题目内容：

Last year I went to Australia to study and travel. I stayed in Sydney _____ two months. I visited places of _____ in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed with a family from Sydney. The homestay(寄宿家庭) parents and brothers were very _____ to us. We talked about a lot of things with each _____ in English.

My spoken English improved _____ in Australia. I used to speak very little English in _____. But in Australia, I had to use it very often. I was soon able to _____ my teachers and homestay family freely.

To me, the best place in Australia is the Sydney Opera House. You can look at it from different sides. I think it is one of the most wonderful _____ in the world.I cannot sing very well, _____ when I was inside, I really wanted to sing.

Time ______ fast when I was in Sydney. Soon came Christmas, then the New Year. I had never spent the New Year ______ my family. But this year, I was so far away from them. I felt ______ sad.I missed them so much, and I knew they missed me so much ______. In the evening, I phoned my family. When I heard their ______， I began to cry. My homestay mother held me in her arms and comforted me. ______ kind foreign mother I had!

1.A. since    B. for    C. before    D. after

2.A. fun    B. help    C. interest    D. use

3.A. friendly    B. nervous    C. happy    D. serious

4.A. others    B. another    C. other    D. the other

5.A. strongly    B. greatly    C. hardly    D. widely

6.A. Australia    B. America    C. England    D. China

7.A. quarrel with    B. fight against    C. talk with    D. complain about

8.A. building    B. buildings    C. built    D. build

9.A. unless    B. but    C. so    D. though

10.A. ran    B. jumped    C. flew    D. walked

11.A. with    B. without    C. to    D. for

12.A. few    B. a few    C. little    D. a little

13.A. either    B. also    C. as well    D. nor

14.A. faces    B. pictures    C. voices    D. smiles

15.A. What    B. What a    C. How a    D. How