1 . How Do I Book a Place on Airbnb?
When you book a place on Airbnb, you’re making arrangements to stay in someone’s home. Each host has their own style of hospitality (好客), starting with how they like to get to know their guests. Some hosts want to approve reservations, while others are comfortable letting you book their place instantly without waiting for approval.
1. Complete Your Profile
In either case, it’s important to know that Airbnb is a community that relies on trust. Complete your profile before you request a reservation with a host, so they can know a little bit about you when they confirm. Your profile should include photos and verifications (验证), especially because some hosts require guests to have a profile photo or verified ID in order to book.
2. Find the Right Place
With over 800, 000 unique listings around the world, you’ll want to make sure the place you choose has everything you need for a comfortable and memorable trip.
When searching for a place, make sure to include your dates and number of guests to get the most accurate pricing. Read reviews, descriptions, house rules, and household appliances for each place to see if it’s the right fit for your trip. You can always contact the host if you have any questions about their home.
3. Book It!
You’ve found the perfect place, and now it’s time to make it official. This is where the host’s preferred way of booking will determine how you’ll confirm your reservation.
Instant Book
For hosts who don’t want to approve each reservation, you’ll see a button on their listing that says Instant Book. Like the name suggests, you can confirm a reservation at these places right away.
Request to Book
Many hosts prefer to approve reservations before they’ re final. In this case, you’ll see a button on their listing that says Request to Book. To submit a reservation request, you’ll need to enter your payment details. Hosts have 24 hours to accept your request, and your reservation is automatically confirmed once they do.
Pre-approvals and Special Offers
If you decide to contact the host to ask questions before attempting to book, the host may respond to your message by inviting you to make a reservation with either a pre-approval or Special Offer. A pre-approval is an invitation to finish booking for the dates and number of guests you noted in your message. A Special Offer gives the host the opportunity to provide special pricing, dates, and other reservation details before you book.
1. What tourists would like to order a place on Airbnb?| A．Those who prefer to be well served during the stay. |
| B．Those who want to experience staying at others’ homes. |
| C．Those who have a tight budget. |
| D．Those who like to feel others’ hospitality. |
| A．Because it shows the guest is trustable. | B．Because it helps find the right place. |
| C．Because it is a must for reservation. | D．Because it could speed up the process of approval. |
| A．The host can reject your request within 24 hours. |
| B．You need to pay in detail. |
| C．Your reservation will be confirmed by customer service staff. |
| D．You’ll see a button on their listing that says Instant Book. |
2 . There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have lots of friends at school. However, he wasn’t sure whether or not his classmates were his true friends, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need; it’s in the attic (阁楼). Wait here for a minute.”
Grandpa left, soon returning as though carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there. “Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible (无形的) it’s rather difficult to sit on, but if you take it to school and you manage to sit on it, you’ll be able to tell who your true friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair and went to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. “Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing,” Mario said.
Then Mario tried sitting on the chair. He missed and fell straight onto his backside. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. Mario wouldn’t be beaten. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair, and kept falling to the ground... until, suddenly, he tried again and didn’t fall. This time he sat, hovering (悬停) in mid-air.
Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas, and Diana — three of his best friends — holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. At the same time, many others he had thought of as friends were doing nothing but make fun of him, enjoying each and every fall.
Leaving with his three friends, Mario explained to them how his grandpa had so cleverly thought of such a good idea. Now he knows that those who take joy in our misfortunes (不幸) when we are in difficulty are not our true friends.
1. What did Mario’s grandpa take from the attic?| A．An invisible chair. | B．An old chair. |
| C．A real chair. | D．Nothing. |
| A．To see whether Mario could sit on it. |
| B．To test who were Mario’s true friends. |
| C．To let Mario have fun with his classmates. |
| D．To test whether Mario was popular at school. |
| A．He saw the invisible chair suddenly. |
| B．He managed to sit on the chair finally. |
| C．His friends held him up with their hands. |
| D．His classmates gave him a chair to sit on. |
| A．Never laugh at our friends. |
| B．True friends can help us do magic. |
| C．True friends are those who care for us. |
| D．Having too many good friends isn’t a good thing. |
1. When did Hemingway produce his first collection of short stories?
| A．In 1923. | B．In 1929. | C．In 1952. |
| A．His experiences during World War I. |
| B．The time when he worked as a reporter. |
| C．Those gifted but lonely and angry people. |
| A．He wrote many books and stories. |
| B．He wrote it with his own personal experiences. |
| C．He wrote about his childhood. |
4 . My son’s seventh birthday is approaching, so conversation at my house has naturally turned to organizing his party.
For his sixth birthday, we booked the local trampoline(蹦床) park. This worked out well. But the whole event cost us hundreds of pounds. This year, I’m trying to convince him that the dinosaur-themed park down the road offers just as much fun—and you don’t even need to wear special socks! This will be cheaper, because we aren’t required to hire a space—we can simply buy tickets for his mates.
But I still keep pondering over one thing—party bags. Why should a bunch of seven-year-olds, who have already been treated to a day out and a mountain of sugar, also be handed a bag full of pound-shop gifts for simply bothering to show up?
Party bags are an environmental disaster. I reckon my son attends 20 parties per year, and at each party there are 20 kids in attendance, which means 400 plastic bags in total. Within these 400 bags are perhaps 800 plastic toys, almost all of which fall apart on the journey home and then get binned instantly. The waste is shocking, and I don’t want to be part of it.
I know there are some party bag alternatives: one couple I know covered a table with Mr. Men books and got the kids to choose one each. At another party, I saw the hosts fill a bucket with soft toys and crumpled newspaper, and do a lucky dip (抽奖). Admirable efforts.
Even if that is a nice try, and even if the contents in the party bags don’t fall apart, so what? Will our guests think more highly of our child because of the party bags from our party? Will my child’s ability to make and keep friends be improved?
Well, the tradition for kid’s party bags ends with me, and it ends here, and it ends now. Who’s with me?
1. Why does the author recommend the dinosaur-themed park?| A．Because it’s more enjoyable. | B．Because it provides socks. |
| C．Because it can reduce cost. | D．Because it offers free tickets. |
| A．Gifts brought by guests. | B．Gifts prepared by hosts. |
| C．Gifts distributed by parks. | D．Gift a donated by charities. |
| A．Intolerant. | B．Objective. | C．Favorable. | D．In different. |
| A．Be recycled. | B．Be repaired. | C．Be thrown away. | D．Be given away. |
1. What can we learn about the traffic then?
| A．There will be no taxi. | B．It will be heavy. | C．It will not be busy. |
| A．Taking the man’s car. | B．Taking a taxi. | C．Taking the train. |
| A．A novelist’s successful career. |
| B．A novelist’s childhood experiences. |
| C．How Charles Dickens became a great writer. |
| D．How Charles Dickens’ childhood affected him. |
| A．The employer made him do so. |
| B．He was unhappy with his school life. |
| C．His father was in prison for a long time. |
| D．He needed to earn money to help his family. |
| A．He was ashamed of those days. |
| B．He didn’t make much money then. |
| C．He didn’t want to frighten his family. |
| D．He wanted to include it in his novel. |
7 . It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on. A voice came. “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to
I stuck my shirt in the back of the closet and told my mother what had happened. She then dialed her
The next morning she met with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “Are you serious? I think I have a
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling
My mom
| A．get | B．take | C．carry | D．throw |
| A．thankful | B．silent | C．cheerful | D．careless |
| A．assistant | B．adviser | C．director | D．employer |
| A．sweeter | B．quicker | C．greater | D．louder |
| A．visit | B．build | C．attend | D．prepare |
| A．position | B．duty | C．key | D．part |
| A．event | B．problem | C．meeting | D．opportunity |
| A．learning | B．judging | C．obeying | D．imagining |
| A．patiently | B．eagerly | C．successfully | D．angrily |
| A．upset | B．frightened | C．happy | D．comfortable |
| A．punish | B．beat | C．treat | D．touch |
| A．hate | B．forget | C．admire | D．follow |
| A．discuss | B．argue | C．disagree | D．agree |
| A．waited | B．spent | C．took | D．wasted |
| A．challenging | B．simple | C．dangerous | D．strange |
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1. What is special about Camp Rockmont?| A．It’s targeted at older boys. | B．It needs professional skills to accomplish the tasks. |
| C．It is a camp related to religion. | D．It is accomplished outdoors. |
| A．Campers. | B．Educators. | C．Children. | D．Parents. |
| A．Each camp holds adventurous activities for the campers. |
| B．Children can stay in each camp for more than one week. |
| C．Each camp allows boys and girls of more than 6 years old to join in. |
| D．Children need to solve all the problems by themselves in each camp. |
9 . Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass. While he was alive, he
When I was in high school, I had a
After months of learning I was facing the final exam. I was so
| A．understood | B．forgave | C．guided | D．impressed |
| A．history | B．lesson | C．skill | D．language |
| A．always | B．almost | C．ever | D．never |
| A．finished | B．took | C．left | D．lost |
| A．because | B．or | C．so | D．but |
| A．hard | B．free | C．good | D．short |
| A．immediate | B．practical | C．extra | D．real |
| A．house | B．school | C．office | D．farm |
| A．suggested | B．avoided | C．enjoyed | D．missed |
| A．excited | B．nervous | C．happy | D．shocked |
| A．stand for | B．hold back | C．believe in | D．look after |
| A．ability | B．luck | C．time | D．hobby |
| A．answer | B．grade | C．pay | D．gift |
| A．ignore | B．forget | C．worry | D．promise |
| A．important | B．interesting | C．different | D．difficult |
10 . My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”
Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what the teacher might have found out. She seldom became angry, but she was this time.
“Oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. It was caused by a naughty throw of a baseball. If I admitted guilt, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to have a fit as a result of it,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than I was pulled it skyward (朝向天空). I told the truth, “I did it.” It was hard enough to say what I had done.
My teacher took down a book from one of our library shelves and I had never known my teacher to strike a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.
“I know how much you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face. “Here is the field guide about birds that you are constantly checking out. It is yours now. It’s time we got a new one for the school anyway. You will not be punished, but remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed (恶行), but I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.”
I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide — the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.
The lesson my teacher taught me stays with me every day, and it will echo forever.
1. From the story, we can learn that the boy .| A．didn’t break the window on purpose |
| B．lacked the courage to admit his guilt |
| C．tried to think about what he had done |
| D．didn’t know what the teacher had found out |
| A．be punished by the teacher |
| B．make his father angry |
| C．pay for the broken window |
| D．get a bird field guide |
| A．Afraid—Surprised—Thankful. |
| B．Frightened—Amazed—Proud. |
| C．Regretful—Guilty—Excited. |
| D．Nervous—Afraid—Satisfied. |
| A．Every coin has two sides. |
| B．Honesty is always valued. |
| C．Bad luck never comes alone. |
| D．You can’t be too careful. |
