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

C

Indian scientists have designed a new device* that they hope will solve one of the biggest problems with the use of solar energy. They call the device a solar tree. Solar trees have metal “branches*” which are just from a tall pole at different levels. Each branch holds a solar panel*. These panels have large metal boards that collect energy from the sun and turn it into electricity.

Daljit Singh Bedi is the main scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in India. Bedi says the shape of the solar trees makes it possible to fit more solar panels in a space than traditional systems do. This means less land would be needed to produce solar energy. “It takes about four square meters of space to produce energy which may need 400 square meters of space,” he says.

Scientists believe the energy a solar tree collects will be enough to power five homes. The solar tree will make it easier to provide solar energy for homes in cities. The trees will also take less space from farmers in rural areas. Bedi says solar trees will collect more energy than normal solar panels on the tops of buildings. “This design makes the solar panels exposed* more towards the sun,” he says. “And that way people are able to use 10 to 15 percent more energy.”

India has promised to reduce its greenhouse gas production. The country’s promise depends heavily on increasing solar energy. The cost of solar panels has gone down in recent years. This has increased the possibility of applying*solar trees in India.

Amit Kumar is the senior director of the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi. He says gaining access* to land takes time and increases costs. He adds that it is still not clear how useful these new developments in solar power technology are. “Only when we put those trees on a large scale* will we be able to get that answer,” he says.

1.We may probably read this passage in ___________.

A. Culture Views B. Nature and Science

C. Story Books D. Travelling Guide Book

2.Compared the traditional system, the main advantages of the solar tree is _____________.

A. we can see many “branches” in new solar tree

B. it surely produces more energy than traditional system

C. it’s reducing India’s more greenhouse gas production now

D. fewer and fewer people will use it than traditional ones

3.What does the underlined word "this" in the fourth paragraph refer to (指代)?

A. greenhouse gas production B. the solar panels

C. the new solar tree D. country’s promise

4.In the last paragraph, what do you think of what Amit Kumar said?

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