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Home stay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Home stays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones3 and 4often offer larger accommodation in a less crowned 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 desert, 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.
21. The passage is probably written for_______.
A. host willing to receive foreign students.
B. foreigners hoping to build British culture.
C. travelers planning to visit families in London.
D. English learners applying to like in English homes.
22 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.
【答案】21. D 22. D
【解析】
【分析】本文介绍了Homestay住家这种方式为英语学习者提供课外学习英语的机会并且体验作为英国家庭成员的生活。
【21题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段句子Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English---可知，这篇文章是写给申请入住英国家庭的英语学习者的。故选D。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle---可知，这种住宿提供了一种独立的生活方式，所以租住的学生可以享受到更多的自由。故选D。
【点睛】本篇文章脉络清晰，层次分明，学生很容易根据题干中的关键词定位到文章中的相应段落，所以难度很小。但是第二小题需要注意。根据题干中的关键词choose self-catering accommodation可以快读定位到文章的最后一段：This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle---可知，这种住宿提供了一种独立的生活方式，所以租住的学生可以享受到更多的自由。针对这种题，如果遇到生单词，选项没有把握，不妨在原文匹配找题干，一般最后都只会有一种合理的答案。
