1 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给首字母、上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词。每个空只能填一个词。

Zhang Jia is 17 years old and he comes from Wuhan. He is one of the Chinese     1    (student) in Canada. He     2    (live) with a Canadian family in Toronto. The parents and the brother are nice to him and always make him     3    at home.

The school is not far     4    home. He doesn’t need to go to school by subway or by taxi, so he always w    5    to school. When spare time, he usually plays the guitar. He can also write songs by himself. His dream is to become a     6    (music) one day.

On weekends he goes to the zoo to see giraffes. He doesn’t like lions because they are kind of s    7     in Wuhan. There is a show about the Chinese sturgeon (中华鲟) this weekend. He wants to see it because he can l    8    a lot about them, but he can’t go.

Because he really m    9     his parents, he often talks on WeChat to them in China on Sunday. Every time he sees them on the p    10    , he is so happy. Zhang Jia likes the life in Canada but there is still “no place like home”.

5 . Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)

Each year, many Chinese people go abroad because of all kinds of reasons. They are becoming younger and younger year by year. Even some Chinese parents send their children to foreign countries when they are only in a middle school. They think their children can get a wider view, less academic(学业) competition and family honour. But life can be hard for young people there. At first, they have to face the culture differences and language problems. However, these are not always the most difficult things to overcome. To most children, controlling(管理) themselves well is a big challenge when they study alone abroad.

Xu Yang, a 15-year-old student from Guangdong Province studies in a high school in Toronto, Canada. To his surprise, his teachers there seldom push students to study hard. And usually there isn’t too much homework. Students have lots of free time to do some activities. Some of his friends spend their whole year’s money in the first two months of the new term. So they have to ask their parents for some more money.

On one hand, studying abroad can help students learn foreign language quickly and open up their eyes, but on the other hand, some children may feel lonely, become bad, lose themselves, etc. Many problems may happen to them. These are different from their original(最初的) thoughts. So parents should think them over their children go abroad.

1. Why do Chinese people go abroad each year?
________________________________________
2. Why do Chinese parents send their children abroad?
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3. What do the students have to face in foreign countries at first?
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4. What is the students’ big challenge when they study alone in a strange country?
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5. Do the students in Canada have more free time than those in China?
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6. What is Xu Yang’s surprise?
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7. What’s the passage mainly about?
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6 . Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the U S, the UK, Australia and Japan.

“Chinese children hope very much to go abroad to get a wider view of the world,” said Chen Yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in America for 16 years. In a talk Chen told more than 300 parents and their children that life in foreign countries can be ________ for young people. “They have to meet a culture shock (冲击) and language problems.”

However, these are not the most difficult things. To most children, looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge (挑战).

Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student began to study in a high school in Sydney, Australia last October. To his surprise, his teachers there ________ pushed students to study. And usually there wasn’t homework. “With these education systems, we have more ________ time and more space for thinking,” said Zhang. “But if you don’t know how to ________ your time and money, you will not have an easy time.” Some of his friends spent their whole year’s money in the first two months of the term, and they didn’t pass their exams.

“Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn foreign language ________ and open up their eyes, but students and parents should know about the challenges,” Chen said. “If you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with ________ in foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it.”

1.

A．sad

B．hard

C．easy

D．happy

2.

A．ever

B．always

C．hardly

D．almost

3.

A．safe

B．busy

C．boring

D．spare

4.

A．take

B．plan

C．save

D．have

5.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．happily

D．exactly

6.

A．energy

B．knowledge

C．information

D．experience

8 . Every year, more than 2,600 children arrive in Britain. We ask some new arrivals what they like best about their new lives and what’s different from home.

Jarek, Poland

I don’t know anybody from Poland here, but I’m lucky because the English boy next door is very friendly and kind. We are in the same class! I like teachers here. At home, the teachers seem a bit strict and serious. There are a lot of rules, too. Here, teachers are patient and don’t give much homework. We students go out of school and buy pizza or burgers at lunchtime. We can’t do that in Poland.

Zinah, India

It’s too cold here! I hate doing sports, especially outside in winter. The teacher here is very serious about sports. I prefer science and maths. I love the maths class because the teacher is really funny, just like my maths teacher in India. The school is so big and some students seem unfriendly, and I’m from a small village school, so I think it’s hard to communicate with them.

Daisy &Luck, the USA

My sister and I like living here. It’s cool! My sister loves the British accent (口音). Everybody here is very polite. But we don’t understand all your strange words—we say “yard” not “garden”, and “apartment” not “flat”. The food is better here. There’s Chinese, Indian and Thai. At home we eat too much fast food.

1. Among the above four children, ______ probably likes the new school life best.

A．Luck

B．Zinah

C．Jarek

D．Daisy

2. In Zinah’s eyes, her maths teacher in India might be ______.

A．strict

B．patient

C．humorous

D．unfriendly

3. The passage is probably taken from ______.

A．a travel magazine	B．an education website
C．a geography textbook	D．a scientific report

9 .

be, it, difference, with, a, live, month, feel, help, and

Do you want to travel on your own? Being     1     exchange student is a good way. Exchange students can     2     in a foreign country and learn     3     language and culture. Students go to a high school     4     live with a host family (寄宿家庭), often for six     5     to a year. These activities     6     very good for students. They can learn a lot about a     7     culture. They can also learn to be more independent (独立) and     8     more confident (自信的). Being an exchange student     9     you make friends with different people. Besides, it can help improve your understanding of the world. Exchange students share their own culture     10     people in the new country, too.

10 . Interviewer: With me in the studio is Linda Meehan, who’s recently returned from a six-month exchange programme with a family in the Netherlands. That’s a long way from home. Why did you choose to do your exchange programme there?
Linda: Well. None of my friends had been there or anything like that but my grandfather spent some time there when he was young and he said I should visit one day and I’d planned to do that as soon as I could. So when I had the opportunity to go to Europe, it seemed like the obvious place to go.
Interviewer: But you were only 15. Was there anything you found difficult about living in a foreign country?
Linda: Well, the family I stayed with in the Netherlands were really kind and I wasn’t lonely because I shared the room with one of their daughters. She helped me get used to my new routine. The only thing that was hard was the one—kilometre bike ride to school every day! I enjoyed it in the summer but in winter it was terrible.
Interviewer: And        3       ?
Linda: It was OK because there were a lot of classes in English. And they gave me projects to do when there were subjects in Dutch I couldn’t understand. The school was very modern and much bigger than most schools in Australia. The library was fantastic and they also had a lot more science labs than my school at home.
Interviewer: What about the students?
Linda: Oh, they were really friendly. They gave me lots of advice about places I should visit. They’d all travelled a lot more than me, though no one had been to Australia. But what I found really strange was that they’d never thought about going away from their families for several months like me. Some of them couldn’t understand how I could do that.
Interviewer: So is this an experience you would recommend?
Linda: Oh, definitely! I benefit a lot from the programme. And I think six months was the right amount of time. I needed that amount of time to learn the language. But after six months I really needed to see my parents. I was so happy to see them again.
1. Where does Linda come from?

A．America.

B．Netherlands.

C．Australia.

D．Britain.

2. Who gave Linda the idea of being an exchanged student in Netherlands?

A．Her friends.

B．Her grandfather.

C．Herself.

D．Her parents.

3. Which sentence can be filled in the blank?

A．Was the school similar to that in your hometown?	B．What was school like?
C．Was it difficult to learn the language?	D．What did you have in the school?

4. What cannot be the reason why Linda would recommend the programme?

A．Cycling in Netherlands is always a kind of good experience.

B．You can learn about a different culture.

C．You may meet a lot of different people or even friends.

D．Six months is a right amount of time for students to leave their homes.