There are over 800 boarding(寄宿)schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries.Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country.But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white,rich boys only.Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.

What to do

In the UK,boarding schools have three terms in a school year,with about 13 weeks in each term.Students study and live together.They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to.In some schools,each student has his or her subject plan Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories,the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students,including music rooms,boats,swimming pools,cinemas and theatres.Most boarding schools have a“light out”time.So when it’s time to go to bed,all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off.There are house masters to take care of

students all the time,especially after school hours.

What to wear

Nearly all the students in boarding schools wear a school uniform Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie,and girls wear a white blouse,sometimes also a tie and a skirt.As students get older,the rules become less strict.

In the UK,boarding schools provide students with delicious food.They can choose to have a full English breakfast or bread.And there is always self-service for salad(沙拉),other side dishes and a dessert.Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen,or drink tea or have a snack between meals.

1.Boarding schools in the UK

A. provide education for boy students

B. have some strict rules

C. only receive junior and senior students

D. don’t have a long history

2.Students in boarding schools in the UK

A. can’t eat snacks

B. can choose the clothes they want to wear all the time

C. can eat the meal their parents made for them

D. have different ages

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.

B. Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.

C. As students get older,the rules about wearing school uniforms become

stricter.

D. Students can have different activities in a boarding school.

4.Which is the best title for the last paragraph?

A. What to eat. B. When to eat.

C. Where to eat. D. How to eat.

5.The underlined word“facilities”means“ ”.

A. 教师 B. 设施 C. 活动 D. 课程

All boys and girls like good stories. I am sure that all children who read The Ugly Duckling will be glad to know something about the ‘King of Story Tellers’, who wrote it for them. Thousands and thousands of children have read this story, only to ask for it again and again. It has travelled the wide world over, and has been told in every country.

Hans Christian Andersen, the author of “The Ugly Duckling,” was born in Denmark. If you look on a map or globe, you will see this little country in northern Europe. There, in the little village of Odense, he spent his boyhood. His father and mother were very poor. The family lived in two little rooms near the top of a house, where his father worked as a shoemaker.

On the roof was a box filled with earth. In this box his mother planted her vegetables. Little Hans loved to walk with his father in the woods, where he could gather wild flowers and hear the birds sing. His father read to him when his work was done, or told him stories.

Once, when Hans was still a child, he went into a wheat field with his mother and a number of children, to pick the remaining wheat which the reapers had left in the field. While they were busy gathering only a small amount of wheat for each of them, an angry bailiff came rushing into the field, armed with a whip. All ran, as fast as they could, away from the angry man. Little Hans was barefoot, and the sharp stalks of the wheat plants which had been cut down, cut his feet so that he could not get away.

Unafraid, the boy faced the angry man and his upraised whip. “How dare you hit me when you know God sees you?” he cried, looking fearlessly into the face of the angry bailiff. The whip came down, but not on little Hans. The bailiff admired the boy’s courage, and praised him for it. He sent him home with gifts, rather than blows.

While Hans was still a boy, his kind father died. Then Hans and his mother were left alone, to care for each other.

“What will you do, Hans?” the mother asked “Would you like to become a tailor?”

“No, mother,” the boy answered; “I will go to Copenhagen and study. One day I shall write books.”

“But where will the money be found to pay your way?” asked the mother.

“I will work, and God will take care of me,” Hans replied.

So the boy left his native village and walked all the way to Copenhagen, which was very far.

1.Who wrote the story The Ugly Duckling?

A. The King of Story Tellers. B. Hans’ mother.

C. Some boys and girls. D. A bailiff.

2.What did Hans’ father do in the woods when the work was done?

A. He gathered wild flowers with Hans. B. He taught Hans to make shoes.

C. He read books or told stories to Hans. D. He picked remaining wheat with Hans.

3.Why didn’t the bailiff hit Hans?

A. Because he was afraid of Hans. B. Because he was too angry.

C. Because Hans gave him some gifts. D. Because he admired Hans’ courage.

4.How did Hans go to Copenhagen?

A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By train. D. On foot.

5.What do you think Hans’ life would be like in Copenhagen?

A. Hard. B. Relaxing. C. Colourful. D. Lonely

The Internet is becoming important in our life. How much do you know about it? The following questions and their answers will help you to know more about the Internet.

What is the Internet?

The Internet is a large, world-wide collection (聚集) of computer networks (网络). A network is a small group of computers put together. The Internet is many different kinds of networks from all over the world. These networks are called the Internet. If you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (网) .

What is the World Wide Web?

The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. It is like a big electronic (电子) book with millions of pages. These pages are called homepages. You can find information about almost anything in the world on these pages. For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework. You can also find information about your favourite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages. Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music.

What is e-mail?

Electronic mail (e-mail) is a way of sending messages to other people. It’s much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter. If you want to use e-mail, you must have an e-mail address. This address must have letters and dots (点) and an @ (means “at”). For example: Lily @ Yahoo.com. Write a message, type a person’s e-mail address, and then send the message across the Internet. People don’t need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office because of the invention of the Internet. Quick, easy and interesting — that’s the Internet.

1.The Internet is______.

A. a big computer B. a small group of computers

C. lots of computer networks D. the World Wide Web

2.The World Wide Web is like_______.

A. an electronic book B. homepages

C. an electronic page D. an interesting picture

3.The sentence “You can talk to your friends on the pages.” means ______.

A. you can talk to your friends face to face

B. you can type your words in the computer and then send them to your friends across the Internet

C. you can talk to your friends through the same computer

D. you can go to your friends’ houses to talk to them

4.People like to use e-mail to send messages to their friends because______.

A. they don’t have to pay any money

B. it’s faster and cheaper

C. they don’t need to have stamps, envelopes or addresses

D. it’s interesting

5.The “e” in e-mail means_______.

A. easy B. entrance C. electronic D. enjoyable

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