Thirty years ago,few Chinese knew about American TV series,though during the 1980s and 1990s,Chinese people got the chance to watch some U.S.A.TV series like Crowing Pains.

 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

   Mr. Shot is an American farmer. He lives in the  country. He has a farm and works 1     on it. He is  very busy and has 2      time to travel. This autumn he  picks up lots of apples. He sells them in the town and h gets much money and is going to travel in Pairs. He  3     Paris with his wife by train.

  They visit some places of 4     ,such  as  parks  and  zoos. Mrs. Shot buys nice clothes for her family and they : have 5      time there. But one evening the woman feels   6     . Her husband has to take her to the hospital.

  7      he doesn’t know the way. He stops a man and asks, “ Excuse me,sir,which is the way to the j. hospital,please?”

  The  man doesn’t know English and Mr. Shot can’t 8      French. He says thanks to him and has to ask 9      He sees a few young men come out of a car. He I comes up to them and asks them the way. They all drink j- too much. One of them says, “You’d better 10      in f the middle of the street. And soon they will take you to f the hospital. ’

(   ) 1. A.  hardly  B. hard

 C. lately     D. easily

(   ) 2. A.  a little  B. much

C. little     D. a few

 (   ) 3. A.  leaves  B. go to

 C. fly to     D. leaves for

(   ) 4. A.  interest  B. interesting

  C. museums     D. shops

 (   ) 5. A.  good  B. a bad

  C. a great     D. a boring

 (   ) 6. A.  unwell  B. spoken

 C. speak     D. speaking

(   ) 7. A.  Or  B. But

C. And     D. Too

(   ) 8. A.  tell  B. say

C. speak     D. talk

(   ) 9. A.  other  B. the others

C. others     D. the other

(   ) 10. A. lie     B. stand

 C. walk D. talk

 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。 

   The English language we know today is about six 1      years ago. For half that time,English was just the language of the people living inEngland. The modem English language grew by about the year 1400. Now English is the most 2      spoken language in the world. It is one of the working 3      at international meetings,business，science and other fields.

   The  4       between American English and British  English are not very great. Written English is more or 5      the same in bothBritainandAmerica, though there are some 6      differences. For example, centre， licence, colour, and travelled are spelt as center, license， color and traveled in American English. In America cook, rubber, ill，holiday，post... are called rooster eraser, sick, vacation，mailBut people from the two countries can still understand each other 7      There are only a very small number of differences in grammar  8       American English and British English.

  The most important differences are in 9      English. For example,Americans pronounce “tomato” differently from English people.

You may wonder Which is correct?” The answer is that it does not 10       You should speak either American English or British English. But do not try to speak both at the same time.

1.        2.        3.        4.        5.       

6.        7.        8.        9.        10.       

 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A:What’s up,Jim? You look unhappy.

B ： Not good,I feel a little worried about my English.

A：l.__     

B ： I’m not getting along with it.

A：2.       

B: Well,I seldom have chances to meet English people.

A：3.       

B ： Where should I go?

A：4.       

B ： But...It seems that English people never speak to me at the comer.

A:Ah!You should speak first.

B：5.       

A：The weather!English people are always interested in weather.