1、 Breakfast and Dinner Breakfast, Packed Lunch and DinnerIts important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation inculdes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal（谷物类食品），bread and tea or coffee Cheese, fruit and cold
2、 meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.Friends If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your hosts permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a
3、 family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.SelfCatering Accommodation in Private Homes Accommodation on a roomonly basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room.This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suit
4、able for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.36. The passage is probably written for . A. hosts willing to receive foreign students B.travellers planning to
5、 visit families in London C.travellers planning to vistit families in London D.English learners applying to live in English homes37. Which of the following will the host provide? A.Room cleaning B.Medical care C.Free transport D. Physical training.38. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3? A.Zone 4
6、is more crowded that Zone 2. B.The business centre of London is in Zone 1. C. Hosts dislike traveling to the city centre. D.Accommodation in thecity centre is not provided.39. Acoording to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include?A. Dessert and coffee.B. Fruit and vegetables.C. Bread and
7、 fruit juice.D. Cereal and cold meat.40. Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation? A. To experience a wamer family atmosphere. B. To earich their knowledge of English. C. To entertain friends as they like. D.To enjoy much more freedom.B In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl head
8、ing off to Howard University, aiming at a legat career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Count bench somewhere.Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman,graduated from collage at the age of 65.She was the firs
9、t in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream:building my family with a combination of adopted and
10、biological children. In 1999,we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then follwed son No.3 In 2003,I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, rising four boys under the age of 8!Our home w
11、as a complete zoo-a joyous zoo.Not surprising.I never didi make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice:to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away the boys. T
12、hey often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree! I am notspeci
13、al, just single-minded. Ti always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember little steps add up to big dreams.41. When
14、the author went to Howard University,her dream was to be_. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college? A. She wanted to study by herself B. She fell in love and get married C. She suffered from a serious illness D. She decided to l
15、ook after her grandma.43. What can we learn about the author from Paragrphs 4 and 5? A. She was busy yet happy with her family life. B. She ignored guility feeling for the sons. C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.44. What does the author m
16、ostly want to tell us in the last paragraph? A. Failure is the mother of success. B. Little by little, one goes far. C. Every coin has two sides. D. Well began, half done.45. Which of the fillowing can best describe the author? A. Caring and determined B. Honest and responsible C. Ambitious and sens
17、itive D. Innocent and single-mindedC An idea that started in Seattles public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to bulid a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the time. In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit（追求
18、）to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in fanilies and school. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched（发起）the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book”project
19、in 1998.Her priginal used author visit, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong. In Chicago, the mayor（市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as t
20、he first book in the“One Book, One CHIAGE”program. As a result, reading clubs and neightborthood groups sprang ap around the city.Across the US, stories emerged fo parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character. The only problem ar
21、ose in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns,where a greater sense of unity（一致）can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point,putt
22、ing all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than into discussion about a book itself. Ultimately, as Nancy point out, the level of success is not mrasured by how many people read a book, but how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with
23、 whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.46. What is the purpose of the project launched byNancy? A. To invite authors to guide readers. B. To encourage people to read and share. C. To involve people in community service D. To promote the friendship between cities.47. Why was it difficult f
24、or New York to carry out the project? A. They had little interest in reading B. They were too busy to read a book C. They came from many different backgrounds D. They lacked support from the local govemment.48. According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?A. In large
25、communities with little sence of unity.B. In large cities where libraries are far from home.C. In medium-sized cities with a divers populationD. In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached49. The underlined words“shared a word”in Paragraph 5 probably mean_. A. exchanged ideas with each oth
26、er B. discussed the meaning of a word C. gained life experience D. used the same language50. According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged by_. A. the careful selection os a proper book B. the growing popularity of the writes C. the number of people whi benefit from reading D. t
27、he number of books that each person reads.D Blind imitation（模仿）is self-destruction. To those whi do not recognize their unique worth, imitation appears attractive,to those who know their strength,imitation is unacceptable. In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation id helpful.W
28、hen I first learned to cook, I used recipes（菜谱）and turned out some tasty dished. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone elses way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a childs bicycle;they help you get going, but once you find your balance,
29、you fly faster and farther without relying on them. In daily life,imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously（下意识地）hold poor role models. If,as a child, you obeserved people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself.you will get the results of the weak choices of others. In the filed of enterinment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on sc
