Question

What is home?stay? Literally it is a home for you to stay when you are not home. To be specific, home?stay provides foreign language students with the opportunity to speak native language outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a local home. Here is what you will experience in our British Home?stay Program.

What to Expect

The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.

Accommodation Zones

Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre (Zone 1) as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer smaller accommodation in a more crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by underground.

Meal Plans Available

◆Continental Breakfast

◆Breakfast and Dinner

◆Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner

It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.

Friends

If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.

Self?Catering Accommodation in Private Homes

Accommodation on a room?only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long?stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary home?stay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much.

1.The passage is probably written for_________.

A. hosts willing to receive foreign students

B. English learners applying to live in English homes

C. travelers planning to visit families in London

D. foreigners hoping to build British culture

2.Which of the following will the host provide?

A. Medical care. B. Free transport.

C. Room cleaning. D. Physical training.

3.According to the passage, what does continental Breakfast include?

A. Dessert and coffee. B. Fruit and vegetables.

C. Fruit and cold meat. D. Bread and fruit juice.

4.Why do some people choose self?catering accommodation?

A. To enjoy much more freedom.

B. To enrich their knowledge of English.

C. To entertain friends as they like.

D. To experience a warmer family atmosphere.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要介绍了一个英国住家项目。该项目主要为留学英国的学生提供住在当地人家的机会。文章还介绍了留学生能够得到的服务等信息。

1.根据第一段“it is a home for you to stay when you are not home...home?stay provides foreign language students with the experience of being part of a local home...in our British Home?stay Program.”可知，文章是写给需要申请居住在英国人家的留学生的，故选B。

2.题2】细节理解题。根据第二段“Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.”可知，一周至少会清理一次房间，换一次床单，说明房主会为学生清理房间，故选C。

3.题3】细节理解题。根据“includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee”可知，Continental Breakfast提供的早餐有果汁、谷物类食物、面包和茶或咖啡，故选D。

4.题4】细节理解题。根据最后一段“This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long?stay student.”可知，self?catering accommodation为学生提供一种更独立的生活方式，学生有更多的自由空间，故选A。

考点：教育类短文阅读