When people travel abroad（国外）, they sometimes stay in the homes of the local people. This is a homestay（家庭寄宿）.

I am l【小题1】 with an old English couple（夫妇）, in the west of London. They have a clean four-bedroom house. This is a new house. It has two bathrooms and a garden w【小题2】 many beautiful flowers. They often cook meals for me. We have dinner t【小题3】 in the garden. I also have a bedroom of my o【小题4】. There are some shopping centers and a r【小题5】 near the house, and the house is c【小题6】 to an underground（地铁）station. It t【小题7】 about 30 minutes to get to the center of London by underground.

I think a homestay may be a good choice（选择）for you if it is your f【小题8】 time to visit abroad.

The local people are friendly and h【小题9】. If you want to celebrate the holidays with them, you will get to（有机会）k【小题10】 more about their culture（文化）and customs（习俗）.

Mr. and Mrs. King both had very busy jobs and didn’t have much time 【小题1】 (spend) with their young children. They wanted to change this, and because their hobby was 【小题2】(boat), they decided to sail round the world together.

It took six years to prepare everything for the trip. 【小题3】(one), they bought a new boat. Then, both the husband and wife 【小题4】(have) to take the best sailing lessons and learn all about the sea and the weather. Mr. King also did several courses in fixing boats and Mrs. King spent 【小题5】 hour in a restaurant learning to cut up fish.

In October, they had one year off from their jobs and sailed away from England 【小题6】 their two children. The next year, in August,【小题7】 long journey ended in Australia.

The boat was not big,【小题8】 they took a teacher for the children with them. None of them found the trip 【小题9】(bore) because there were three computers, many CDs, a TV and a DVD player on the boat.

The family loved being at the sea and seeing the 【小题10】(star) in the sky. But, most of all, Mr and Mrs King enjoyed spending time with their children while they were still young.

Nancy went to China on vacation with 【小题1】(she)parents.They visited a lot of famous 【小题2】(city)，such as Beijing，Guangzhou and Shanghai.She stayed in Beijing for 【小题3】   week.She 【小题4】(visit)the Palace Museum，the Great Wall，Tian'anmen Square and the Summer Palace.They also 【小题5】(go)to the zoos and the parks.It was cloudy 【小题6】 not rainy，so 【小题7】 was not too hot.They   【小题8】(have)a great time in China.Nancy learnt a lot 【小题9】 Chinese history.She said，“It is 【小题10】(interest)to visit China.I love China very much.”