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1、单元综合检测(三).阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AHomestay 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 ExpectThe host will provide accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at leas
2、t 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.Accommodation ZonesHomestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2，3 and 4 of the transport system.Most hosts do not live in the town centr
3、e as much of central London is commercial and not residential (居住的)Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area.It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.Meal Plans AvailableContinental BreakfastBreakfast and DinnerBreakfast，Packed Lunch and DinnerIts importan
4、t to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast.Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice，cereal (谷物类食品)，bread and tea or coffee.Cheese，fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England.Dinn
5、ers usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert，fruit and coffee.FriendsIf you wish to invite a friend over to visit，you must first ask your hosts permission.You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.Selfc
6、atering Accommodation in Private HomesAccommodation on a roomonly basis includes 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 longstay student.However，it does not provide the same family at
7、mosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.【语篇解读】本文属于说明文，是写给要到英国学习语言的人的，介绍了英国的Homestay的特点以及具体的信息。1The passage is probably written for Ahosts willing to receive foreign studentsBforeigners hoping to build British cultureCtravelers pla
8、nning to visit families in LondonDEnglish learners applying to live in English homesD推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.”可知本文是给那些想到英国去学习语言的人所写的，介绍homestay的信息。故D正确。2Wh
9、ich of the following will the host provide?ARoom cleaning.BMedical care.CFree transport.DPhysical training.A细节理解题。根据文章第二段“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正确。3According to the passage，what does Continental Breakfast include?ADessert and
10、coffee.BFruit and vegetables.CBread and fruit juice.DCereal and cold meat.C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C项是传统的英国早餐的内容。故C正确。BDisease，poverty，hate，love Charles Dickens stories opened his readers eyes
11、 to the most important themes of his age.Two hundred years later，his stories still speak volumes across the world，proving that Dickens legacy(遗产) was far greater than just “greatliterature”February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writers birthday.To mark this date，BBC writer Alex Hudson listed
12、six things Dickens gave the modern world.Lets take a look at two of them.A White ChristmasDickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” not the religious festival，but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today. In the early 19th century，Christmas was barely worth
13、 mentioning，according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt.The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day unthinkable in the West nowadays，when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.Many people believe that Dickens popu
14、lar descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come.In his classic novel，A Christmas Carol，he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas，but also painted a picture of glowing warmth “home enjoyments，affections and hopes” In his biography of Dickens，Peter Ackroyd
15、 wrote：“Dickens can be said to have almost singlehandedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”“Dickensian” poverty Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London. He helped popularize the term “red tape”to describe situations where people in
16、power use needless amounts of bureaucracy (官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society. “Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty.In 2009，when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some area
