Living away from your country can be a really interesting and unforgettable experience, but at the same time it has very important effects on your life．

       The major effect, and also a very common one, is that once you start a regular life away from home, you miss everything．This fact doesn't mean that you are unhappy but that you are aware of being on your own．Missing your family and the attention they all paid to you is a very unusual thing．Little details like sitting on a Sunday morning watching TV alone instead of helping your dad organizing his things or having a nice chat with your mom makes you realize how valuable your family really is．It's clear that you have started to appreciate everything you had before．

       The second main effect is that you may learn how to accept another type of society and culture into your daily life．Since you are living in a place with different customs and traditions from yours, you have to be able to develop yourself in unknown conditions．This means making new friends, learning other points of view, accepting different opinions and values, and seizing every opportunity you have to go to new places．Therefore, you'll be able to achieve true knowledge．Suggesting to change your mind totally would be foolish; the best thing to do would be to stick to your most important values and then change those that you believe could be improved.

       The most important effect of living away from home is the independent Behavior（行为） that grows inside of you．Living on your own far from your family gives you a lot of experiences toward organizing your life．Since it is up to you and no one else to go to school, clean your room, wash your clothes, and organize your expenses, it is certain that you will have a good and strong sense of responsibility．Being independent and responsible will help you get through life．

       Living far from home, even for a short period of time, can be really hard at the beginning．We have to remember that all changes are difficult but it is necessary for us to go through them to build our character．Most important of all, it helps us appreciate everything we have．

1．According to the text, which of the following statements is NOT true?

      A．Once living away from home, you should change your mind wholly．

     B．Once living away from home, you would think about common things that ever happened to you．

      C．Once living away from home, you have to arrange everything by yourself．

      D．Living away from home helps you have a sense of responsibility．

2．While living away from home, you can do all of the following EXCEPT ____．

      A．build up a sense of responsibility         B．experience another type of society

      C．become more independent                 D．be proud of yourself

3．It is clear from the text that the writer____．

      A．is in favor of living away from home     B．is against living away from home

     C．is sad about living away from home

     D．is a little worried about living away from home

4．The underlined words "go through" in the last paragraph probably means ____．

     A．examine carefully                          B．experience

     C．walk through                             D．take part in

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   My wife and I have always enjoyed travelling by sea,and last year we decided to travel about on the Mediterranean (地中海). __1__ our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the high standard of accommodation (住宿),the first-class food and the many interesting places we saw were well __2__ the price we paid．

　　We found that most of __3__ were friendly and interesting,but there was one man,__4__,who displeased us,and not __5__ us but all the others who __6__ our table at dinner __7__ subject we talked about,it seemed that he was an expert in it. He had,__8__,read more books,visited more countries and studied more languages,__9__ After a few days,we ate our meals __10__,because nobody wanted to begin a conversation (谈话) that __11__ soon be taken __12__ by this man.

　　Then my wife had an idea Fortunately，the ship had a library,and she suggested that we should think of an __13__ subject,__14__ in an encyclopedia (百科全书) and then talk about it at dinner. If it was __15__ Mr. James __16__ possibly know anything about it. __17__ subject we chose was “English Agriculture in the Eleventh Century”. At dinner __18__ we discussed this subject with great enthusiasm (热情).Mr. James was __19__ We realized we had at last managed to find something he knew __20__ about.

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   My wife and I have always enjoyed travelling by sea,and last year we decided to travel about on the Mediterranean (地中海). __1__ our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the high standard of accommodation (住宿),the first-class food and the many interesting places we saw were well __2__ the price we paid．

　　We found that most of __3__ were friendly and interesting,but there was one man,__4__,who displeased us,and not __5__ us but all the others who __6__ our table at dinner __7__ subject we talked about,it seemed that he was an expert in it. He had,__8__,read more books,visited more countries and studied more languages,__9__ After a few days,we ate our meals __10__,because nobody wanted to begin a conversation (谈话) that __11__ soon be taken __12__ by this man.

　　Then my wife had an idea Fortunately，the ship had a library,and she suggested that we should think of an __13__ subject,__14__ in an encyclopedia (百科全书) and then talk about it at dinner. If it was __15__ Mr. James __16__ possibly know anything about it. __17__ subject we chose was “English Agriculture in the Eleventh Century”. At dinner __18__ we discussed this subject with great enthusiasm (热情).Mr. James was __19__ We realized we had at last managed to find something he knew __20__ about.

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