美国学生Jim即将作为一名交换生到中国来学习。李先生一家是他约定好的住宿家庭（homestay）。请以Jim的名义给李先生写一封信，要点如下：
选择homestay的原因：
1．体验中国文化，了解中国，了解世界；
2．喜欢中国饮食健康；
个人要求：
1．准备独立的房间；
2．允许一家一起用早餐、晚餐（周一到周五）。
注意：
1．词数100字左右；
2．文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Li,
I am very glad to be a guest of your family. Thank you for accepting me.
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Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Jim
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
More and more foreigners like to come to China. Last Friday our school was invited a foreign teacher in our city give a class to the students of Senior Grade Two. We found his class interested. I learned 
a lot from him. The teacher had a free talk to us with easy English . He spoke slow so that we could understand
him well. Sometimes he repeated what we don’t understand. My classmates were all active in the class. To his joy, I understood everything the teacher said. And I was able to ask question in English. This class encouraged me very much. I’m sure that until we keep on practising, it will be easy for us to learn speaking English well.
1.accuse … of___________________
2.be eager to___________________
3.a variety of___________________
4.ahead of___________________
5.speed up___________________
6.集中；全神贯注于___________________
7.榨出；挤出___________________
8.申请___________________
9.区别对待；有影响；起作用___________________
10.依赖；依靠___________________
Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For 1., it is a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students. 2. many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy, 3. should be used to study.
In my view, I am greatly in favor 4. this activity. Today the Internet is playing 5. important role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this 6. (value) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such 7. writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while 8. (organize) our micro blogs.
In fact, micro blog 9. (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it 10. matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.
Last fall, before Thanksgiving, I was making my way in my car out of the shopping center parking lot. I was bored in the car. I ______ a woman heavily loaded with ______ and her two boys, one carrying a pumpkin and the other another bag.
They were headed, I ______, to the bus stop across the major road. ______ it was too far to walk with all those ______ to any of the nearby bus stops, on a random impulse（冲动），I rolled down my window and asked if they were indeed headed to the ______. “Yes,” the mother ______. I asked, “Would you like a ______? “Oh, yes!” was their ______ reaction.
I was also delighted，and，after driving out of the way of other ______, I stopped and the boys piled into the back seat . The mother started to push ______ beside them. I ______ her by saying, “Oh, you come on up here ______ me. I’m not a taxi driver!” So off we went.
Right away, I decided to take them a mile and a half to their home, since I had ______ and they had bags. All the way, I had just a fine time listening and talking with all of them. It felt so good to be able to do this little ______ and showed that with such a small ______ I could make a big difference to a tired mother. I’m not sure ______ got the most out of it.
______, this was special for me ______, as a disabled person, I often receive help and now I know how especially good it feels to be ______.
1.A. noticed B. asked C. helped D. thanked
2.A. baskets B. cases C. bags D. bottles
3.A. advised B. thought C. hoped D. wondered
4.A. Since B. Although C. While D. If[
5.A. vehicles B. distances C. directions D. purchases
6.A. shop B. bus stop C. parking lot D. hotel
7.A. commented B. promised C. regretted D. responded
8.A. drink B. try C. ride D. break
9.A. shocked B. surprised C. excited D. mixed
10.A. traffic B. streets C. signals D. stops
11.A. along B. off C. on D. in
12.A. invited B. comforted C. stopped D. stressed
13.A. with B. by C. for D. to
14.A. money B. plans C. time D. duty
15.A. work B. trip C. business D. task
16.A. attention B. idea C. anxiety D. effort
17.A. where B. who C. whether D. when
18.A. By the way B. In other words C. In all D. Generally speaking
19.A. however B. so C. or D. because
20.A. useful B. thankful C. special D. healthy
The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's Courant, few believe that newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for long. Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago. The chief editor of the Times said recently, "At places where they gather, editors ask one another, 'How are you?', as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law case.” An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.”
Perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet , which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death. Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past three years. The New York Times Company has seen its stock drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year. A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders sell off their Times stock. The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education; its testing and test-preparation service now brings in at least half the company's income.
1.What can we learn about the New England Currant?
A. It is mainly about the stock market.
B. It marks the beginning of the American newspaper.
C. It remains a successful newspaper in America.
D. It comes articles by political leaders.
2.What can we infer about the newspaper editors?
A. They often accept readers' suggestions
B. They care a lot about each other’s health.
C. They stop doing business with advertisers.
D. They face great difficulties in their business.
3.Which of the following found a new way for its development?
A. The Washington Post B. The Guardian
C. The New York Times. D. New England Courant
4.How does the author seem to feel about the future of newspapers?
A. Satisfied B. Hopeful
C. Worried D. Surprised
