your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential.
Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less 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 dessert, 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 homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much. 8. Which of the following will the host provide? A. Room cleaning. C. Free transport.
B. Medical care. D. Physical training.
9. According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include? A. Bread and fruit juice. C. Fruit and vegetables.
B. Dessert and coffee. D. Cereal and cold meat.
10. Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation? A. To experience a warmer family atmosphere. B. To enrich their knowledge of English.
C. To entertain friends as they like. D. To enjoy much more freedom.
11. The passage is probably written for________. A. hosts willing to receive foreign students B. foreigners hoping to build British culture C. travellers planning to visit families in London D. English learners applying to live in English home
D
Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play, catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, extra learning trials (尝试) increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables (乘法口诀表) are an exception (例外) to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one’s future development. 12. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. People remember well what they learned in childhood. B. Children have a better memory than grown-ups. C. Poem reading is a good way to learn words. D. Stories for children are easy to remember.
13. The author explains the law of overlearning by ________. A. presenting research findings
B. setting down general rules C. making a comparison D. using examples
14. What does the word “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Commonly accepted rules. B. The multiplication tables. C. Things easily forgotten. D. School subjects.
15. What is the author’s opinion on cramming? A. It’s helpful only in a limited way. B. It leads to failure in college exams. C. It’s possible to result in poor memory. D. It increases students’ learning interest.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Five steps to better handwriting
Some kids love handwriting, but others hate it when it’s time to put pen to paper. Maybe they are worried about their handwriting. Are you one of them? ____16____Here are five steps that really work! Get a great grasp
Try this — hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard? But when you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much easier. ____17____Hold it in place with your thumb(拇指), and your index and middle fingers.
Let the lines be your guide
Lined paper is your friend! Those lines can help you create letters that are of the right size and proportion (比例). ____18____Also be sure to fill up the lined space completely. Those capital letters should be from the bottom line to the top one. Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. If you rush, it’s hard to control where you stop and start your letters.
Lower the pressure (压力)
____19____That makes it harder to make the smooth lines. Try relaxing and don’t hold the pencil too hard.
____20____
Lots of games need you to write or draw pictures. So even though it’s not schoolwork, you’re still using the skills you need to control your pencil better. A. Play games B. Ask for advice
C. You’ve been writing since you were a little kid. D. So“a”should be half the height of a capital“A”. E. Some kids press down really hard when they write.
F. The best way to hold a pencil is to rest it next to the base of your thumb. G. The good news is that just about everyone can improve their handwriting.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共四节，满分60分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
People become colder and colder toward what’s happening. So many people show non-caring attitudes towards the people in need nowadays. But I was pleasantly surprised to see a(n)___21___ act right in front of me in a busy crossroads.
We were waiting in our car for the traffic light to turn green___22___ I saw a young man’s bicycle tip (倾斜) and then ___23___ against the sidewalk. The ___24___ boxes and other things fell to the ground together with the ___25___. Though most of the full boxes were tied to the bicycle, he struggled to stand and pull the bicycle, clearly unable to___26___ the whole weight on his own. Since it was a busy road he ___27___, hoping for some help.
I wanted someone to give him a(n)___28___, but without much hope. I was ___29___ what would happen next when two men came out of their car which was first in line, waiting at the traffic lights and closest to the ____30____ of the accident.
A woman crossing the road was already there, trying to ____31____ the young man. ____32____, she was a kind-hearted woman. Seeing the two men ____33____, she moved aside. These two big strong men ____34____ the bicycle with its heavy load and put it up straight. By then, three more passers-by ____35____ and along with the woman, ____36____ the different things from the road and helped reload the bicycle again.
The traffic light had turned ____37____ but there was no honking (鸣笛) from any of the traffic waiting in the ____38____. The two helpful drivers____39____ quickly to their car and the patiently waiting traffic moved forward at ease.
This ____40____ scene on a very busy road in our big city made me feel surprised and thankful for such helpful citizens.
21. A. unconcerned 22. A. if
23. A. float 24. A. light 25. A. road
26 A. support
27. A. went ahead 28. A. wish
29. A. celebrating 30. A. scene 31. A. greet
32. A. Obviously 33. A. complaining 34. A. kicked
35 A. cycled 36. A. chose
37. A. bright 38. A. city
39. A. returned
40. A. uncommon
第II卷（非选择题，共50 分） 第二节
..B. cruel B. after B. fall B. heavy B. driver B. lose B. turned up B. hand B. remembering B. result B. blame B. Generally B. chatting B. used B. stopped B. threw B. dark B. queue B. pointed B. normal
C. kind C. though C. raise C. empty C. car C. gather C. looked around C. chance C. forgetting C. cause C. help C. Frequently C. escaping C. lifted C. continued C. stared at C. green C. crowd C. replied C. regular
D. expected D. when D. rise D. limited D. bicycle D. measure D. came back D. idea D. wondering D. course D. praise D. Unluckily D. coming D. sent D. agreed D. picked up D. red D. village D. added D. impolite
单词拼写（根据首字母提示、汉语提示或者英文释义，写出正确形式的单词） 41. If you want to visit the museum, I _____________ (推荐) going there by taxi. 42. I checked the train s_____________ to find out when my cousin would arrive. 43. I experienced a different _______________ (冒险经历) in London every day. 44. Her mother praised his good _______________ (行为，举止) in front of the guests.
45. I don’t know how to use the digital camera. It’s too _________________ (difficult to understand).
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