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Homestay 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.
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, bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinner usually consists 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 a 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.
1. Which of the following will be provided by the host?
A. Room cleaning. B. Medical care.
C. Physical training. D. Free accommodation.
2. What does Continental Breakfast include?
A. Cheese and cold meat. B. Fruit and coffee.
C. Fruit juice and bread. D. Dessert and tea.
3. What's the advantage of self-catering accommodation for students?
A. To practice English. B. To be independent.
C. To make more friends. D. To enjoy warm family atmosphere.
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇应用文。本文是写给要到英国学习语言的人的，主要介绍了英国的Homestay的特点以及具体的信息。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.可知A项Room cleaning是对方提供的服务之一，故A选项正确。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal, bread and tea or coffee.可知早餐包括果汁，面包，茶，咖啡等。故C选项正确。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。由文中最后一段的This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student可知，self-catering accommodation 可以给学生提供一个独立的生活方式。故选B。
【点睛】本文细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。例如本文的第1小题，根据第三段可知，the host提供食宿，打扫卫生和被褥的更换，所以B,C,D选项均不正确。第2小题也是如此，根据文中原句可知，早餐是没有奶酪，肉和甜点的，所以只有C选项正确。
