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Chika and Tara from London, the United Kingdom
Information about the homestay host
Chika is 28 years old．She is away from home most of the time．Tara is 18 years old．She is at home every day．They both speak English．
Chika and Tara’s guests can stay for at least 5 nights and up to a maximum of 365 nights．Chika and Tara have no children living at home．It is a non-smoking residence(住宅)．No pets live in this household．
Information about the homestay accommodation
The accommodation is in London．The name of the neighborhood is Greenwich．The distance to the city center is 1．6km．The next access point to public transport is at 15 m distance．
Three guests can stay in Tara and Chika’s house at the same time．The following accommodation is generally available:
Single room with shared use of the family bathroom
*Size: 12．0 ㎡
*Facilities: desk, Internet access, mirror, hairdryer and wardrobe(衣橱)
*Price per night per person: ￡20．00 per night(one single)
Twin room with shared use of the family bathroom
*Size: 15．0 ㎡
*Facilities: TV, desk, Internet access, mirror, hairdryer and wordrobe
*Price per night per person:
￡20．00 per night(one guest)
￡17．00 per night(two guests)
The room charge includes the following services: Internet access, regular room cleaning, breakfast, free use of the washing machine．
Additional available service at an extra charge: Pick-up service(￡60．00 one-way); Lunch(￡6．00 per person per day); Dinner(￡6．00 per person per night)
Vegetarian(素食的) meals are available．
1.Chika and Tara’s house would be a good choice for _______．
A．a pet lover
B．a heavy smoker
C．a person who eats no meat
D．one who needs a one-night stay
2.What do we know about Chika and Tara’s house?
A．It lies in the center of the city．
B．It is not far away from Greenwich．
C．Public transport is convenient there．
D．The distance from the house to London is 1．6 km．
3.If Mary chooses a twin room and pick-up service(two-way), how much should she pay per day?
A．￡140． B．￡137． C．￡80． D．￡77
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请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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1.The underlined part in the passage means _________．
A．The main character in My Left Foot is a prisoner
B．The main character in My Left Foot is a disabled person
C．The main character in My Left Foot is trapped by others
D．The main character in My Left Foot can’t control his whole body
2.If you want to watch a movie about wars, which may be one of your choices?
A．My Left Foot．
B．Life Is Beautiful．
C．Shine．
D．Stand and Deliver.
3.Jaime Escalante has a talent for _________．
A．teaching
B．drawing and writing
C．making stories
D．playing the piano
4.What do the four movies have in common?
A．They are all based on real stories.
B．The main characters all won Academy Award for Best Actor.
C．They are all inspiring stories that make a difference.
D．The main characters are all sick to some degree but succeed.
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The world’s richest man might seem to have it all，but Bill Gates has one regret．The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages．
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1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．An Interview with Bill Gates
B．How Bill Gates Succeeded
C．Bill Gates’Regret
D．The Richest Billionaire
2.The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that_____．
A．it is important to lay a good foundation of life
B．food and clothing are basic needs for people’s life
C．he doesn’t spend much money on food and clothes
D．he never cares about buying food and clothing
3.What advice did Bill Gates give?
A．Avoid staying up too late．
B．Be a good language learner．
C．Do the dishes yourself at home．
D．Pick up the $100 bills in the streets．
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook
B．Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times．
C．Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoo1．
D．Bill Gates’wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates．
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Joyce: What do you think of the lead teacher’s speech?
Caroline: I think it was __1.__ (interest)．
Joyce: __2.__ do I．I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year．
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Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal．
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Cell phone use and 
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They asked 47 classmates to take part in a two-part experiment. The goal was to test how well these students understood written material. Each one had to read a paragraph or two about a certain topic, then answer questions about it.
In the first part, the participants had 15 minutes to understand and then answer questions about six readings. Throughout this test, they met no distractions.
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“Our teachers are very happy to see these results,” says Coler. The teens’ new data strongly support their teachers’ opinion that texting while studying is a serious distraction.
1. What did Colter and Colin want to test?
A. Cell phone use and texting are more common.
B. Teens should avoid cell phone use and texting.
C. Texting affects students’ performance on test.
D. The effect of texting differs from person to person.
2.What can we learn from the two-part experiment?
A. The written material in the two parts was the same.
B. Participants in part 2 received more than one message.
C. The time of the test in two parts was the same.
D. All the participants were distracted by messages.
3.The brothers’ findings were related to participants’ ________.
A. reading performance B. quality
C. writing ability D. reading speed
4. From the results of the experiment, we can find _________.
A. boys were better at multitasking than girls
B. the easier the tests were, the more mistakes were made
C. nobody did good jobs in the two-part experiment
D. some students’ test results were not affected by texting
5.What’s Colter’s teachers’ attitude toward the results?
A. Surprised. B. Worried.
C. Satisfied. D. Serious.
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A full stop is used at the end of an idea or thought, and is an important rule in proper grammar. But text messages are changing the rules, as a new study finds digital messages ending with one aren't sincere. The results suggest skipping punctuation altogether, as it indicates you are answering naturally and heartfelt.
Binghamton University’s Harpur College observed 126 students, who read a series of messages displayed as texts on a screen or handwritten notes on loose-leaf paper(活页纸). In the 16 experimental exchanges, the sender’s message contained a statement followed by an invitation phrased as a question such as, “Dave gave me his extra ticket. Wanna come?” The receiver then gave a one-word response like “Okay”, “Sure”, “Yeah” or “Yup”. Half of the participants’ responses were with a full stop and the other half did not use it. Based on the responses, text messages that ended with a full stop were rated less sincere than those that did not end with one. The students who read the notes on the paper reported that full stop or not, they felt the message was sincere. These results suggest that punctuation can misconstrue or influence the meaning of text messages. The study concludes, “ not so much that the full stop is used to convey a lack of sincerity in text messages, but that punctuation is one of the cues(提示) used by senders, and understood by receivers, to convey practical and social information. ”
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1.According to a new study in the first paragraph, digital messages with punctuation indicate you are ______.
A. impolite B. insincere C. heartfelt D. natural
2.The underlined sentence in the passage means that ______.
A. the full stop conveys a lack of sincerity in text messages
B. to show sincerity, people shouldn’t use punctuation in text messages
C. punctuation can’t influence the meaning of text messages
D. punctuation actually conveys practical and social information in a way
3.Compared with face-to-face conversations, which of the following can text messages rely on to convey their meaning?
A. Eye contact B. Tone of voice C. Emoticons D. Gestures
4. Which of the following agrees with Celia Klin’s opinion?
A. Conversations rely on the same expression way as text messages.
B. Texters may find more ways available to convey the same information.
C. Text response with an exclamation mark sounds more insincere.
D. Punctuation is only used to convey emotions.
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1告知你选择的专业并说明理由；
2介绍自己的业余爱好及特长。
注意：词数100左右。可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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After careful consideration and investigation,
Yours sincerely,
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