The number of people speaking Chinese ______ larger than that of those speaking English.

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A．are

B．is

C．不填

D．to be

Want to come to Beijing in 2008?

Beijing is the hosting city for the Olympic Games in 2008．

Choose homestay（寄宿家庭）for your accommodation（住宿）!

Beijing does not have enough hotels available to accommodate all people that will visit the city for the 2008 Olympics．

Homestay Beijing 2008 now has almost 450 different homestay accommodation available．We have made arrangements with people who would like to share their living fiats for a few days／weeks with visitors．

All hosts speak English!

Beijing has a large number of expats from English—speaking countries，so it is possible that all hosts speak English．

Much cheaper than a hotel!

Hotel prices will become 10 times（倍）higher than usual．

More space than In a hotel!

A hotel room is just that a room．At Homestay Beijing 2008，you can choose what kind of accommodation you want．

More experience than in a hotel!

We think that staying with people who live here can add much more to your experience．

More Information

Read our introduction on the about page．If you have any questions，please have a look at our Frequent Asked Questions page for answers!

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If you want to contact us for more information，you can find a contact form on the Frequent Asked Questions page．

If you are interested to stay at one of our flats．please visit the pages Rent Homestay．

1．According to（依据）the advertisement，one of the advantages of homestay is         ．

A．being comfortable with larger space

B．being easier to visit places of interest

C．being able to make more Chinese friends

D．being closer to the Olympic stadiums（场馆）

2．We can infer（推断）from the advertisement that          during the 2008 Olympics．

A．a present 400-dollar room may cost as much as 2000 dollars

B．there will be more visitors to Beijing than hotels can take in

C．most visitors will choose the fiats of Homestay Beijing 2008

D．homestay will help visitors to learn to speak good English

3．The underlined word “expats” in Paragraph 4 refers to（指的是）foreigners         ．

A．staying in hotels                                       B．helping others

C．watching games                                         D．living in Beijing

4．If you want to learn more about homestay，you'd better          first．

A．read “the about page”                                  B．contact hotels in Beijing

C．visit “Rent Homestay”                                 D．call Homestay Beijing 2008

5．The advertisement is made for          during the 2008 Olympics．

A．those who will work as Olympic volunteers

B．those who will provide accommodation for visitors

C．those who will come to Beijing from foreign countries

D．those who will come to Beijing from different parts of China