deeply moved by what the Pergers have done.
C. The writer has been living with a Canadian family for nine months.
D. The writer chose a homestay family for he couldn’t afford the apartment rent.
【3】Which of the following shows the character of Mrs Perger properly?
A. Careful and caring. B. Outgoing and brave.
C. Strict and challenging. D. Outgoing and humorous.
【4】What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Life about the Canadian homestay families
B. Disadvantages of living with a homestay family
C. Experiences of living with foreign homestay families
D. Suggestions for those who want to live with homestay families
【答案】
【1】B
【2】B
【3】A
【4】C
【解析】试题这篇短文讲述了了作者作为留学生先后在加拿大和匈牙利两个寄宿家庭生活的经历和感受。
【1】题意:在作者与他们同住之前,卡尔顿家有多少人?考查细节理解题。根据Carltonliveswithhisnephewandhisniece-in-law,可知是三人,故选B。
【2】题意:我们从这篇文章中了解到什么?考查细节理解题。A. The writer hasn’t got used to the different lifestyle yet. 作者还没有适应不同的生活方式。B. The writer has been deeply moved by what the Pergers have done. 这位作家被那些偷窃者所做的事深深打动了。C. The writer has been living with a Canadian family for nine months. 作者与一个加拿大家庭一起生活了九个月。D. The writer chose a homestay family for he couldn’t afford the apartment rent. 作家选择了一个寄宿家庭,因为他付不起房租。根据第三段and I have been deeply moved by many things they’ve done.,作者被这些人的所作所为深深感动,可知选B。
【3】题意:下面哪一个恰当地显示了Perger夫人的性格?考查综合理解题。A. Careful and caring. 细心体贴;B. Outgoing and brave.外向勇敢;C. Strict and challenging. 严格而富于挑战;D. Outgoing and humorous.外向幽默。根据Mrs Perger called him, but he didn’t answer the phone. She began to worry about him, and was even about to cry.,可知她很关心别人,故选A。
【4】题意:这篇文章最好的题目是什么?考查综合归纳题。A. Life about the Canadian homestay families加拿大寄宿家庭的生活;B. Disadvantages of living with a homestay family寄宿家庭生活的缺点;C. Experiences of living with foreign homestay families国外寄宿家庭的生活经历;D. Suggestions for those who want to live with homestay families对那些想和寄宿家庭住在一起的人的建议。根据文章内容,介绍的是作者在加拿大和匈牙利留学时的寄宿生活经历,故选C。
【题目】In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, for they believe that it is helpful for social progress and richness, others say that competition is bad; and that it sets one person against another and leads to unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief(看法) that their self – worth came from how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, performing well and winning are often life-and-death matters. Sadly, they forget to develop many other human qualities.
However, while some seem to wish to succeed very much, others think quite the opposite. They, especially young people have suffered from competitive stress from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often find that they choose to fail. They seem to choose failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” In fact, they are worried that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean they were worth nothing.
Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove their self – worth. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self – worth come from how well one performs in comparison(比较) with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. I suggest that they can discover a new meaning in competition only when such worries and fear begin to disappear.
Opinions about competition
Main argument | Some believe that competition 【1】 social progress and richness, while others think competition 【2】 to unfriendly relationship between people. |
Children’s performances | Some children only care about 【3】 well and winning It is 【4】that they forget to develop many other human qualities. |
Some children don’t try to win or 【5】 success but choose failure. They are 【6】 that if they had really tried and failed, it would mean they weren’t worth 【7】. | |
Reason behind | They think one can 【8】 his self-worth only by performing better than others in competition. Both are 【9】 of not being valued. |
Writer’s 【10】 to children | Find the new meaning of competition as such worries and fear begin to disappear. |