牛津英语 2019-2020 学年中考复习专项练习 （一） “Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor’s language ability,” said a teacher during a school meeting last term.” Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won’t be disappointed(失望的).” After this special meeting, I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month, I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London, a place where I had wanted to go since years ago. As we were still young, we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London, we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family(寄宿家庭) was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them, too. The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast, a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sight-seeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben, the London Bridge, and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities. The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet, time really flew fast. Three weeks later, we had to leave “home” for Hong Kong. 1. In the “homestay” program, a visitor can A. learn more about holidays . B. understand his culture better C. improve the language ability 2. The group leader should D. take part in foreign meetings . A. make plans for the family B. take care of the students C. stay with different families D. rent rooms to the students 3. The writer’s host family . A. was very kind to her B. went sight-seeing with her C. had two white daughters D. was interested in her activities （二） We have always been interested in the moon. 2000 years ago people already knew it moved around the earth and where it would be in the sky at different times of the year. At that time, everything about the moon was learned by watching it carefully in the sky. When scientists could use telescopes( 望 远 镜 ) to study the moon more closely, their ideas began to change. They could see the moon was made of rocks. Most scientists thought moon rocks would be different from those on Earth. This was because they believed the moon had once been a planet that had been caught in the earth’s gravity millions of years earlier. In 1969 moon rocks were finally brought to the earth and studied. Much to their surprise, scientists found that, except for water, the moon and the earth were made of the same things. Once again new ideas were needed for this new information. After years of study, most scientists now think that the moon was once part of Earth. They believe very early in its history, maybe 4 million years ago, something about the size of Mars hit Earth. This sent billions of rocks into space around our planet. These rocks slowly joined together and after many years became the moon. In the future, even though our ideas about the moon may change again, we will still be interested in it. 1. From the passage we know the moon was made of A. earth B. rocks C. water 2. In the passage the writer wants to tell us . D. metal . A. why people are interested in the moon B. how ideas about the moon have changed over time C. where the moon came from in the past D. that people have finally learned the truth about the moon. 3. Before 1969, most scientists thought the moon was . A. part of the earth billions of years earlier B. older than the earth C. a planet caught by the earth’s gravity 4. From this passage we can learn that D. made of the same things as the earth . A. scientists in the past were not clever B. the earth was once part of the moon C. we now know everything about the moon D. new information brings new ideas （三） I love my laptop computer as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. But I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices (设备) and truly communicate with others. Once, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule — no laptops,