29、Want to come to Beijing in 2008?

Beijing is the hosting city for the Olympic Games in 2008．

Choose homestay（寄宿家庭）for your accommodation（住宿）!

Beijing does not have enough hotels available to accommodate all people that will visit the city for the 2008 Olympics．

Homestay Beijing 2008 now has almost 450 different homestay accommodation available．We have made arrangements with people who would like to share their living fiats for a few days／weeks with visitors．

All hosts speak English!

Beijing has a large number of expats from English—speaking countries，so it is possible that all hosts speak English．

Much cheaper than a hotel!

Hotel prices will become 10 times（倍）higher than usual．

More space than In a hotel!

A hotel room is just that a room．At Homestay Beijing 2008，you can choose what kind of accommodation you want．

More experience than in a hotel!

We think that staying with people who live here can add much more to your experience．

More Information

Read our introduction on the about page．If you have any questions，please have a look at our Frequent Asked Questions page for answers!

Contact（联系）us

If you want to contact us for more information，you can find a contact form on the Frequent Asked Questions page．

If you are interested to stay at one of our flats．please visit the pages Rent Homestay．

1．According to（依据）the advertisement，one of the advantages of homestay is         ．

A．being comfortable with larger space

B．being easier to visit places of interest

C．being able to make more Chinese friends

D．being closer to the Olympic stadiums（场馆）

2．We can infer（推断）from the advertisement that          during the 2008 Olympics．

A．a present 400-dollar room may cost as much as 2000 dollars

B．there will be more visitors to Beijing than hotels can take in

C．most visitors will choose the fiats of Homestay Beijing 2008

D．homestay will help visitors to learn to speak good English

3．The underlined word “expats” in Paragraph 4 refers to（指的是）foreigners         ．

A．staying in hotels                                       B．helping others

C．watching games                                         D．living in Beijing

4．If you want to learn more about homestay，you'd better          first．

A．read “the about page”                                  B．contact hotels in Beijing

C．visit “Rent Homestay”                                 D．call Homestay Beijing 2008

5．The advertisement is made for          during the 2008 Olympics．

A．those who will work as Olympic volunteers

B．those who will provide accommodation for visitors

C．those who will come to Beijing from foreign countries

D．those who will come to Beijing from different parts of China

28、Erden Eruc has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean（太平洋）in a rowboat since he left California on July 10，2007．He has been heading for Australia with only birds，fish，and sharks ever since．

Crossing the Pacific is only part of his journey．Eruc has decided to go all the way around the world using his own energy．He will row，bike，walk，and climb the world without help from any motors（发动机）at all．His plan includes climbing the tallest peak on six of the continents（洲）along the way．

For the first part of his trip，he bicycled 5,546 miles from Seattle，Washington to Mount McKinley in Alaska and back，walked 67 miles to base camp，and climbed 20,320 feet to McKinley's peak．Now in the second part of his adventure（冒险活动），he is rowing to Australia．

Why would he try to go around the world this way? He explains that he wants to encourage kids to dream their dreams and get to their own goals．He wants to show kids that there might be hard parts along the way，and sometimes they might not even get to that final goal．But they can have great adventures and learn a lot along the way．

Eruc has already faced some difficulties．For example，winds and waves keep pushing him westward when he wants to go south toward the Solomon Islands．If his luck doesn't change，he will cheerfully change his plan，and aim to land at Papua New Guinea．One way or another，he's sure he'll get to his next goal：Australia．

When his trip around the world takes him across land，he enjoys meeting people—especially children．He has already visited many schools and shared his story．

Eruc encourages all kids to set their eyes off a goal and not give up．He says，“With goals，we will make progress，and we will be farther along than when we started，even if we don’t get to some goals．That’s called life!”

1．We can learn from the passage that Eruc          during his adventure．

A．took a train                                             B．rowed his boat

C．travelled by air                                           D．travelled by bus

2．Eruc takes adventures to         ．

A．make himself healthy                                   B．find out difficulties in life

C．make his mind strong                                  D．set an example for children

3．Eruc seems to have a special love for         ．

A．children               B．animals                C．rowing                   D．bicycling

4．Eruc thinks that it is important for children to         ．

A．have all kinds of sports                                B．have dreams and goals

C．face a lot of difficulties                                D．take great adventures

5．To Eruc，life means         ．

A．going around the world                               B．climbing the world's tallest peaks

C．struggling for the goals                                D．rowing across the Pacific Ocean

27、Did you know that each day one person in the US throws away 4.4 pounds of rubbish? Almost every month，we throw away our own rubbish in packaging alone．Packaging（including boxes，bags，etc）comes to our homes with the things we have bought．Several weeks ago，the TV news said that in a city in Italy tons of rubbish were piled up in the streets，and the smell was rather terrible．What can we do to help? We should get to know the following Rs．

Reduce   To reduce means to make less rubbish．That is one of the first things we all should do for the environment．Reduce your rubbish by doing things like packing your lunch in reusable containers（可再利用的容器），taking smaller potions（份）at dinner so you don't waste food when you have had enough，writing on both sides of paper，and using less water when taking a shower．

Reuse      To reuse is to use things again．Think about the bags you get from the store．They can be reused to carry your lunch，to hold your rubbish，or to collect used cans．You can even take them back to the store the next time to carry your things instead of getting a new bag!

Recycle（回收利用）  Recycling is an important part of keeping our planet clean and green．It can also save energy．Be sure that you don't throw things in the rubbish that can be recycled to make something else．Paper，plastic，cans and bottles can all be recycled，but food，electrical waste and mobile phones can't．When you are not sure whether something can be recycled，go to your parents and teachers for advice．

Follow the three Rs，and every one of us can do something to save the earth．It is also the best way to save ourselves．

1．The first paragraph of the passage implies（暗示）that                     ．

A．packaging should be given up                       B．Italy is too dirty for us to visit

C．the US produces most rubbish                            D．the earth is becoming dirtier

2．If you want to reduce，you should                ．

A．make good use of your paper                       B．take a bath instead of a shower

C．eat a small dinner every day                         D．pack your lunch with newspapers

3．The writer seems to ask people to reuse the bags                 ．

A．only as rubbish bags                                          B．only for carrying other things

C．mainly to have a cleaner world                     D．mainly to save some money

4．Which of the following can be recycled?

A．Food and bottles．                                  B．Books and newspapers．

C．Paper and mobile phones．                          D．Plastic and electrical waste．

5．The passage mainly tells us that                   ．

A．all useless things can be recycled

B．the environment is greatly improving

C．the three Rs can help us clean the earth

D．we should never throw any rubbish away

24、I think it's          useful advice，so I will always remember it．

A．a                         B．an                       C．the                        D．不填

23、Tom doesn't like the film         ，but his parents like         ．

A．himself；it                                              B．itself；themselves

C．itself；it                                                    D．himself；themselves’

22、Our English teacher was standing          us so that she could hear us all clearly．

A．away from           B．far behind            C．between                 D．among

21、--I know it is spelt “h-o-n-o-u-r” in Britain and “h-o-n-o-r” in America．But do they have the same pronunciation?

--Yes．they are both pronounced         ．

A．／'?n?／              B．／'Λn?／             C．／'h?n?／        D．／'hΛn?／

20、The Sutong Highway Bridge，a          bridge，is already open to traffic．

A．32 kilometre long                                     B．32-kilometre-long

C．32 kilometres long                                      D．32-kilometres-long